The Oslo bombing and shootings are an undoubted tragedy. But to call Anders Behring Breivik’s manifesto anything less than the plagiarised rant of a madman — and even worse — to use it to try and reverse recent R18+ game announcements — is nothing but opportunism and lazy journalism. But sure enough, the Australian Christian Lobby is back at it, and mainstream media is set to debate the link with video games all week.
So Internode previewed its proposed NBN prices yesterday, and as I said then, it’s a possible view at how the competitive landscape may unfold. But Internode is just one medium ISP — and a premium priced one at that. So the ensuing cries of “NBN fail!” from Malcolm Turnbull and some quarters of the media are entirely way too premature.
A new report from research firm IDC estimates that between January and March this year, Apple grabbed 40 per cent of local smartphone sales, besting Nokia’s craptacular Symbian death-march for the first time. Android phones came in second with 30 per cent share. Yet with over 500,000 Android devices now activated everyday (albeit globally), it can’t be long until Android takes top spot.
Despite the fact that NBNCo is getting its funding (and there’s a lot of it) from the government, it’s important to remember that the company responsible for building our next-generation broadband network is still very much a startup. Which means that so far, we haven’t really heard too much in the way of NBNCo selling itself to consumers. But it looks like that’s starting to change.
Matt Toder has been editing video professionally for eight years, and currently works at Gawker.TV. These are his thoughts on Apple’s latest Final Cut Pro release.
