Tech

Grab your diary ‘cause we’ve got a busy month planned for you with all of the best things to check out on the Sunshine Coast in April.

It’s time to get your culture on at the epic multi-arts event that is Horizon Festival.

This month, we look at the power of positive headlines in a crisis, the industry emerging to serve our newly-formed at-home dining habits, 5G's unlikely place in pop culture, the dismantling of high maintenance beauty and international shopping, and our new-found enthusiasm for a ballet class. 

Get your business idea ready, because The Refinery have just opened applications to their 2020 Creative Incubator Program, accessible to anyone looking to launch a business in the art, style, design, music, entertainment, social enterprise or cultural arena on the Sunshine Coast.

Sunshine Coasters, it’s time to brush up on your virtual reality and dodgem car skills, because Timezone is opening one of its biggest arcades ever, and it’s popping up in Maroochdyore. 

Got a business idea but don’t know what to do with it? You’re in luck. Dishing up loads of practical, step-by-step advice to help you get your side hustle or full-blow business off the ground, this epic free event is one of the best things to do on the Sunshine Coast this month.

Riparide is an exciting booking platform encouraging us city dwellers to unplug from the daily grind and head outdoors in search of fulfilling moments. And what’s best—Riparide is an Australian start-up. 

We sit down with Duncan Barker, founder of the Sunshine Coast's most exciting new tech start-up, to find out what it's really like to create wearable technology, what he’s learned along the way and what makes the Sunshine Coast such a special place for budding entrepreneurs. 

Whether you’re building an empire or just want to be surrounded by a crew of like-minded business builders, here are the best Sunshine Coast co-working spaces you need to know about.

It’s been a big few days on the Sunshine Coast, with the World Surf League announcing the first Kelly Slater Surf Ranch outside of the United States, will be built on the Sunshine Coast. Not the Gold Coast, not Sydney, but our very own patch of paradise. 

It’s 17 years after a global catastrophe and things are looking hectic.

You can’t walk down the street at the moment without running into someone who has a side hustle, or at the very least, a podcast.

We know, we know, your phone is probably already packed. Last month you had to choose between a new Cardi B track and that photo of your nephew eating ice-cream (bye bye, little Timmy).

It sounds more like a kid’s dream than a real job. Video Game Writer. It’s right up there with ‘Pirate’, ‘Astronaut’ and ‘Professional Dinosaur’. Unless you’re award-winning journalist, author and gamer, Rhianna Pratchett.

The new Forza Horizon 4 manages something that’s rare in racing games: it’s built for people who genuinely, really fking love driving cars.

 Not just Candy Crush.

​If you want to know what’s happening in Oceanic pro gaming, just ask Michelle Mannering. She’s the unofficial queen of organised eSports and hackathons in Australia, running stages at PAX Australia, writing for international eSports mags, and even hosting an eSports series for CrownBet (now EasyBet). She also plays the odd game from time to time (biggest understatement of the millennium).

Get ready for the ultimate blast from the past because the PlayStation One is officially making a comeback.

​Brandon ‘Biopanther’ Alexander is one of Australia’s top professional sportsmen, except he does his best work sitting in a chair with a can of Red Bull and some headphones.

The problem with Tinder is that it’s a lot. A lot of swiping to find your matches, and a lot of people on there. Like, basically everyone. 

ICYMI, Instagram just released a new app in what is the latest step in their ongoing campaign for complete digital world domination. 

Not sure WTF it is? We got you. 

Common Collective threw open its doors in Maroochydore late last year but they've just found a brand new home down the street from their old digs.

We just found a new app that helps you beat phone addiction, ignore notifications, and actually focus on the important stuff (like talking with loved ones or finishing university). Basically, an anti-procrastinator’s dream.

Have you ever found yourself walking through gardens, forests, or even down the street and wondered to yourself what that beautiful plant is called?

What the world needs now is more emoji love.

Happy tenth birthday to our old mate the iPhone.