Posts by: Louise Tapsell
Australians would be able to call ‘freephone’ (18/1800) numbers from their mobile phone at no charge under a draft Australian Communications and Media Authority variation to the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997 (the Numbering Plan).
While calls from fixed phone services can already be made to freephone numbers at no charge, calls from mobile phones are [...]
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Five Things sums up the week in social media and innovation. We look at events in Australia and around the world that inspired and intrigued us.
1. Innovation at Google: This week the Google I/O conference was held in San Francisco. Not just your everyday conference, last year saw the launch of Continue Reading →
Five Things sums up the week in social media and innovation. We look at events in Australia and around the world that inspired and intrigued us.
1. Eye-tracking investigation: Rumours were rife earlier this year that Samsung’s highly anticipated new phone, the Galaxy S4, would include eye-tracking technology. It has been announced that the phone [...]
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Do you hate getting an unsolicited telemarketing call just when you’re sitting down to dinner? Well, you’re not alone!
We’ve released an infographic showing just how Australians feel about unsolicited communications. The results are from a recent ACMA survey about telemarketing, spam and malware—and we’ll be releasing more of this research in the coming months. [...]
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Five Things sums up the week in social media and innovation. We look at events in Australia and around the world that inspired and intrigued us.
1. The world’s first 3D printed bionic organ – Back in February, Gizmodo reported scientists at Heriot-Watt University had produced human embryonic stems cells using 3D printing.
Creating [...]
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The ACMA’s Contemporary community safeguards inquiry is examining the core principles that should guide the content of broadcasting codes of practice.
To help inform this inquiry, the ACMA is hosting a series of citizen conversations.
The themes for the public forums are classification, decency, accuracy, fairness, advertising and privacy. There is also a workshop for [...]
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1. Mars, the new location for reality TV. A Dutch reality show is planning to document the first humans living on Mars. The company, Mars One, aims to land four astronauts in 2023 and capture their attempts to set up a colony on Mars. A total of six groups of four will be sent to [...]
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The digital dividend auction, one of the largest spectrum auctions ever held in Australia, will commence on 23 April 2013 and is expected to run through to mid to late May 2013. The Australia Communications and Media Authority has provided a basic guide here to the auction for members of the public, media and any [...]
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1. Social media unites to track down suspects. The devastating events that unfolded in Boston unsurprisingly dominated the news this week. The Slate estimated when the bombs went off, so many people had access to smartphones, that at the time, the site could have been the most photographed place on earth.
It was clear [...]
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Five Things sums up the week in social media and innovation. We look at events in Australia and around the world that inspired and intrigued us.
1. Internet downloads increase by a third. The same week that saw Malcolm Turnbull unveil the Coalition’s plan for the NBN, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released new research on [...]
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