Right to disconnect Victoria Police have won the right to disconnect as part of the union's most recent negotiations. Apart from emergencies, they're not to be contacted outside of work hours unless it’s for a welfare check. Other unions are li

Virtual Conferences Are Back For 2021

Mar 31st, 2021 9m 12s

Lots of Uber newsOpal card to extend to Uber, taxis and share bikesNSW is letting commuters pay for Ubers, Lime bikes, taxis and ferries with their digital Opal card in a new trial FYI - uber pool is back in Sydney & Perth How to cut costs on y

What Is The Life Of An Influencer Really Like?

Mar 30th, 2021 22m 6s

SBS reporter Calliste Weitenberg has been leading a double life online. She spent six months creating a fake wellness influencer Mia Wilde aka @ThatCoastalGirl all in the name of uncovering exactly how the influencer economy operates. On today’

Cabinet Reshuffle Raises Eyebrows

Mar 29th, 2021 7m 27s

Nine Entertainment is still reeling from a cyber attack that hit the company’s headquarters over the weekend, crippling some operations and stopping shows from going to air. So far the source of the suspected ransomware attack has not been iden

Amazon Needs To Clean Up After Itself

Mar 28th, 2021 9m 13s

Lots of Slack news Slack now lets you DM anyone Slack is starting to roll out a new feature that lets anyone using the service DM each other.Announced back in October, Slack Connect DMs will let Slack users privately message employees outside o

Aloof Nerd or Straight Up F**Kwit

Mar 25th, 2021 13m 11s

FRIDAY LINKS:WeWork tells investors it lost $3.2bn last year as it woos them for Spac deal WeWork is back and plans to go public via a SPAC merger. The paperwork shows the company lost $3.2B last year, which compares with a $3.5B loss in 2019.

Is Discord Up For Sale?

Mar 24th, 2021 10m 5s

Thursday 25th Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $US10 billion Discord and Microsoft Said to Discuss Deal That Could Top $10 BillionPopular chat client Discord is potentially up for sale, with Microsoft a potential buyer, according

Explainer: Mental Health Options Online

Mar 23rd, 2021 9m 24s

Welcome to The Helpdesk for Wednesday March 24.We all consult Dr Google from time to time. But what’s the best way to manage your mental health online? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Much Would You Pay To Undo A Tweet?

Mar 22nd, 2021 10m 53s

Welcome to The Helpdesk for Tuesday March 23.The evidence is mounting that Twitter will be adding an “undo tweet” feature. The ability to take back tweets has also shown up on a survey asking Twitter users about features they’d be willing to pa

Instagram wants your kids to share pics of their babycinos

Mar 21st, 2021 10m 6s

Welcome to The Helpdesk for Monday, March, 22. Will Apple stand up to China on privacy? Apple warns Chinese apps not to dodge its new privacy rulesZuck changes his tune of Apple’s anti-tracking features - kinda. Zuckerberg: Facebook could be in

Fine. We'll talk about the Technoking.

Mar 18th, 2021 6m 27s

Welcome to The Helpdesk for Friday, 19th March. Today we catch up on all the stories we missed this week: Federal Liberal MP calls for EV support, ban on fossil fuel cars by mid-2030s Elon Musk crowns himself ‘Technoking’ of TeslaAirPods and Ap

Painful Day For GPs As Vaccine Website Crashes

Mar 17th, 2021 7m 44s

Vaccine booking website frustrates users GP clinics were inundated with phone calls from people trying to book their Covid-10 vaccine yesterday after the federal government’s online booking website failed to launch. Bookings opened for vaccinat

Garbo Takin' Out The Trash

Mar 16th, 2021 7m 7s

Tinder will soon let you run a background check on a potential dateTinder is working with a non-profit called Garbo to help customers find out if their potential dating partner has a criminal record.How does it work? Garbo allows people to find

How Do You Build A Workplace Culture When No One Is At Your Workplace?

Mar 15th, 2021 8m 32s

Qantas begins trialling vaccine passport appJustin Hendry, IT NewsQantas is looking at introducing a vaccine passport app in preparation for the return of international travel.iTnews reports that the airline is testing the CommonPass app on rep

Facebook's Newsfeed As Seen By A Trump or Biden Voter

Mar 14th, 2021 14m 34s

Australia extends tech giant probe to Google and Apple browser dominationZDnet: With the News Media Bargaining Code out of the way, the Australian government has moved its tech giant battle to the browser scene, keeping Google in its crosshairs

Roblox: Into The Metaverse

Mar 11th, 2021 8m 8s

Roblox Soars 43% on First Day of Trading as Gaming BoomsThe games industry had a bumper year last year, with the launch of two new consoles and people locked indoors for a good chunk of the yearA record $56.9 billion was spent on gaming last ye

Peloton is Coming To Australia

Mar 10th, 2021 9m 17s

Peloton is coming to AustraliaCult fitness brand Peloton is coming to AustraliaThe exercise tech company has often been described as “the Apple of Fitness”, due to it’s very shiny marketing, and full stack of hardware and softwareThe exercise b

eSafety Concerns

Mar 9th, 2021 8m 49s

Google alternative https://www.forbes.com/sites/martyswant/2021/03/08/after-building-googles-advertising-business-this-founder-is-creating-an-ad-free-alternative/Forbes has a good profile on Srid-har Ramaswamy, a former Googler who is now CEO o

Rumour Roundup - Apple and Nintendo

Mar 8th, 2021 10m 57s

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac-pro/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-04/nintendo-plans-switch-model-with-bigger-samsung-oled-display Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack Loves Jay Z

Mar 7th, 2021 8m 14s

Jack Dorsey is desperate for celebrity parties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WTF are NFTs?

Mar 4th, 2021 11m 48s

A video clip created by digital artist Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, was flipped for a record $6.6 million recently. It had originally been bought for around $67,000. Beeple is like a banksy of digital art … Esquire has a good pro

Nine's Streaming Guy Takes The Reins

Mar 3rd, 2021 12m 7s

Nine picked a streaming guy to be its new CEO Mike Sneesby is the new boss of Nine Entertainment. He is a former telco executive and the head of streaming service Stan. He will be in charge of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, but Nine als

Far-Right Social Media Service Gab Hacked

Mar 2nd, 2021 8m 37s

Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private DataFollowing Twitter’s ban on Trump and Qanon, Parler and Gab became the two main PUBLIC platforms for displaced social media savvy racists. Parler was more talked about, because it onl

Uber Eats Is Getting Safer For Riders

Mar 1st, 2021 9m 48s

Safety gear for UberEats riders Uber has new safety gear and technology for its Australian riders.From today the Uber app will be able to tell whether its riders are wearing a helmet, using object recognition is its app.Riders will also have t

Twitter Introduces Super Friends!

Feb 28th, 2021 11m 10s

Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweetsTwitter announced a pair of big upcoming features on Friday: the ability for users to charge their followers for access to additional content, and the ability to create and join g