The Sunshine Coast Council Solar Farm has been honoured in the National Awards for Local Government which showcase innovative and resourceful solutions that local governments have implemented to make a difference within their communities. The Solar Farm won the Boosting Productivity through ... more
Technology
iTooth extracts top prize at Startup Weekend Sunshine Coast
Can you take a common problem from idea to business in 54 hours? That's the aim of the Startup Weekend Sunshine Coast. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event geared around action, innovation, and education to turn ideas into businesses for those with technical and non-technical ... more
Google to visit Sunshine Coast to train local companies
Representatives from Google Australia will visit the Sunshine Coast on Thursday 12 April to hold a free training seminar for local business leaders. The ‘Digital Garage’ event came about as a result of a collaboration between Federal MP Andrew Wallace, the Caloundra Chamber of Commerce and Google ... more
Improved mobile phone coverage for Beerwah and Glass House Mountains
Beerwah and Glass House Mountains will receive new Telstra mobile telephone towers following the announcement of the outcomes of a tendering process to provide Federally-funded base stations on the Sunshine Coast. Federal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace announced the local outcomes and welcomed ... more
Emergency vehicles are given the ‘green light’
Families across Queensland will be safer as more emergency vehicles are given the ‘green light’ when responding to emergencies. Premier Campbell Newman said Emergency Vehicle Priority (EVP) technology was being expanded to more fire trucks and ambulances in the state which had the potential to ... more
Noosa Library gets $20,000 for Smart Table
Noosa Council has made a cyber-leap, receiving $20,000 from State Library of Queensland to buy a ‘smart table’ to extend the libraries’ technology services. The smart table has a large interactive horizontal screen that looks like a coffee table and allows many people to use it at once. It ... more
New help for consumers with mobile and telecommunications purchases
Consumers shopping for a new mobile plan or other telecommunications product will have access to helpful new information from tomorrow (1 March). "Critical Information Summaries" (CIS) will provide shoppers with two pages of essential information about a product or service. This must include ... more
Apple unveils iPad mini
Apple has launched its new iPad mini. It features a 7.9 inch screen, fast and fluid performance, FaceTime and iSight cameras, over 275,000 amazing apps, and 10-hour battery life. Rather than simply reduce the size of the iPad, Apple has described the process as being a concentration of the iPad ... more
Steve Jobs has died
Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away from pancreatic cancer, the company has announced. The 56-year-old stood aside as Apple chief executive on August 24 citing health problems, but remained on the board of directors. He had earlier battled pancreatic cancer in 2004 and had ... more
Mobile wireless connections more popular than DSL
The number of mobile wireless internet connections (excluding mobile handsets) exceeds the number of DSL connections in Australia for the first time, according to a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. At the end of June 2011, mobile wireless broadband (excluding mobile ... more