Convenience vs Quality: The Battle of Compact Cameras

“Why lug around a camera when I have one on my phone?” This question has become the bane of the compact camera’s existence. With camera technology becoming increasingly advanced, there are now smartphones capable of high quality photographs … Read More

Hipsters Outed by Sony DSLR Ad

We all know that person who brings their DSLR camera, pretending to be an instant professional at photography. And it is these people that Sony Australia have targeted in a new campaign to sell their new range of camera’s - NEX.

The … Read More

With Windows 8 On The Horizon, The Panic Begins

Windows 8, the next major version of Microsoft’s desktop (and now mobile) OS, is slated for launch on October 26, after what seems to have been almost a year of product demos and betas. Featuring a radically different interface … Read More

When Kickstarter Goes Wrong

Kickstarter. Described by gigaom as “not just a startup… [but] part of an important shift away from the industrial manufacturing era and toward the maker economy,” has received $100 million in pledges over the last year, and … Read More

The Travel Revolution: How Technology Has Changed Travelling

We all know that technology has impacted and changed our lives in one way or another. For most of us, it plays a crucial role in how we study, work, interact with others, and keep up to date with … Read More

Google’s Transparency Report Reveals “Troubling” Trend in Government Censorship Requests

Google released their fifth twice-yearly Transparency Report this Monday, which illustrated what senior policy analysis Dorothy Chou referred to as a “troubling” trend in requests from government authorities to remove content from its search results or YouTube … Read More

Windows Phone 8: A (Second) Fresh Start

Microsoft is really on a roll this week, announcing it’s new tablet, Surface on Tuesday, and last night revealing the next major release of their mobile operating system, Windows Phone.

Microsoft first shipped Windows Phone 7, the current version … Read More

OPINION: The State of Laptops, June 2012.

I touched last week on Apple‘s New MacBook Pro models and how they’ve moved forward, but I didn’t do any comparisons to competition. Truth be told, there aren’t that many, if any at all. Firstly, to make … Read More

Facebook is Not a Democracy

Facebook just can’t catch a break. If it’s not internet trolls, or defaced tribute pages keeping them in the news, it’s their stock market debut (or failure thereof).

A lot of the criticism Facebook has attracted recently … Read More

Apple’s WWDC – A Complete Recap

A short disclaimer, this is a slightly Apple biased post as I’m still inside the “Reality Distortion Field” that Apple keynote speeches seem to leave behind; forgive the subsequent excitement over similar features other technology giants have … Read More