Paul Wallbank joins Rod Quinn to discuss how technology affects your business and life. For December 2012 we’ll be looking at business security, Windows 8 and the saga of Apple Maps.
If you missed the program, you can listen to the recording through the ABC website.
Answers to listeners’ questions and links to some of the programs we discussed, including removing Norton Anti-Virus and getting your Windows start button back, are on a later blog post.
Some of the topics we discussed included these below.
- The Romanian crime gangs that have been hacking business computers in Australia and the US
- How do you protect yourself against problems like these hackers?
- Windows 8 is more secure that earlier versions, how is it selling?
- Microsoft and Nokia’s struggle with the smartphone
- The battle between Apple, Microsoft and Google over app store revenues
- Victoria police’s warning about using Apple’s map application
- Facebook’s privacy settings get another change
- What technology promises in 2013
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I note that PSMA was mentioned as the supplier to Google maps. This was the case up until about 2 years ago when Google swapped to WhereIs (Sensis) data.
PSMA does supply Nokia, Microsoft and Apple but it has no control over how the data is manipulated (or degraded) to appear in the maps nor does it control the way in which the data in interpreted nor how often the application takes advantage of the frequent updates supplied by PSMA (quarterly). The analogy is that the best bricks can still be used to build an ugly and unstable building!
PSMA also supplies data to NBN Co. While this data is not ideally suited to being used for detailed design of a broadband network it is the best data available in Australia and specific datasets to meet the NBN needs are being developed.
Thanks for the clarification Paul, that’s a very good point about even the best bricks can build a poor building.
For the NBN, they have a tough job in correlating mapping data with often incomplete and inaccurate utility information. Personally I’m surprised they are finding the various sources match 60% of time.
I have encountered the same issue with missing Google Pages from Australia as a listener last night. I have Windows 7 and a Samsung Desktop computer.
Hey Paul.
I enjoy your show. The other night you mentioned a tech wholesaler called something like airne barbar. I can’t find it. Could you please post the link. Thx
Hi Cameron,
The site was AliBaba.com
http://www.alibaba.com/
It’s basically eBay for manufacturers, if you want 24 remote controlled helicopters or 200,000 3/4″ galvanised Whitworth nuts and bolts, this is your place.
Have fun.