ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Technology news with higher education relevance • February 2010
ACUMA Incorporated: Technology news with higher education relevance - February 2010
Study University, Foundation or High School in Adelaide, South Australia - Eynebsury Isolated Australia in social networking craze Google Apps Team Launches CIO Road Trip Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day $40m for teachers’ professional development in ICT Nearly 75 Million People Visited Twitter’s Site In January (comScore) Google overtakes Coke in global battle of the brands Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Gains Approval in U.S. and Europe. Look Out, Google (They Hope) Facebook Passes Yahoo to Become Second Most Popular Site Online Why is Google buzzing? A picture's worth a thousand (translated) words Facebook Users Average 7 hrs a Month in January as Digital Universe Expands Top 10 Issues in Website Design and Usability Google Buys Social Search Company, Delves Deeper into Social Media Game Some ditch social networks to reclaim time, privacy Brands Wasting No Time With Google Buzz. This Could Get Annoying. Facebook Surpasses 100 Million Mobile Users The next 10 online trends Cloud email’s Australian thunderstorm The University of Western Australia 3D Art & Design Challenge If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present McClatchy CEO Pruitt: We've Got No Beef With Google Buzz Vaults Google into Social Media Game; Watch Out, Facebook Google Announces Plans for Fiber Optic Network Why Gmail is killing Exchange in Australia Curtin University touches Surface for education, medicine Microsoft Surface slips into Australia Australian University Sport YouTube Channel Film gives Brisbane 'the edge' over rival cities Where should we send the Street View Trike? Online copyright battle just beginning with landmark case Hi-tech exam cheating increases says Ofqual Nokia navigation software downloads reach one million University of the Sunshine Coast promotional video A student's day in Brisbane - promotional video Dwell Publisher: In the future, the print version of a magazine will serve as the brand's 'calling card', but won't drive brand revenues
Study University, Foundation or High School in Adelaide, South Australia - Eynebsury YouTube.com February 28 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jVzpem72rU&feature=related Isolated Australia in social networking craze AFP via Google News February 26 2010 From the moment she wakes in inner-west Sydney, Danielle Warby is online. She checks Facebook, she reads Twitter. She blogs and Tweets during the day, in spare moments between her marketing job at Sydney University. Later, she'll submit real-time restaurant reviews as she eats her dinner. Full article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gk8kwJ_dvrMEYFqcZqSyKueG5Dlw Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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Google Apps Team Launches CIO Road Trip MSPMentor.net February 22 2010 Can you afford to ignore seven million college students who will ultimately enter the workforce? That’s the question facing MSPs who overlook the fact that more than 7 million college students now leverage Google Apps. Full article: http://www.mspmentor.net/2010/02/22/google-apps-team-launches-cio-roadtrip/ Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets Per Day TechCrunch.com February 22 2010 Twitter is now processing 50 million Tweets a day, which comes to about 1.5 billion Tweets a month. Royal Pingdom recently reported that Twitter passed one billion Tweets a month last December and measured about 1.2 billion in January. On a daily basis, Royal Pindom was measuring 27 million Tweets a day back in November, 2009. But the latest data comes from Twitter itself (after attempting to strip out spam Tweets). Full article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/22/twitter-50-million-tweets-day/ $40m for teachers’ professional development in ICT Media Release: The Hon Julia Gillard MP February 18 2010 The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced a $40 million initiative to help ensure teachers and school leaders receive comprehensive training in information and communication technology (ICT). Full article: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/gillard/media/releases/pages/article_100218_130817.aspx Nearly 75 Million People Visited Twitter’s Site In January (comScore) TechCrunch.com February 16 2010 After hitting a flat spot last fall, Twitter’s worldwide growth is pointing in the right direction again. According to worldwide comScore figures released today, Twitter’s own site attracted 73.5 million unique individuals in January, up 8 percent from December, 2009 (when it had 65.2 million visitors). Its annual growth rate is still a phenomenal 1,105 percent. A year ago, Twitter.com attracted only an estimated 6 million visitors. Full article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/16/twitter-75-million-people-january/ Google overtakes Coke in global battle of the brands The Metro Newspaper - United Kingdom February 18 2010 US internet giant Google has muscled in on another American heavyweight, Coca-Cola, as one of the world’s leading brands. Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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Full article: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/813756-google-overtakes-coke-in-global-battle-of-the-brands Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Gains Approval in U.S. and Europe. Look Out, Google (They Hope) MediaBistro.com - SF Bay Area News February 18 2010 It certainly gained attention when it was announced last July. As of today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission have given approval to the proposed merger between Yahoo and Microsoft, and the companies will now set to implementing the arrangement. Full article: http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/yahoo/yahoomicrosoft_deal_gains_approval_in_us_and_eur ope_look_out_google_they_hope_152477.asp Facebook Passes Yahoo to Become Second Most Popular Site Online MediaBistro.com - SF Bay Area News February 18 2010 According to Web analytics firm Compete, Facebook just knocked Yahoo out of the number-two spot on the list of Web sites with the most visitors. In January, Facebook had over 133 million unique vistors. Yahoo had a little more than 132 million. Google, of course, was on top, with nearly 148 million. Full article: http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/facebook/facebook_passes_yahoo_to_become_second_most _popular_site_online_152420.asp Why is Google buzzing? Inside Story - Australian Policy Online February 17 2010 Buzz brings Google closer to its goal of tracking every step we take, writes Vivienne Waller If you are one of the 150 million or so people who use gmail and you’ve checked your account over the past week, you will know that Google has quietly launched its own version of Facebook, a social networking site called Buzz. If you stepped through setting up Buzz in the first few days after its launch then you may be among the many users disgruntled by the fact that Buzz automatically publicised your list of gmail contacts as your “friends,” and automatically uploaded all of your Picasa photos labelled as public. Too bad if you don’t really want the list of everybody you have ever gmailed to be public knowledge. Google responded pretty quickly to the avalanche of complaints and have now changed the default settings. Full article: http://inside.org.au/why-is-google-buzzing/ A picture's worth a thousand (translated) words Official Google Blog February 17 2010 Imagine being in a foreign country staring at a restaurant menu you can't understand, a waiter impatiently tapping his foot at your tableside. You, a vegetarian, have no idea whether you're about to order spaghetti with meatballs or veggie pesto. What would you do? Full article: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/pictures-worth-thousandtranslated.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/MKuf+( Official+Google+Blog) Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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Facebook Users Average 7 hrs a Month in January as Digital Universe Expands Nielsen February 16 2010 In a monthly view of U.S. Internet activity for top parent companies and web brands, The Nielsen Company found that the average time users spend using Facebook per month grew nearly 10%, topping seven hours. Additionally, the number of those actively using the web grew 3.8%, to slightly more than 203 million users. Full article: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/facebook-users-average-7-hrs-a-month-in-januaryas-digital-universe-expands/ Top 10 Issues in Website Design and Usability - Pilar Torres Wahlberg Site Pro News February 17 2010 You've tested your website, you've visited it a few times, you've gotten some feedback on it, and you have a bit of data about your visitors. You might want to make some changes. Here are the top ten issues in website design and usability. Full article: http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2010/feb/17.html Google Buys Social Search Company, Delves Deeper into Social Media Game MediaBistro.com - SF Bay Area News February 12 2010 Google seems intent on making this social media thing work. On the heels of its Buzz release, the Mountain View-based company has acquired Aardvark, a social search engine that lets users ask questions to their networks, and the networks of their friends, for quick answers from people they know (or people close to the people they know). Full article: http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/google_stuff/google_buys_social_search_company_delves_d eeper_into_social_media_game_152017.asp Some ditch social networks to reclaim time, privacy USA Today February 10 2010 Facebook reports that it has 400 million active users worldwide. Make that 399,999,999. Laura LeNoir is done. "I feel better, I feel lighter, I got my privacy back," says LeNoir, 42, an office manager at an educational software company in Birmingham, Ala., who logged off a few weeks ago. "People say, 'You'll be back.' But I read more, walk the dogs more. I'll be fine." Full article: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2010-02-10-1Asocialbacklash10_CV_N.htm
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Brands Wasting No Time With Google Buzz. This Could Get Annoying. TechCrunch.com February 10 2010 When it came to Facebook and Twitter, it took brands a while to figure out how to take advantage of the social networks. With Foursquare, they have been much faster. But now with Google Buzz, they’re beating plenty of early adopters to it. Full article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/10/google-buzz-spam-brands/ Facebook Surpasses 100 Million Mobile Users AllFacebook.com February 10 2010 Facebook has hit another important milestone, the social networking giant now has more than 100 million mobile users. Facebook’s mobile user base has almost doubled in less than six months, as it had around 65 million mobile users in Sep, 2009. Full article: http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/02/mobile-100-million/ The next 10 online trends Site Pro News - Patrick Stafford February 09 2010 It’s never been harder to keep up with the latest web trends with the expansion onto mobile platforms, the growth of social media and the need for start ups to be aware of new SEO techniques. As a result, we’ve assembled a team of web experts to help you and your business keep on top of the most important trends on the web. Constructing a mobile website, creating social media campaigns and selling online are just some of the challenges businesses will face during 2010. Full article: http://www.sitepronews.com/2010/02/09/the-next-10-online-trends/ Cloud email’s Australian thunderstorm Delimiter.com.au February 09 2010 On 11 January this year, Macquarie University issued a statement that left Australia’s IT industry in no doubt as to how the institution felt about its ageing in-house email systems. Full article: http://delimiter.com.au/2010/02/09/cloud-emails-australian-thunderstorm/ The University of Western Australia 3D Art & Design Challenge YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dame2q6mcPg
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If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present TechCrunch.com February 09 2010 Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they’ve never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social. Yes, they have Orkut and OpenSocial, but no one actually uses them. Okay, some people use them, but not in the meaningful social ways that people use Facebook or even Twitter. Today, Google may have just solved their social problem. Full article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/09/if-google-wave-is-the-future-google-buzz-is-the-present/ McClatchy CEO Pruitt: We've Got No Beef With Google EditorAndPublisher.com February 09 2010 The McClatchy Co. is in no rush to block giant aggregators like Google or throw up pay walls, Chairman and CEO Gary Pruitt said Tuesday in his keynote address to the Borrell Associates Local Online Advertising Conference in New York City. Full article: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004066128 Buzz Vaults Google into Social Media Game; Watch Out, Facebook MediaBistro.com - SF Bay Area News February 09 2010 Google has jumped feet-first into the social media game, unveiling a product this morning they call Google Buzz. They're not explicitly saying that they want to take a chunk out of Facebook, but then again, they don't need to. Full article: http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/google_stuff/buzz_vaults_google_into_social_media_game_ watch_out_facebook_151558.asp Google Announces Plans for Fiber Optic Network MediaBistro.com - SF Bay Area News February 10 2010 Google's foray into cell phones with the Nexus One was a departure for the company for the fact that it was a clear move away from its core business (online programs) and a significant foray into unknown territory (hardware). Full article: http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/google_stuff/google_announces_plans_for_fiber_optic_netw ork_151706.asp Why Gmail is killing Exchange in Australia APC Magazine Australia February 09 2010 It's a perfect storm: Google's cloud email is reaching reliability and manageability levels that Microsoft, IBM and Novell can't keep up with, say big Aussie organisations.
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Full article: http://apcmag.com/why-gmail-is-rapidly-killing-exchange-in-australia.htm Curtin University touches Surface for education, medicine ComputerWorld Australia February 10 2010 Multi-touch, multi-user PC will be used to promote greater student collaboration Perth-based Curtin University of Technology will become the first Australian educational institution to employ Microsoft's newly launched Surface multi-touch PC when it implements three of the devices later this year. Full article: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335623/curtin_university_touches_surface_education_medic ine/ Microsoft Surface slips into Australia ITWire.com February 09 2010 ANZ, Curtin University and Lonely Planet are among the early enterprise adopters of Microsoft Surface which the company officially released in Australia today – the 19th country in the world to get Surface after its May 2007 announcement. Full article: http://www.itwire.com/information-technology-news/enterprise/36661-microsoft-surface-slips-intoaustralia Australian University Sport YouTube Channel YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/user/playunigames Film gives Brisbane 'the edge' over rival cities The Brisbane Times February 05 2010 The company behind a new promotional film aimed at encouraging international students to come to Brisbane says it was not made in response to the negative publicity surrounding attacks on Indian students in Melbourne. Full article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/film-gives-brisbane-the-edge-over-rival-cities20100205-ni84.html Where should we send the Street View Trike? Google Australia Blog February 03 2010 Last Monday we unveiled the Street View Trike in Australia at Taronga Zoo, and called on Aussies to give us ideas of other great off-road places that we could visit and photograph. Full article: http://google-au.blogspot.com/2010/02/where-should-we-send-street-view-trike.html Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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Online copyright battle just beginning with landmark case The Australian February 05 2010 YESTERDAY'S landmark Federal Court judgment in proceedings brought by the motion picture industry against internet service provider iiNet is merely stage one in the ongoing battle between movie companies and ISPs over liability for pirated film downloads on the internet. Full article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/online-copyright-battle-just-beginning/storye6frg97x-1225826898277 Hi-tech exam cheating increases says Ofqual BBC - UK February 03 2010 More than 4,400 people were caught cheating in last year's GCSEs and A-levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the exams watchdog says. Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8493132.stm Nokia navigation software downloads reach one million BBC - UK February 03 2010 One million people downloaded Nokia's free navigation software during the first week of its launch, the company claims. Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8495806.stm University of the Sunshine Coast promotional video YouTube.com February 02 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYHEFwIKh8w A student's day in Brisbane - promotional video YouTube.com January 02 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrR2XqCGBWA Dwell Publisher: In the Future, the Print Version of a Magazine Will Serve as the Brand's 'Calling Card', But Won't Drive Brand Revenues MediaBistro.com - SF Bay Area News January 29 2010 BayNewser is reporting today from "Finding Your Niche as We Shape the Media Revolution," the Women in Periodical Publishing's second annual leadership conference, taking place in San Francisco today. Full article: http://www.mediabistro.com/baynewser/conferences_panels/dwell_publisher_in_the_future_the_print_ version_of_a_magazine_will_serve_as_the_brands_calling_card_but_wont_drive_brand_revenues_150 494.asp Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au
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