• Twitter adds flexibility to privacy protection

    If you want to avoid being followed by a lot of spammers and complete strangers, Twitter’s protected profile model (where you have to approve followers) has always been the way to go. Protection is now much more appealing following a back-end change which makes the approach more flexible. Previously, you had to follow anyone you…


  • Create Easy-Response Polls Using Gmail Filters

    The Digital Inspiration blog points out that combining Gmail’s filters, easy email (or mailto:) links, and the mass familiarity with email makes it easy to conduct your own polls amongst contact groups. Simply set up question responses with answers that match temporary + addresses, and you’ll get quick counts and individual data on your questions.…


  • Telstra cuts rates on Next G data plans

    Telstra’s Next G wireless broadband coverage has always been more extensive than any of its 3G competitors, but that’s come at a price: a ridiculously high price, as it happens. Now Telstra has dropped the pricing on its Next G data packs, making them moderately better value.The $10 mobile data pack now includes 150MB of…