I've previously decried voicemail as a technology that's long past its use-by-date, and now, this article at Mumbrella made me think about what a massive waste printed telephone directories are these days.
If it is illegal for Australian companies to sending unsolicited emails, why is it not illegal to send  unsolicited printed items?
If spam legislation was [...]

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Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! Michael Arrington of TechCrunch has it SO right in his article, Think Before you Voicemail. I could not agree more! Voicemail is a horrible relic of the 90s from an era before everyone had email at their fingertips, and it must DIE!
My particular tactic at work is to have [...]

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This is why I love BRAN, the tech podcast by Aussie journos Angus Kidman, Nathan Taylor and Roulla Yiaccoumi: a quote from the latest episode (90): "Every site Sensis has rolled out is … let's not mince words… TOTAL SHIT…"
I couldn't agree more. I was amazed at what abject shit the new version of Whereis [...]

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