Want to take charge of the neighbourhood you live in and shape its future? …well there’s an App for that! “Run that town” is an iPhone game created by Australian developer Millipede that uses real world census data to help you make decisions while playing. I caught up with Sue Taylor from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to talk about[Read More…]
Australia Post wants to see less bills in the letterbox out the front of your house…by moving them to a digital letterbox. Last week Australia Post launched the “Digital Mailbox” and no, it’s not just another email service. The Digital Mailbox is designed to act as a secure hub for for all in bills and communications from service providers like[Read More…]
According to a 2010 survey by mobile service provider Amaysim, almost one fifth of mobile phone users are unhappy with their service contract and three quarters are dissatisfied with some aspect of their mobile service. Amaysim CEO Rolf Hansen, who offers up some tips for anyone thinking of signing up for a long term mobile phone contract. You can listen[Read More…]
Do you like to play driving video games like Playstation’s Gran Turismo? Is it really possible to take those virtual driving skills to a real world track and race competitively? Well, it has been done and it’a about to happen again with the 5th season of GT Academy. A competition that finds the best of the best virtual racers from[Read More…]
In the latest edition of “The Weekly Update” on GameArena I drop into TrickStar games to see how Ashes Cricket 2013 is coming along, and manage to chat with Peter Sidder from the Aussie Cricket team. There’s also a quick look at what we can expect from the XBoxOne – due to replace the XBox360 later this year.
