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• Fairfax Media and Google partner on advertising and technology - The Australian Financial Review

  11-12-2017 23:46 via afr.com
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  Fairfax Media and Google partner on advertising and technology
  The Australian Financial Review
  Fairfax Media is partnering with Google to leverage the Silicon Valley giant's digital advertising and technology expertise in combination with the 186-year publisher's premium content and highly engaged digital audience. The partnership will see ...and more »
  
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• Digital Pills Track How Patients Use Opioids - MIT Technology Review

  11-12-2017 23:07 via technologyreview.com
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  Digital Pills Track How Patients Use Opioids
  MIT Technology Review
  New pill capsules that send a message to a smartphone as they move through the GI tract have emerged as a way to track whether patients are taking their medicine as prescribed. The problem of nonadherence to medication instructions causes about 125,000 ...
  
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• Wilsonville research facility marks technology testing milestone - Alabama NewsCenter

  11-12-2017 23:00 via alabamanewscenter.com
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  Wilsonville research facility marks technology testing milestone
  Alabama NewsCenter
  Wilsonville research facility marks technology testing milestone Since its creation by the Department of Energy in 2009, the National Carbon Capture Center in Shelby County has worked with more than 30 government, university and research organizations ...and more »
  
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• Bitcoin futures suggest breakneck rise in price to slow

  11-12-2017 22:54
  Newly launched bitcoin futures on Monday suggested that traders expect the cryptocurrency's blistering price gains to slow in the coming months, even as it blasted above US$17,000 to a fresh record high in the spot market.
  
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• Dream to see technology business flourish in Bundy - Bundaberg News Mail

  11-12-2017 22:49 via news-mail.com.au
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  Dream to see technology business flourish in Bundy
  Bundaberg News Mail
  WISE WORDS: Former Kepnock State High School student Jamie Olsen delivered an inspiring speech at the University of Melbourne's graduation ceremony for the School of Business. Contributed. Use this content. Carolyn Booth. by Carolyn Booth. Carolyn ...
  
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• Apple confirms deal to buy music discovery app Shazam

  11-12-2017 22:45
  Apple on Monday confirmed it had reached a deal to acquire Shazam Entertainment Ltd, the U.K.-based app that lets users identify songs by pointing a smart phone at the audio source.
  
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• Playing With Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

  11-12-2017 22:16 via chronicle.com
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  Playing With Technology
  The Chronicle of Higher Education
  In 24 years of teaching, I've worked with a lot of experts in instructional technology, and without exception, they all preach the same mantra: Pedagogy first, technology second. Design your learning goals, they all say, and then we can help you ...and more »
  
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• Google launches three new photography apps for testing experimental technology - TechCrunch

  11-12-2017 21:59 via techcrunch.com
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  Google launches three new photography apps for testing experimental technology
  TechCrunch
  Google today is launching a trio of new photo apps – a part of new series of what it has dubbed photography “appsperiments.” (Get it? Ha ha.) The apps, some of which are available on both the iOS App Store and Google Play, give Google a way to test out ...and more »
  
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• Microsoft Announces $50 Million for Its “AI for Earth” Project - MIT Technology Review

  11-12-2017 21:20 via technologyreview.com
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  Microsoft Announces $50 Million for Its “AI for Earth” Project
  MIT Technology Review
  There are plenty of stories about artificial intelligence ending the world as we know it (see 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator, certain Elon Musk tweets). There are fewer about how AI could save the world, but believers are out there. At a ...and more »
  
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• C’s wild ride: From all-time low to big gains

  11-12-2017 21:15
  After bottoming out earlier this year, the language is gaining in adherents—but still faces the Java juggernaut for the top spot
  
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• Astronomers to check interstellar body for signs of alien technology - The Guardian

  11-12-2017 20:51 via theguardian.com
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  Astronomers to check interstellar body for signs of alien technology
  The Guardian
  'Oumuamua. Scientists will monitor the asteroid to see if it is transmitting anything. Photograph: ESO/M. Kornmesser/PA. Space. Astronomers to check interstellar body for signs of alien technology. Green Bank telescope in West Virginia will listen for ...
  Astronomers to Check Mysterious Interstellar Object for Signs of TechnologyThe Atlantic
  Astronomers Investigating Curious Interstellar Rock for Sign
  
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• Disney|ABC Television Group Taps Mike Napodano As Chief Technology Officer - Deadline

  11-12-2017 19:08 via deadline.com
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  Disney|ABC Television Group Taps Mike Napodano As Chief Technology Officer
  Deadline
  Industry vet Mike Napodano has been hired as chief technology officer for Disney|ABC Television Group. Related · Wendy McMahon Named President Of ABC Owned TV Stations Group. In his new role, Napodano will oversee the DATG's long-term technology vision ...and more »
  
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• Lear to acquire GPS technology company EXO Technologies - Automotive News (blog)

  11-12-2017 18:26 via autonews.com
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  Lear to acquire GPS technology company EXO Technologies
  Automotive News (blog)
  Automotive seating and electronics supplier Lear Corp. said it agreed to acquire EXO Technologies, a GPS technology firm based in Israel, to boost its connected vehicle systems. EXO Technologies, which also has facilities in San Mateo, Calif., offers ...
  Lear To Acquire Israel-based GPS Technology Developer EXONasdaq
  Lear to Acquire EXO Technologies, a Developer of GPS Technology for Autonomous
  
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• Here's what people want technology to do in 2018 and beyond - YourStory.com

  11-12-2017 17:16 via yourstory.com
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  Here's what people want technology to do in 2018 and beyond
  YourStory.com
  If you want a robot to earn an income for you in the future so that you can spend the winters holidaying in sun-soaked beaches and the summers in a cool hill station, you are not alone. Nearly half of the people in the world have similar expectations ...
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• Menlo Security Raises $40M to Advance Malware Isolation Technology - eWeek

  11-12-2017 17:11 via eweek.com
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  Menlo Security Raises $40M to Advance Malware Isolation Technology
  eWeek
  The security startup continues to evolve its isolation technology to help protect organizations from emerging forms of malware. Menlo Security announced on Dec. 11 that it has closed a $40 million Series C round of funding, which it intends to use to ...and more »
  
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• HP patches hundreds of laptops to remove hidden keylogger

  11-12-2017 15:44
  475 HP laptops were discovered to have a keylogger hidden in their touchpad software.
  
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• How technology is empowering the lives of people from specially-abled communities - YourStory.com

  11-12-2017 13:35 via yourstory.com
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  How technology is empowering the lives of people from specially-abled communities
  YourStory.com
  Panels discuss the importance of sensitising the public and raising awareness along with harnessing technology to empower India's specially-abled people. In line with our previous attempts to chronicle journeys of the specially-abled, and build ...
  
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• The Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out of its Casino - WIRED

  11-12-2017 13:01 via wired.com
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  The Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out of its Casino
  WIRED
  Activate satellite view in Google Maps and head to the Las Vegas strip, and you'll see it: a strange smattering of Y-shaped buildings. Mandalay Bay. Monte Carlo. Treasure Island. The Mirage. Their blueprints put gambling at the center of everything ...and more »
  
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• Las Vegas Casinos Are Now Testing Covert Gun-Sensing - Wired - WIRED

  11-12-2017 13:01 via wired.com
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  Las Vegas Casinos Are Now Testing Covert Gun-Sensing - Wired
  WIRED
  Activate satellite view in Google Maps and head to the Las Vegas strip, and you'll see it: a strange smattering of Y-shaped buildings. Mandalay Bay. Monte Carlo. Treasure Island. The Mirage. Their blueprints put gambling at the center of everything ...and more »
  
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• Wireless headphone guide: 2017's most innovative ear technology - The Australian Financial Review

  11-12-2017 13:00 via afr.com
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  Wireless headphone guide: 2017's most innovative ear technology
  The Australian Financial Review
  An odd thing happened in 2017. Without any fanfare, without any central planning or even a United Nations declaration, it became the Year of the Bluetooth Earbud. As the year has progressed we've spent some time pondering this fact, wondering what ...and more »
  
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• The 8 biggest IT management mistakes

  11-12-2017 12:00
  Sure, nobody’s perfect. But for those in charge of enterprise technology, the fallout from a strategic gaffe, bad hire, or weak spine can be disastrous. Here’s how to avoid (or recover from) big-time IT leadership mistakes.
  
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• Are you Premier League? The wearable technology revolution comes to amateur football with Playertek - Goal.com

  11-12-2017 09:02 via goal.com
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  Are you Premier League? The wearable technology revolution comes to amateur football with Playertek
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  It has become second nature for fans to watch matches on television and be given access to player data. Watch a Champions League game, for example, and when a player is substituted you might be given his total distance covered. After a game, a heatmap ...and more »
  
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• Trying to stay optimistic about technology - The Australian Financial Review

  11-12-2017 06:11 via afr.com
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  Trying to stay optimistic about technology
  The Australian Financial Review
  Technology is getting smarter and if you want to leverage it for your own success, rather than be a breathing data mine for other corporates, you've got to get smarter with it. Jessica Sier AFR Woodcut. Share on twitter · Share on Google Plus. by ...
  
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• Can China Contain Bitcoin? - MIT Technology Review

  11-12-2017 06:02 via technologyreview.com
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  Can China Contain Bitcoin?
  MIT Technology Review
  It is trying. But the cryptocurrency is bigger than any country, even the one where it has been most popular. by Emily Parker; December 11, 2017. 1. It was only a matter of time before Bobby Lee, CEO of China's longest-running Bitcoin exchange, found ...and more »
  
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• Chinese insurer Ping An looks overseas to boost technology - Financial Times

  11-12-2017 05:01 via ft.com
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  Chinese insurer Ping An looks overseas to boost technology
  Financial Times
  The consumer finance unit of Chinese insurer Ping An has started using homegrown facial recognition technology to screen potential borrowers who may be lying about their intentions to repay their debt. The application is one of hundreds of new ...and more »
  
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• 8700 Optus customers to be compensated over NBN speeds

  11-12-2017 01:18
  More than 8700 Optus customers who paid for unobtainable NBN speeds will be compensated, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced.
  
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