Digital Tsunami has launched yet another site built with “responsive design” which dynamically reformats to present the most appropriate (and readable) content in the desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone on which it is viewed. The Hong Kong company formation and corporate secretarial and accountancy services provider, Comsec has been a Digital Tsunami client since 1999. During those …Read More…
Throughout the exhibition halls of 2013 CeBIT Australia one trend showed considerable growth compared to 2012. The number of QR codes. On business cards, booth displays and print documents, QR codes were dramatically in evidence. Although developed nearly 20 years ago, by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave, for streamlined scanning of automotive parts during manufacture, the QR code still retains an innovative impact. It offers …Read More…
A foggy Sydney morning, admitted considerable daylight into the subject of the immense power of social media. The impact of the CeBIT Australia 2013 conference and exhibition, (titled ‘The Digital Economy’s Most Important International Event’), was reflected in presentations from the heads of all tiers of government: the Prime Minister (on video), the NSW Premier …Read More…
A report on the average national consumer download speeds has been released by netindex.com. Ranking 182 countries around the globe reveals results which some may find surprising. At the same time, a recognised global brand has announced a new Japanese service with the world’s fastest download speed – 2 gigabytes per second (Gbps)! Based on …Read More…
It is 40 years since the advent of the mobile phone, an invention which has changed business and human society. I was fortunate to have met the first person in the world to make a call from a cellular phone. In an act as historic as Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone call, made on March …Read More…
The growth rate of mobile Internet access has exceeded that of initial Internet growth. Statista has just released a chart to demonstrate this comparison. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) figures for global internet traffic between 1997 and 2003, show a 127% annual increase. Mobile IP traffic however, has now reached an annual growth rate of 146%. Mobile traffic in …Read More…
In speaking with numerous people recently, it is clear than many do not understand the meaning of the term “responsive design” as applied to a web presence. Resizing and responsive are two entirely different animals. Let me explain. A responsive site is one which responds to the width of the browser. That does not mean …Read More…
Nielsen has just released a report “The Mobile Consumer. A Global Snapshot, February 2013” The research covers 9 countries across 5 continents: Australia, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States. Interesting data reveals world leadership by the rapidly developing BRIC countries: In Brazil, 75% of the respondents use their mobiles for social networking, …Read More…
Released on March 10, 2013, the Nielsen “Australian Connected Consumers Report 2013” provides insights into the evolving patterns of consumers’ media consumption. Data includes the aggregate time spent on the Internet per day, connectivity during the hours of the day, how age is reflected in device usage patterns, and the increase in ‘out of home’ Internet access. …Read More…
Even the most secure enterprise or data centre can be hacked or infected by a polymorphic malware attack, persistent and determined ‘black hat’ programmer or malicious staff member. So, file backup is of critical importance in all environments. There could also be a recurrence of past worldwide infections, as polymorphic malware is now far more covert, …Read More…
