The future’s bright… the future’s virtual?
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As more companies move towards intelligent, natural voice controlled devices, is the writing on the wall for the keyboard and mouse?
The virtual reality service incorporates both vision and touch.
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A new shopping experience from two retailing giants shows companies are embracing sensory marketing.
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Whatsapp has become the most popular way to share maps and information, because it’s encrypted.
The Australian Taxation Office has already started down the path of publishing information on tax paid by Australian companies.
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Open government and public data could contribute up to A$16 billion per annum to the Australian economy.
All eyes are now on Malcolm Turnbull to help deliver on his pitch to transition the economy.
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We have to look very hard to find the “ideas boom” in this budget.
Algorithms have the potential to change every business.
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The disruption happening thanks to algorithms is happening all around us.
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Libraries and archives have dealt with threats for centuries, but the growth of digital networks has created new hazards.
Choosing one isn’t that easy.
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In the race to dominate the world’s digital economy, tech giants Apple, Google and Facebook are making multiple bets they hope will secure their future.
Domain and REA are going head to head, but what if one reinvented the game?
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Fairfax’s Domain is closing the gap on its rival REA, in a game where there’s usually one winner.
Apple CEO Tim Cook standing firm.
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Apple is pushing back against the FBI’s order to decrypt the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook for the sake of privacy and security.
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Twitter’s share price took a tumble after its latest earnings report. Will its plan to get new users work?
Mobile technology has changed consumer expectations.
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It will take more than shifting Medicare payments from one monolith to another to deliver true innovation.
Before LOLcats, there were LEOcats.
Beware the spoiler police.
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Reading this with your eyes half closed for fear of plot spoilers? There’s something wrong with you.
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Why the rush to replace the Safe Harbour datasharing agreement with something just as leaky? It smacks of placing transatlantic trade over European privacy.
Don’t lock it away, do something useful with it.
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In areas as diverse as transport, health or commerce, the answer to many problems starts with open data.
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The options available to Yahoo following another disappointing round of earnings and increasing angst among investors.
Ew.
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Flashing in public is illegal, shouldn’t its online equivalent be treated the same way?
More is possible in a virtual world than in a classroom – that’s what makes Minecraft invaluable.
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Memory has become prosthetic – outsourced to the internet. But remembering, not forgetting, is the enemy of creative reinvention.