A few years ago I moved from the inner suburbs out to Warrandyte. One of the great things about Warrandyte is the sense of community there, and one of the central components of the community is the CFA. Warrandyte is a beautiful place, surrounded by the bush, but living in the trees brings the...
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A look at some of the exciting and new app and IT related developments covered by Seventh Beam’s tech news.
Kicking Goals at Marvel Stadium with Pays
The game on Saturday between St Kilda and Brisbane at Marvel Stadium for Round 14 was especially exciting for us – and not just for what was occurring on the field. Working closely with our partners across several businesses we were able to see the outcomes of our hard work delivered across both of...
WWDC19 – Extending Tech Everywhere
I’ve flown halfway around the world, jumped in a cab, and overslept, but here I am in San Jose at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Well actually as I write, I’m in the Apple Park Visitor Centre drinking the first cup of tea I’ve found in the country. Though I haven’t been here long the...
WWDC 2018
Apple’s Keynote to launch the 2018 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) event has come and gone, with exciting new updates to all four of their major OS announced. While none of these updates are major overhauls, they feature incremental improvements that users have been asking for for years. We’re going to delve into the two...
Where’s Wally/Waldo/Location Tracking?
For the first few days of April 2018, Google added a “Where’s Wally/Where’s Waldo” (depending on the users’ home country) to their Google Maps app in the location sharing feature. With an instantly recognisable image overlay to hint at the game, the game asked users to opt in to the location tracking feature, and...
Apple Begin Rejecting Apps With Emoji
In recent days, Apple has begun rejecting any app that uses their emoji in its UI, or any App Store screenshots. The idea behind this being that Apple have copyright on their emoji designs, and developers are violating this copyright by including Apple’s emoji in their apps. This is a big change for Apple...
Rocket Science
Solar energy – Prices are moving downward fast and companies like Solar Reserve are leading the way. “Yes, It Is Rocket Science” “Its always exciting to see a company see a need and fulfil it. Here a company is changing the way concentrated solar plants operate by using Molten Salt rather than Steam. Molten...
First Look at Flutter
Amazon! Australian Launch Date? $10 on the launch date and a whiteboard of names with a red marker to eliminate those that miss the date in the office. As one of Melbourne’s leading Mobile app developers a quick look in the mirror made us question our 1900’s office sweep set up. Throw Flutter into...