Facebook, Twitter and other social based internet systems saw massive increases in usage through 2009.  Despite having some of the best weather for getting outside, Australians lead the world in spending time on social networks according to The Nielsen Company.

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Facebook is arguably the king of social networking right now and Microsoft-based software developers can now leverage the Facebook user base via the same technologies they are accustomed to.

Motorola has unveiled its first Android phone and an innovative feature, Motoblur, that automatically syncs users' contacts, posts, messages etc from popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, web based email accounts such as Gmail and standard POP email accounts, provides automatic backup and replication of the user's personalisation on a new device if one is lost or stolen.

AAPT is touting a first for the residential broadband market with the launch today of its 12-hour, off-peak, unlimited downloads service which it says is an evolution of its first unlimited download offer released to the Australian market in May this year.

Optus has become the exclusive telecommunications sponsor of children's charity Starlight's Livewire initiative aimed at providing Internet access to chronically sick children, in hospitals and at home.

ACT! by Sage 2010 hooks into social networking services. It also sports user interface improvements.

Employees accessing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter while at work pose a problem for their bosses as they grapple with the dilemma of allowing them to use Web 2.0 tools responsibly, without sacrificing their business security and regulatory compliance requirements.  

Online grumbling may be a more effective way of hurting an organisation that you suspected. A new survey shows that nearly a quarter of online Australians have boycotted an organisation after reading such comments.