Apple’s next Australian store will be in Brisbane’s CBD — either that, or there’ll be a bunch of blue-shirted geniuses wandering around the centre of Brisbane looking for a store. More »
After further trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in May, Telstra will start selling its USB 4G modem (pictured) on August 29. It will operate across the LTE 1800MHz spectrum and NextG’s 850MHz band. But before you get too excited: The initial commercial pilot targets business types in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane only — ahead of a wider national rollout later this year. Oh, and Telstra won’t actually say what speeds you’ll get… More »
Last week, the teams from Gizmodo and Lifehacker Australia went on a road trip up and down the East Coast of Australia to meet some of the best geeks in the country, thanks to Microsoft and Windows Azure. Here’s what happened. More »
Australian Apple stores have been a bit disappointing, really. After the massive glass facade of the George Street Sydney Store, Apple has been stuck opening stores in shopping centres around the country, all of which lack the over the top design that makes Apple stores so unique. But that could change very soon, with Jen Dudley at News telling us that the Cupertino company could be eyeing off the historic MacArthur Chambers in Brisbane as its next marquee store. More »
You might remember that a few months ago, Brisbane made headlines for something decidedly un-flood related. The city was in talks with British telecommunications company i3 to facilitate the laying of superfast broadband in the city’s sewage pipes. More »
Due to open sometime in 2014, this $1.28 billion children’s hospital in Brisbane has been inspired by a “living tree”, with the various wooden windows jutting out like treehouses sat on branches. More »
Like video games? Like drinking? Like pretending that blue cocktails restore vast amounts of MP? Then you should move to Brisbane to celebrate the opening of The Mana Bar next month, which is reportedly Australia’s first dedicated video games bar. More »
I always thought that the Christmas lights around our suburb were pretty awesome, but after seeing this, I know that Brisbane is the place to go for a really awesome light show. Michael Sallaway used over 70,000 lights, which are completely computer controlled on over 300 individual channels. Micahel designed and built the controller boards himself, and then did all the synchronisation to the music by hand using the free Vixen Lights software, taking about 30 hours to code the entire song. More »
Yesterday, the SUNA traffic channel officially went live in Sydney and Brisbane, joining Melbourne to offer real-time traffic updates for the East Coast capital cities (sorry Canberra, you’re still to come).
But how do you get it? Thankfully, getting traffic updates isn’t as tricky a process as you would think, even if you already own a satnav device… More »
