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New Apple advertisement features same sex weddings

New Apple advertisement features same sex weddings

If you’re about to get married and looking for a videographer to capture that special day, maybe you don’t need to. A new ad for Apple shows what you can do with the latest iPhone. Set to Courtney Barnett’s version of the INXS classic Never Tear Us Apart the new commercial captures a bunch of same […]

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Pokémon Go craze reaches Westboro Baptist Church

Pokémon Go craze reaches Westboro Baptist Church

The augmented reality game that has taken over your Facebook feed Pokémon Go has caused an in-game rivalry between LGBTIQ friendly players and the Westboro Baptist Church. For those who haven’t been caught up in the craze, the game leads players to real world locations known as Pokéstops to collect supplies and Pokémon Gyms to […]

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Do we need to talk about becoming screenaholics?

Do we need to talk about becoming screenaholics?

Are we so busy looking at our mobile phone screens and glued to the latest developments on social media that we’ve lost all perspective on what’s right in front of us? Sitting at Kylie Minogue’s recent Perth concert the woman next to me is carefully recording the whole show on her mobile phone. She mumbles […]

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Apple Ban Gay Cure App

Apple Ban Gay Cure App

Apple has banned a gay cure app from it’s itunes store. The ‘Setting Captives Free’ app claimed, “Despite what you may have heard elsewhere, you do not have a ‘homosexual gene,’ nor were you born this way with no hope of freedom. You can be set free from the bondage of homosexuality through the power […]

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Is Grindr Just For Hook Ups?

Is Grindr Just For Hook Ups?

A new web TV series takes a deeper look into Australian gay men and our use of the phone app Grindr. ‘The Grindr Guide’, follows the lives of five different Sydneysiders as they navigate their way through issues of race, body image and ageism while using the geo-based application. OIP had a quick chat with […]

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Smartphone App to Diagnose HIV

Smartphone App to Diagnose HIV

Scientists in South Africa and South Korea are working to develop a Smartphone App that will work as a functioning HIV test. The proposed phone app named ‘Smartscope’ will be able to analyze photos taken of blood samples, measuring levels of white blood cells to diagnose the HIV disease. The test will require a one […]

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