According to new research, 41percent of Australians are likely to post on Facebook while watching their favourite TV show. The research conducted by Yahoo!7 reveals a growing trend in “Social TV” – with viewers using mobiles and online social networks while watching TV shows during their live timeslots. The idea of interacting with friends online around a TV program is[Read More…]

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One of the most popular applications for making free voice and video calls is Skype, and the latest update to the program makes chatting with friends even easier. For starters, Skype verion 5.8 for Windows is now capable of full high-definition video calls with the right camera and broadband internet connection, plus you can now even make video calls to[Read More…]

Are you a video games enthusiast? Love anything and everything to do with Computers? Maybe your Comic book collection stacks up taller than you or you live for photography or fashion…then you could be Australia’s next Top Geek. The iiNet TopGeek 2.0 competition will see contestants show off their unique talents in one of five geeky categories. They’ll work their[Read More…]

I spent last night floating in Sydney harbour with Sony Computer Entertainment and a mix of media and members of the Video Games industry for the launch of the Playstation Vita, which will hit retail stores on Thursday. What is the PlayStation Vita? It’s the successor to the PlayStation Portable, the portable games and entertainment device that’s been on the[Read More…]