The Telegraph reports that a Scot asking for iPhone was offered searches for Sex instead, while a Welsh accent delivered "gorillas" and "kitchen sink". Even a Surrey accent failed, delivering "my sister".
Melbourne Lord Mayoral candidate Peter McMullin is running a Google Adwords campaign, using the names of his rivals as keywords. Type in Catherine Ng, you get an ad for Peter McMullin. Howls of outrage from the people who didn't think of doing it first.
The Thinking Outside the Box session at the SPAA Conference brought together four speakers who have embraced the 360 degree thinking and made bold forays into the online space. They willingly shared their experiences and vision for the future.
The election of Barack Obama to the US Presidency is expected to have a significant impact on the telecommunications industry in North America. For those who have been demanding more government involvement in the deployment of broadband access to underserved areas and for greater regulation of the power of incumbents to control internet traffic, the ascendancy of Barack Obama to the White House is being met with great optimism.
Destra founder Dominic Carosa, who was sacked nine months ago by major shareholder Prime Media, is considering an offer to buy back the company. It was placed in voluntary administration last week.
The election of a National Party government has put the rollout of a New Zealand version of Australia's national broadband network at the top of the agenda.
Sony, LG, Samsung and Panasonic are all ready to launch internet-enabled television sets in Australia. Sit in your chair, connect to the net, stream content. But first, ya actually gotta get a decent data cap, or its going to get very, very expensive very, very fast.
It won't be legal in time to get dirty video games in your Christmas stocking, but the discussion paper on whether to introduce an R18+ rating is due out before the end of the year.
The deal with Google fell through, they rejected a takeover offer from Microsoft, and now that they do want to sell, the board of search company Yahoo! discovers that no-one is interested in buying the company.
Telstra has upped the stakes again, warning that it will not reveal whether it will bid for the national broadband network until it has clarity on whether the government will insist on structural separation. We yawn. Something about crying wolf, Sol. Some kind of fable, I think.
Net neutrality advocates are happy with the new President of the US. Net neutrality, they argue, will place the power in the hands of content providers, rather than in those of the companies which provide the access and infrastructure.
After the first flurry of announcement, here is the extensive obit, which shows you why he was a legend. And his age compounded the tragedy. Register to donate your organs now.
TVNZ's Hanna Hodson came unglued with Pink, who stormed out of her interview. After which her security people figured they owned the tapes.. and the cameraperson didn't.
