Technology Category

Portable’s Managing Director, Simon Goodrich, recently travelled to Queensland to take part in a panel discussion and community forum presented by Bond University and the Gold Coast City Council. Based upon the premise of Professor Marcus Breen’s paper ‘Golden Information: The Virtual…

Portable has been pleased to work with The Wilderness Society to develop a mobile system to accurately collect donations for The Kimberly Campaign. The Wilderness Society recently held a free concert in Melbourne’s Federation Square to raise awareness and financial donations for the Save…

Portable is pleased to announce that our Managing Director, Simon Goodrich, has recently joined the Flexible Learning Advisory Group (FLAG) as an expert member. Drawing upon his extensive experience in digital media, e-learning and web development, Simon brings a wealth of practical…

Project Description Furthering our recent work within the financial sector, Portable has worked closely with AMP Capital to create a new microsite, ‘Taming Volatility‘. The result is a well designed, easy to navigate stand-alone site that is content specific. AMP Capital is…

Portable’s Managing Director, Simon Goodrich, recently presented at The Internet Show as part of this year’s Social Media World Forum. Hosted by Terrapinn and held at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre over two days, Simon spoke on creating compelling content for the…

After attending the inaugural event in 2011, Portable has returned as a guest to the Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards (HKIMFA) in 2012.  Our Business Development and Advertising Manager, Madeleine Gasparinatos, attended the festival as representative for the Portable Film Festival.…

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) have called upon the experience of Portable’s Managing Director, Simon Goodrich, in expanding the digital presence of the country’s fashion labels.  In a presentation titled ‘The International Online Presence; Using Social Media to Connect with an…

In 2011 Leadership Victoria have embarked on a series of activities and events to change leadership thinking.  In the aim of bringing visionary ideas to the fore and exposing a new generation of thought to the broader community, LV have established the…

Talking of online execution and digital strategy, I wanted to share the outcomes from our tour we did with Scott Belsky from Behance last week. In summary: * 549 people came to the events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over three days…

Since 2007 we’ve been bringing out to Australia people that inspire us and who innovative in their chosen (digital) field. This includes people from Current TV, Threadless, Foodspotting, Rocketboom, Next New Networks, Refinery29 and more. This August, we have Scott Belsky, CEO…

Portable has created a mobile phone application that will improve productivity and business operations, while reducing financial costs for not-for-profit organisation, The Wilderness Society. This innovative development is designed to make the donating and signing-up process more efficient for their street fundraisers,…

Android has overtaken Apple as the phone of choice. It looks like Simon’s first prediction for 2011 is coming to fruition. The month of August last year was the tipping point for sales as Android overtook the iPhone with 32 percent of smart phone…

Portable recently created an iPhone application for the upcoming St Kilda Festival, an annual celebration of Australia’s best musical talents, performers and artists. In 2011, there will be more than 90 musical performances, spread across seven stages, over nine days. The app…

The first three weeks of the year have been big ones for technology. You’ve had movements at Google and Apple that not only make the business pages but regular news too. In Australia, Yahoo 7 got onto the group buying phenomen with…

The good thing about being on break is it gives you some time out to think about the year that has been and the year ahead. On reflection, I see 2010 as the year that mobile internet use and online shopping went…

A Facebook intern has created a map of the world made by joining the dots between friendships. The map displays friendships between Facebook users as light blue lines on a deep blue background. The eastern half of the US, Europe and parts…

We all like to look into the future and make predictions when December arrives. So here it is: our definitive list of technology trends you should keep a look out for in 2011. It’s by no means exhaustive but these five trends…