melbourne
GPS
10:14AM Nick Broughall | You know what’s been missing from GPS mapping? Highly detailed 3D renders of the buildings you’re driving past when you’re driving through the city. Well, that or unicorn riding fairies. Whereis have just announced that they’re going to be showing off the 3D models of Sydney and Melbourne in upcoming devices that use their maps. More »
Whereis Launching 3D City Models For GPS Mapping
10:14AM Nick Broughall | You know what’s been missing from GPS mapping? Highly detailed 3D renders of the buildings you’re driving past when you’re driving through the city. Well, that or unicorn riding fairies. Whereis have just announced that they’re going to be showing off the 3D models of Sydney and Melbourne in upcoming devices that use their maps. More » 
Business
3:42PM Nick Broughall | All you Victorian Apple fanboys longing for a flagship Apple Store to call your own, Asher Moses from the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported that there’s a good chance you’ll get your wish at the expense of Lonsdale House. More »
Next Apple Flagship Store To Be In Lonsdale Street Melbourne?
3:42PM Nick Broughall | All you Victorian Apple fanboys longing for a flagship Apple Store to call your own, Asher Moses from the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported that there’s a good chance you’ll get your wish at the expense of Lonsdale House. More »
Screens
Retro-Projection Urinal Lets You Pee Over Football Games
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | A pub in Melbourne came up with what potentially could be the best and wrongest thing ever invented: A urinal with a retro projector, so you don’t miss a single second of a game when you have to pee. More »
Business
3:04PM Nick Broughall | It looks like Apple is pretty focussed on growing its presence in Australia. Although a few commenters pointed out that new Apple Store was opening in the Doncaster Westfield down in Melbourne earlier this week, tipster Ryan actually sent us a pic of the upcoming store, making it really real in our mind. More »
Next Apple Store To Be In Westfield Doncaster, Melbourne
3:04PM Nick Broughall | It looks like Apple is pretty focussed on growing its presence in Australia. Although a few commenters pointed out that new Apple Store was opening in the Doncaster Westfield down in Melbourne earlier this week, tipster Ryan actually sent us a pic of the upcoming store, making it really real in our mind. More »
Networks
9:38AM Nick Broughall | One day, after the bloody war between God and Satan which saw the devil cast down from heaven to rule the pits of hell, Beelzebub decided to try and get his revenge on God and his human followers by creating the game of cricket. And for hundreds of years, the devil was successful in creating a sport where it is literally more interesting to watch grass grow than what’s happening on the field. But now God has struck back through ISP Internode, who last week announced it had switched on free Wi-Fi at the MCG. More »
Take Your Laptop To The Cricket Thanks To Internode WiFi At The MCG
9:38AM Nick Broughall | One day, after the bloody war between God and Satan which saw the devil cast down from heaven to rule the pits of hell, Beelzebub decided to try and get his revenge on God and his human followers by creating the game of cricket. And for hundreds of years, the devil was successful in creating a sport where it is literally more interesting to watch grass grow than what’s happening on the field. But now God has struck back through ISP Internode, who last week announced it had switched on free Wi-Fi at the MCG. More »
Networks
12:56PM Nick Broughall | It seems that opening large stores is all the rage at the moment. After Apple’s Sydney Store opening last week, Telstra yesterday threw the shackles off its new T[life] store on the corner of Bourke and Swanston streets in Melbourne.
Unlike Apple, there were no people camping out overnight; there’s no gigantic glass panels or Italian sandstone; instead there’s two levels of Telstra, crowned by a giant 22 x 2.5 metre LCD screen.
As with other T[life] stores, you can tell the obvious Apple Store influence, from the free daily training sessions and demonstrations, areas dedicated to getting your hands on the products and other areas dedicated to business users and home networking. Considering that this is their fifth T[life] store, they must be doing something right as well.
Telstra also used the launch to show off their new QR codes yesterday, and for everybody keeping notes, they refused to discuss the iPhone (although Uncle Sol did pull out the new HTC Touch Diamond for a bit). Uncle Sol did, however, go on to say that Telstra was bigger than Apple.
No iPhone News At Telstra’s New T[life] Store Opening
12:56PM Nick Broughall | It seems that opening large stores is all the rage at the moment. After Apple’s Sydney Store opening last week, Telstra yesterday threw the shackles off its new T[life] store on the corner of Bourke and Swanston streets in Melbourne.
Unlike Apple, there were no people camping out overnight; there’s no gigantic glass panels or Italian sandstone; instead there’s two levels of Telstra, crowned by a giant 22 x 2.5 metre LCD screen.
As with other T[life] stores, you can tell the obvious Apple Store influence, from the free daily training sessions and demonstrations, areas dedicated to getting your hands on the products and other areas dedicated to business users and home networking. Considering that this is their fifth T[life] store, they must be doing something right as well.
Telstra also used the launch to show off their new QR codes yesterday, and for everybody keeping notes, they refused to discuss the iPhone (although Uncle Sol did pull out the new HTC Touch Diamond for a bit). Uncle Sol did, however, go on to say that Telstra was bigger than Apple.
Announcements
3:02PM Nathan Taylor | Apple has plans to open three Apple Stores in Australia this year. Previously, only the three-story outlet in Sydney’s CBD was confirmed, but it has now been revealed by job ads on the Apple Web site that Sydney’s Chatswood and Melbourne’s Chadstone will also have stores.
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Apple to Open up to Three Australian Stores
3:02PM Nathan Taylor | Apple has plans to open three Apple Stores in Australia this year. Previously, only the three-story outlet in Sydney’s CBD was confirmed, but it has now been revealed by job ads on the Apple Web site that Sydney’s Chatswood and Melbourne’s Chadstone will also have stores.
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