This seems to be a pretty good example of the difference between the NSW and Victorian state governments: In NSW, the government threatens to sue you for using government info in the development of applications. In Victoria, they offer you $100,000 prize money… More »
According to Portfolio, Apple and HBO will team up to offer HBO original programming on iTunes in the next couple of weeks, and HBO may receive variable pricing and/or a higher profit percentage for its shows than other content providers. This is huge, not only because it marks HBO’s first big move into the online media market, but also because they’ve managed to strong-arm a notoriously stingy Apple into their own financial terms.
AOL, the company you haven’t patronised since 1996, has announced that it’s launching an “Open Mobile Platform” to help developers get mobile programs across multiple platforms. Despite the name, it’s not a full mobile OS like Android, rather a protocol for building and distributing applications across multiple mobile OSes. Think of it like Android’s API, but for all phone platforms rather than just for one.
