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• ATO outages: Audit finds BC flaws, progress

  20-02-2018 21:30
  The aftermath of a string of severe system outages at Australian Taxation Office highlighted significant flaws in the agency’s business continuity planning. However, an investigation by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has concluded that ATO-commissioned reviews are helping plug gaps in the agency’s IT resilience.
  
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• Amazon credit card adds Whole Foods to 5 percent cash back offer

  20-02-2018 19:57
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday extended its 5 percent cash back benefit for Prime service subscribers to shoppers at its newly acquired Whole Foods Market grocery chain.
  
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• Xerox shareholders Icahn, Deason urge company to sell itself to rivals

  20-02-2018 19:04
  (Reuters) - Xerox Corp shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason said on Tuesday the U.S. company should seek to sell itself to one of its rivals or a private equity firm.
  
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• Qualcomm deals blow to Broadcom's bid with sweetened NXP deal

  20-02-2018 18:57
  (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor company Qualcomm Incon Tuesday unveiled a sweetened $44 billion agreement to acquire NXP Semiconductors NV , its most defiant move in its defense against a hostile $121 billion bid from Broadcom Ltd .
  
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• What Technology Stack Does Airbnb Use? - Forbes

  20-02-2018 18:14 via forbes.com
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  What Technology Stack Does Airbnb Use?
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  What is the technology stack of Airbnb? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Julia Tokareva, Software Development Consultant at RubyGarage ...
  
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• Lesser-known North Korea cyber-spy group goes international: report

  20-02-2018 17:52
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A North Korean cyber espionage group previously known only for targeting South Korea's government and private sector deepened its sophistication and hit further afield including in Japan and the Middle East in 2017, security researchers said on Tuesday.
  
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• Medtronic quarterly revenue beats, margins disappoint

  20-02-2018 15:44
  (Reuters) - Medical device maker Medtronic Plc's quarterly revenue beat analysts' expectations as new product launches drove sales across its business units, but weaker-than-expected margins clouded the earnings report.
  
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• Indian software services sector to grow 7-9 percent in FY19 - lobby group

  20-02-2018 15:31
  HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - India's software services exports will see revenue growth of 7-9 percent in constant currency terms in the fiscal year to March 2019, a leading lobby group forecast on Tuesday, as the industry continues to recover from what has been a tough year.
  
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• Catch Group launches telco

  20-02-2018 14:01
  Catch Group, which operates Catch.com.au, will resell mobile services on Optus’ network.
  
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• Spain's Balearic Islands to fine Airbnb 300,000 euros for illegal rentals

  20-02-2018 13:31
  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Balearic Islands is fining flat-sharing and rental service Airbnb 300,000 euros ($370,140) for advertising unregistered homes in Mallorca on its web site, the regional government said on Tuesday.
  
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• Language app Babbel translates European success to U.S. market

  20-02-2018 11:17
  BERLIN (Reuters) - It might seem a tall order to persuade people to spend as much to learn a language on their smartphone as it costs to subscribe to a music streaming or video-on-demand service.
  
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• Japan's Sony to form alliance to build taxi-hailing system

  20-02-2018 10:59
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corpsaid on Tuesday it would become the latest blue-chip firm to jockey for position in Japan's taxi and ride-hailing market, with plans for a joint venture to develop an artificial intelligence-based hailing system.
  
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• Uber CEO sees commercialization of flying taxis in 5-10 years

  20-02-2018 10:06
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday he can see commercialization of the Uber Air flying taxi service happening within five to 10 years.
  
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• 'How technology is destroying our kids' - 9Honey

  20-02-2018 07:23 via honey.nine.com.au
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  'How technology is destroying our kids'
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  But at just 12 and 13 their knowledge is not just a little more advanced – it's like they were born knowing this stuff. LISTEN: This week on Talking Married, the behind-the-scenes podcast for MAFS obsessives, Charlene explains why Patrick wouldn't ...
  
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• Labor plans more fibre-based broadband for Adelaide

  20-02-2018 04:12
  South Australian Labor has pledged to deliver fibre-based broadband services in Adelaide if it wins the state election next month.
  
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• Pilgrim journeys on: Privacy Commissioner calls it quits

  20-02-2018 02:36
  Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim will leave his role next month.
  
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• Motorola bringing AI and AR to public safety comms

  20-02-2018 01:22
  Motorola Solutions, the arm of Motorola that focuses on mission critical communications for public safety and heavy industry customers, is working on multiple fronts to enhance the capabilities of its offerings by incorporating artificial intelligence, speech recognition and augmented reality technologies.
  
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• Vocus boosts NBN market share

  20-02-2018 01:01
  Vocus has for the first time released data on its total share of the NBN market. The telco said that as of the end of 2017 it had captured 8.8 per cent of the market, up from 7.4 per cent at the end of 2016.
  
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