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…
For me, music has been a life-long love. Playing, purchasing, listening and producing it has been a constant in my personal (and often professional) life. An enduring curiosity has allowed me to explore and encounter wonderful new genres and artists. There are few limits to the types of music I appreciate, from baroque to deep …Read More…
More people on the Internet are communicating via social media than ever before, and Facebook is the most popular platform. In the first quarter of 2013, over half the world’s Internet connected population is using Facebook! Using data collated by Global Web Index, Statista has just released a chart of the world’s ten largest social media sites by …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…
