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NewsForget Texting: Miranda July Has Released a New Messaging App
"Texting is tacky. Calling is awkward. Email is old."
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NewsSnapchat Could Be Adding News and Ads to Your Drunken Selfie Feed
Could there be ad breaks interrupting your sexts?
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GuideThe Best Places to Buy and Order Plants in Melbourne for 2024
There's a whole world of plants out there — here's where to find them.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Melbourne CBD for 2024
Some of the best small businesses in the city can be found in the CBD's laneways, alleys and arcades.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Florists for Making Grand Gestures
There's nothing like a big, vibrant bunch of freshly-cut blooms to turn a frown upside down.
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NewsEight Stunning Locally Made Jigsaw Puzzles for When Boredom Strikes (Again)
Got too much time to kill? Instead of flicking on the TV, give these beautiful, brain-tickling gems a go.
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GuideThe Best New Melbourne Spaces of 2021
We've rounded up the most stunning buildings and venues unveiled in Melbourne this year.
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NewsAll the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session
Keep your drinks cool and your shopping local when you plan your next picnic outing.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales
Score up to 70 percent off wine, cruelty-free makeup and activewear at these online sales.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales
Score up to 70 percent off reusable cups, homewares and sportswear at these online sales.
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GuideWhere To Shop Like a Local in and Around Brighton
These great bayside businesses are well worth a look in.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Footscray
Here's what the locals are loving in the inner west.
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NewsBrand New Dating App Happn Turns Your Meet Cutes Into Dates
Using GPS, Happn encourages you to "find the people you've crossed paths with".
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NewsBompas and Parr Use Real Molten Lava for the Ultimate Barbecue
Enjoy lava-seared steak in your own backyard.
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NewsStreet Artist Invader Has Launched New Worldwide Art Hunt App
The master of the 8-bit video game critter has launched his own game.
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NewsBrisbane is Trialling a New Texting App to Get You Talking on the Train
It's like Chatroulette, but on a crowded train. What could go wrong?
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NewsWatch Wil Anderson Creepily Come to Life in This New Archibald Prize Portrait
It's as excellent as it is terrifying.
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NewsFinally, a Smartwatch You Can Wear Without Looking Like a Dork
The secret to wearable tech? More wearable, less tech.
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NewsScientists Have Proven the Existence of Beer Goggles
Your one night stand just got a little more scientific.
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NewsTaxi Drivers Protest Uber for Taking Fares
Cabbies have finally had enough of having their grass cut.
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NewsThe New 3D Legend of Zelda is Bigger and Prettier Than Ever
Link has Triforced his way into more open space.
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NewsArtificial Intelligence is Here, As a 13-Year-Old Boy
Not quite as terrifying as the Terminator, but still freaky.
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EventThe Jungle Giants (DJ Set) at Canadian Club's Australian Open Party
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Canadian Club Racquet Club, Melbourne
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EventMelbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands
Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.
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EventBaby's Summer of Spritz
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Baby Pizza, Richmond
Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.
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EventUnderground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.
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EventChristmas Eve Community Day at Studley Park Boathouse
Tue, 24 Dec, 2024
Studley Park Boathouse, Kew
Bring the family to the river for a day of music, crafting and Christmas fun.
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EventNGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.
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EventRenegades Cricket Derby
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Let the sparks fly as the Renegades Derby sees the Big Bash League reach fever pitch.
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EventDouble Shot Maggie: Irish Live Music
Sat, 7 Dec 2024 - Sat, 4 Jan 2025
The Quiet Man Irish Pub, Kensington
A night full of singing, dancing, and laughing is in store at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
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EventStars Melbourne Derby
Sat, 4 Jan, 2025
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond
Experience the Stars Derby as the city’s most zealous cricket fans cheer their team to victory.
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EventThe Other Art Fair
Thu, 30 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Showcasing works from emerging contemporary artists, alongside live tattooing, immersive installations and cocktails, this art fair does things a little differently.
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NewsYou Too Can Play with DNA, at New York’s Amateur-Friendly Biolab
Vivid Ideas guest Nina Tandon explains where we're at with biotech and how amateur scientists are helping build the future of health.
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NewsPozible Launches Hyper-Local Project Edition: The Sydney Edit
Sydney's crowdfunding projects all in one handy place.
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NewsThe Main Bits from Apple’s WWDC Keynote
Your iPhone will monitor your heart rate and close the garage door.
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NewsNew Lost iPhone App Shouts ‘Polo’ When You Yell ‘Marco’
Track down your iPhone - even when you've left it on silent.
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NewsBirthday Stats Show Australians Love to Stream Flume and Lorde on Spotify
Celebrating its second birthday in Australia, Spotify has released a bucketload of stats in one super scrollworthy infographic.
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NewsFive Things You Can Expect From The Government’s Piracy Crackdown
Tony Abbott and George Brandis are going after your Game of Thrones.
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NewsNASA is Streaming the First Live HD Video From Space
Astronomically better than anything else you're doing right now.
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NewsMeet ‘Him’, the Talking Website Bringing Us One Step Closer to Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’
Spoiler: it's super creepy.
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NewsCrowdfunded Solar Roadways Could Power the World
An American couple wants to cover every inch of asphalt in the world with solar panels.
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NewsRent Joss Whedon’s Brand New Tribeca Film ‘In Your Eyes’ For Just Five Clams
The Avengers director high-fived his fans worldwide by releasing the film online.
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NewsScough: The Designer Scarf That Protects You from the Flu
The Scough: an alternative to All the Oranges.
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NewsVoice-Activated Smart BBQ Cooks Perfect Steaks When You Tell It To
Sundays just got lazier — BBQs now come with apps.
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NewsCraft Check App Distinguishes Between Craft Beers and Fakes
Is that a craft beer you're drinking, or merely a crafty one?
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NewsApartment Gardening Goes Large with Grove Labs’ Personal Kitchen Farms
The grow-your-own solution for non-green thumbs.
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NewsWorld’s First Flying Wind Farm Set to Launch
It's a bird; it's a plane; no, it's a super windmill.
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NewsGlimpse the Future of High-Rises in the International Skyscraper Competition
Groundbreaking visions for vertical living.
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NewsNew App Cloak Makes Avoiding Your ‘Friends’ Simple
Keep your exes and frenemies at a definite distance.
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NewsImogen Heap Takes to Kickstarter with Computer-Controlling Mi.Mu Glove
Right now, they make music. But soon, they could give us the home equivalent of Tony Stark's studio.
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NewsCrowdComfort App Sets Office Thermostat Through Crowdsourcing
Stop your workplace turning into a tundra.
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NewsGoogle Just Made a Smartwatch and It’s Actually Not Bad Looking
Smarts and good looks in the one package.
