Google March 17 has improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing application to Google Maps for mobile 4.1. Google has also begun putting ads from its local business partners on Google Maps pages in Australia and New Zealand. When users searching for information on businesses zoom in to Google Maps, participating businesses will be identified by a small representatio...

Engadget today pointed to a series of Apple ads appearing on Australian site PC Authority appearing to show significantly increased prices for Apple's MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Pro lines, suggesting that new, more expensive models may...

From The Land Down Under, BlackBerry presents Developer Day for Developers. A big shout out goes to Thomas for letting me know about this event. The event is free for developers and has many benefits. The event will not teach you to build likeable apps, but lovable apps, apps that BlackBerry refers to as Super ...

You would think after all these years on the internet we would have figured out how to deal with basic jurisdictional issues, but there are still plenty of countries who think that the laws in their country can reach over borders and be applied to people and websites in completely different countries, just because they don't like it. The problem with this, of course, is that if this is true, ...

The Korean consumer electronics giant has a new tablet in the works that it says will outperform Apples iPad with PC-class power and desktop connectivity features. According to an exclusive APCMag report, Samsungs yet unnamed device will sport the kind of hardware associated with PCs rather than portable devices. Philip Newton, an engineer with Samsung Australia’s

Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone for customers in Australia and New Zealand. The second generation of RIMs innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone, the BlackBerry Storm2 significantly improves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with new technology and new features to let customers stay easily connected to the people, places and things that

  E60 is the only e-book reader currently that has been announced for US but Australians are bound to get three more e-book readers in addition to E60. Philip Newton, director of Samsung Australia’s IT business confirmed to APC that Samsung is planning to release all four e-book readers in the Australian market in the second

  Samsung’s intentions of creating an iPad like device were pretty clear but it’s always good to hear from top executives dropping hints on the product every now and then. This time it’s Emmanuele Silanesu, national product and marketing manager for Samsung Australia’s IT division who says that Samsung’s slate will release in second half of

bvlad: RT @JimMacMillan: RT @stevebuttry: Love to see a similar study of US media: Australia study finds 55% of newspaper stories driven by PR. ...

Australia's Telstra says that it has completed trials of a new service known as Group Radio Solution that could see Australian emergency service organisations use its HSPA (Next G) network to operate their emergency radio communications. Click here for more.