I have watched a few webinars recently where the presenter discussed using image-based presentations to improve learner interest. During some recent course conversion work, I had the revelation that future proofing courseware also requires the minimal use of text for distribution reasons. In the last few days I have been converting a few courses from [...]

For a while now I have been considering converting some of my non-interactive Adobe Captivate 4 courses to video, allowing me to post them to Youtube, or make them mobile video compliant. Captivate courses are normally output in SWF format, but Youtube and the Apple iPhone do not currently support the SWF or Flash format. [...]

The Australian government has announced it will press on with its controversial plan to implement mandatory ISP-level internet filtering, after declaring the pilot trial a success. Obviously there’s a lot of  outrage at the government’s decision to plough ahead with its plans. Some limits, like child pornography are obvious, but moving to a mandatory ISP [...]

Facebook Privacy Changes Go Live; Beware of “Everyone” – PCWorld Business Center As promised, Facebook has begun rolling out new privacy options to its 350 million users. Watch out for the “Everyone” setting. After Criticism, Facebook Tweaks Friends List Privacy Options Is your “Friends List” really secure? When Facebook began rolling out its new privacy [...]

Following an advertising battle between AT&Ts and Verizon, with each claiming to have better coverage,  independent testing firm Root Wireless claims AT&T’s mobile data network problems compared to Verizon’s are mainly problems of perception. Testing shows AT&T 3G network outperforming VZW Dec 4, 2009 5:28 PM, By Kevin Fitchard AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless’ (NYSE:VZ, [...]

Is your Telstra iPhone 3Gs having problems accessing the Settings/Phone/Telstra Services/Bigpond mobile for iPhone option?  Can’t access the internet?  The reason may be the applications setting has been incorrectly configured by Telstra. Since I purchased my phone last week, I had been wondering why my iPhone could not connect to the bigpond network when I [...]

Huawei allies technology with price in battle with vendors By Gustav Sandstrom, Dow Jones Newswires Monday 30 November 2009 Chinese vendor’s improving portfolio to pose fresh challenge to European heavyweights. Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei’s challenge to European rivals has largely focused on its pricing advantage, but industry experts say it now has another key [...]

­Indian operators will be blocking several million mobile phones from December 1 as a government ban on handsets without a valid IMEI comes into effect. Estimates have suggested that as many as 25 million handsets were being used without an IMEI number. This has decreased over the past few months with the operators offering a [...]