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  • iPad or PlayBook?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    By now everyone has heard of Blackberry’s attempt to go up against Apple’s iPad, but what will make you sway towards buying one? Well, let’s compare a couple of things: The PlayBook is smaller in screen size than the iPad (7 inches up against 9.7 inches); PlayBook weights 400g to the iPad’s 700g; and iPad…

  • Facebook Places launches in Australia

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Facebook Places, which launched in Australia today, will allow Facebook users to share their location with friends. So if you’re enjoying a coffee in Brunswick Street, Brisbane and your friend is nearby, you’ll be alerted – and like magic, you can have a random catchup. This new feature is set to open up new real-life…

  • Guilt free SHOE shopping

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Wouldn’t you love to own one of these cute pairs of shoes and feel good about the purchase? – For each pair of TOMS shoes purchased a child from around the world in need will also receive a pair of shoes. The philanthropic entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie came up with this ‘one for one’ model while…

  • iPhone UITableView Selected State

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    While playing around the other day in Xcode, I wanted to change a row of a table view to a different colour other than blue when selected. Now after having a look high and low for a solution, I figured I would throw a few things at it and see what I could come up…

  • New Twitter experience announced today!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/rIpD7hfffQo[/briotube] Big news just in – the Twitter experience is about to change! I’ve just previewed how our Brio Group Twitter account will look under the new Twitter interface, and I cannot wait to explore the entire suite of possibilities when it comes in to full swing in the coming weeks. Twiter promises the new…

  • Oprah to host her Farewell Season show at Sydney Opera House

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/yJrQIsqvoCM[/briotube] Who would have thought the invaluable exposure Australia received on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the Tourism Queensland “Best Job in the World” could be topped? Just this morning, it’s been announced that Oprah will host part of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show in Australia! It’s a major, major PR win…

  • Doritos Make an Ad winner announced!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/8bHpp1_I-FA[/briotube] Last night the winner of the Doritos‘ “Make an Ad, Make a Fortune” competition, where consumers were invited to make their own ads, was announced during an ad break on Good News Week on Channel 10. Congratulations to Alex George for his winning ad, the Australian-obsessed ‘Dennis’. The comical ad has scored Alex a…

  • Screen • Act • Impact

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    It’s been another successful year for Media That Matters – a film festival in their 10th year with entrants showcasing their film talents on pressing issues which relate to every day people. The provocative and engaging social-issue documentaries range in topics covering law, the environment, immigration, age, gender, politics… you name it… it’s ‘media that…