Since the launch of Facebook in an unassuming Harvard University college dorm in January 2004 (it wasn’t all that long ago!) social media has since exploded onto the scene and gained a foothold in our everyday lives and collective consciousness in a way very few people ever predicted. Nowadays everyone it seems has a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter profile, or a combination of all 3 (at least in developed countries
Despite forming half of the population, only one in four of Australia’s IT, Communications and Technology workers in 2015 are women, a less than desirable situation to many which can be explained by the traditional male dominance and so-called “geeky” image of this industry. Thankfully, due to a combination of rapid-industry growth and the gradual blossoming of technology jobs into attractive and viable long-term career paths with in-built flexibility, the
Since the advent world wide web beginning in the early 1990’s, the internet has become ubiquitous in our everyday lives. Thanks to rapid and relentless advances in digital communications technology, the average person now carries around in their pocket smartphones whose computing power rivals that of the 1960’s and 70’s supercomputers which NASA used to launch man onto the moon. Yet the internet still remains a device-dependent technology, and whilst
Think of a typical day in your own everyday life; depending on your age you’ll probably begin the morning with breakfast, perhaps some tea while logging into facebook to see what’s happening amongst your ever-expanding network of online friends. On the train to work you might escape into the sounds of your favourite new artist thanks to Spotify, whilst at the office, Google is your best friend and go-to-person for