I can still remember when I was 6 years old, the hottest gaming console was the family computer; I could can hear my then-little friend screaming at me for taking the "spread" ammunition in Contra. Aside from the hundreds of hours spent in front of our then-black and white coloured TV, we formulated many strategies on how to beat the different stages as well as learned from some of our friends the "thirty lives" cheat on Contra.

The COMSCORE Australia social networking usage study (August 2009) shows an overwhelming graph of statistics.

1. A more than 1000% growth of Twitter over Facebook causes different reactions; some are happy to know that over 800,000 Aussies are now active on Twitter, while other consider this a typical figure for the later-released Twitter, which is still way behind the 6,000,000 Australian users of Facebook.
   
   
2. While the first finding's reasons can be argued, the next finding cannot. That internet usage in Australia is growing rapidly. 75% of adults use social networks in Australia. Australia has over 400,000 bloggers. People spent on average 8.9 hours per week (or 1.5 days a month) using the web, which is up 27% compared to previous years - significantly, this is more time than Australians spent reading print media, watching movies, or playing video games.

At KayWeb, we are all about guiding clients to embrace what is good on the web to advance their business.

Recently I blogged about Twitter. That despite Facebook being the best social networking ticket for individuals, the benefits of Twitter far outweigh those of Facebook when it comes to business.

The chief reason is that while Facebook pages are private to non-members, Twitter pages are public. Both are very popular websites, but by being public, there is greater chance your business will be exposed by Twitter to a wide audience.

Further, a link to your business website, blog, etc posted on Twitter, and clicked through from Twitter, will win you kudos with search engines like Google and Bing.

Here are my top 5 tips to get you and your business tweeting effectively:

Did Microsoft abuse its position of power so badly many people are still motivated by the experience? The way in which Google is releasing Wave almost makes me think so.

Unlike Microsoft, they've made it open-source and made it clear that anyone will be welcome to run it, even on their own servers and change it however they like.

Perhaps making money for Google is no longer their top priority, but here's guessing that there's a revenue stream in there somewhere.

What are Waves? While there's no simple answer, it's a combination of instant messaging and email with differences. The following are some I noted from the conference demo.

Years ago, when Google only had its search engine, I read an article somewhere saying that Google is preparing for World Domination. Probably the basis of the following website: GoogleWorldDomination.com. I asked my colleagues  then how in the world would a search engine company dominate the world?

With Google's latest and probably greatest product - Google Wave - I think I've got my answer.

Google Wave consolidates the most important internet communication technologies into one simple interface. You can do everything from simple messaging to complex simultaneous wiki-type editing.