Author: Brendan O’Keefe.
Social gaming is emerging as a hugely popular online trend. There is little doubt that everyday social gaming provides hundreds of millions of users with a way to play, connect and be rewarded for their interaction.
TELSTRA EXCHANGE|Archive: January, 2012
Infographic: What Makes Facebook Social Games So Popular?
Filed under: consumer, Facebook, games, infographic, social trends
HOW TO: Get more out of Windows Phone
Filed under: gadgets and gizmos, how to, Smartphone, Windows Phone 7
Author: Dan Michael.
I have been a fairly passionate supporter of the WP7 platform since it launched October 2010 for a couple of reasons. It’s different, and it’s fast. Here are some tips I’ve found really helpful when getting started out with Windows Phone.
Infographic: Managing Your Personal E-Reputation
Filed under: consumer, infographic, lifestyle, social media
Author: Brie Macklin.
Social media and the web has become a major part of life, so everyone has an online personal reputation whether they know it or not. With so many social media platforms, applications and information sharing sites it is hard to keep track of who you’ve connected with, who’s following you, who’s talking about you and who you’ve befriended.
App of the week: What makes Evernote so useful?
Filed under: app of the week, consumer, lifestyle, technology
Author: Peter Sherriff.
When you travel as much as I do it’s important to find ways to stay organised and not overload the suitcase. This is where Evernote – a cross-platform, cloud based multi-media notebook system – comes into its own. I can store almost anything I want, tagged and searchable any time I have access to my mobile phone, tablet or anything with a web browser and if that isn’t enough I can share my notebooks with friends and family.
Australia’s first 4G smartphone hits stores today
Filed under: 4G, Android, consumer, HTC, smart phone
Author: Andrew Volard.
For the past few months I’ve been trialling Australia’s first 4G smartphone. It’s the next generation in mobile phone technology and it delivers mobile internet speeds unimaginable ten years ago.
CES 2012 – A close up view from afar – the washup
Filed under: CES, consumer, gadgets and gizmos, technology
Author: Michael Lewis.
Well the circus has left town for another year – and by all accounts, there were more than enough collective mouth watering product introductions to keep technology watchers busy for many months to come!
Infographic: Paper, Rock, Geek, Nerd
Filed under: infographic, lifestyle, thinking
Author: Gwynn Compton.
I suspect it may have something to do with my recent purchase of the collector’s edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic, but a co-worker brought to my attention Masters in IT’s Geek vs Nerd infographic.
Midsumma Carnival 2012
Filed under: community, diversity, employees, sponsorship
Author: Ash Sexton.
Midsumma Carnival 2012 – the sun was shining, the atmosphere was amazing. Myself, One Team and the Telstra Citizen Reporters were out and about promoting our fab Telstra stall and our support of the GLBTI community, and what a response we received from the crowd with many being surprised to see such a large organisation out and in the open supporting their community.
Data storage and backups – 3 steps to saving your binary bacon
Filed under: consumer, lifestyle, technology
Author: David Chang.
Photos, documents, videos – it’s all data and its ever growing. It’s also an ever growing problem deciding where and how to store it. And once you’ve decided, the data deluge dilemma then becomes how best to back it up.
App of the week: Culinary Fundamentals – Cook School
Filed under: app of the week, consumer, iphone, lifestyle, smart phone
Author: Seigfred Dequito.
I am a cooking nerd. So much so that when I was invited to write about Food and Cooking here on Telstra Exchange, I ignored the fact that this is a tech site. No questions asked, let’s do it, add tech later…
