From Twitter to Facebook, Google to Bing, Skype to Ustream - it’s out with the old and in with the new as people create innovative ways to communicate in the digital age. Gordon Farrer looks at the medium and the message, pondering how the digital revolution affects everything from social relations to the media and the world of business.
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Technology rejuvenates neglected languages
Gordon Farrer New software under development at the State Library of Victoria is helping to strengthen minority languages the digital world tends to let fall through the cracks.
When too much television is clearly not enough
Gordon Farrer Social media is killing television, right? Wrong. It’s coming to its rescue.
Teenagers text the love
Gordon Farrer Research suggests there are biological reasons we might become addicted to social media.
What if the internet fell over tomorrow?
Gordon Farrer Having no mobile internet connection for two hours when lost in Toorak is one thing but a world without the internet would be a serious matter, indeed — especially for conspiracy theorists, bullies...
When it comes to online privacy, Facebook is not the only problem
Gordon Farrer It’s been a bad month for Facebook’s PR department, but a much-publicised global campaign to teach it a lesson this week was a flop.
Apple tries to bring order to a world of online chaos
Gordon Farrer Steve Jobs has created a neat and safe little world in the Wild West that is the internet.
Book publishers look forward to the Apple Effect
Gordon Farrer There might not be any Australian titles available yet but the iPad could help propel a revolution in ebooks.
Google offers old guard a little help
Gordon Farrer There's good news and bad news for newspapers as the search giant says it can help an ailing industry.
Apple in the fast lane of race for distribution
Gordon Farrer The iPad could well be the saviour of the newspaper industry — but not for the reasons you might think.
Smart slate can prevent a crash
Gordon Farrer The iPad alone might not save the print medium, but it will be one of the horses riding to the rescue.
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