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• What is single sign-on? How SSO improves security and the user experience

  17-07-2018 22:46
  Password fatigue, cloud sprawl and developer simplicity are pushing the rise of SSO.
  
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• Finding synergy between talent & technology in the martech machine age - MarTech Today

  17-07-2018 22:07 via martechtoday.com
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  Finding synergy between talent & technology in the martech machine age
  MarTech Today
  We're entering what many call the machine age, as the proliferation of AI and machine learning applications is making such technologies commonplace. It's a world in which augmented reality (AR) abounds and virtual reality (VR) blurs the lines between ...
  
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• Microsoft lures Windows 2008 users to cloud with offer of extra support

  17-07-2018 21:31
  The company will provide three more years of support to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 when workloads are moved to Azure virtual machines or Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, which debuts later this year.
  
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• Technology to Improve Your Indoor-Outdoor Space - Mansion Global

  17-07-2018 18:41 via mansionglobal.com
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  Technology to Improve Your Indoor-Outdoor Space
  Mansion Global
  There may be no finer area of your estate than the one that blends the best of both worlds—indoor and outdoor. But any near-perfect place could always use a bit more optimization. Below, we've identified some gadgets that will bring out the best from ...
  
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• What Is Disruptive Sustainable Technology? - Forbes

  17-07-2018 17:00 via forbes.com
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  What Is Disruptive Sustainable Technology?
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  Driven by the need for change through impact, growth and innovation, disruptive sustainable technology (DST) is not a concept that can be so easily digested as a whole. While DST contains elements from both disruptive and sustainable technology, the ...
  
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• Weight of evidence shows benefits of genetic-modification technology - The Weekly Times

  17-07-2018 16:08 via weeklytimesnow.com.au
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  Weight of evidence shows benefits of genetic-modification technology
  The Weekly Times
  THE science side is now winning the war of words on genetically modified organisms. Some major environmental groups are moving away from anti-GMO activism. The US environment group, the Environmental Defence Fund, for example, has released a ...
  
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• Turkey to implement policies to narrow current deficit, industry and technology, minister says - Hurriyet Daily News

  17-07-2018 14:50 via hurriyetdailynews.com
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  Turkey to implement policies to narrow current deficit, industry and technology, minister says
  Hurriyet Daily News
  Turkey's Industry and Technology Ministry will support research and development (R & D) and investments, the minister has said. Turkey will also implement policies to reduce the country's current deficit, has said Industry and Technology Minister ...and more »
  
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• Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman - Fast Company

  17-07-2018 13:05 via fastcompany.com
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  Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman
  Fast Company
  “Science Finds–Industry Applies–Man Conforms.” That was the motto of the Chicago 1933 International Exposition. I used it as the epigraph of my 1993 book, Things That Make Us Smart, suggesting that it be flipped to read “People Propose, Technology ...
  
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• Mazda MZD Connect and i-Activesense: Technology Review - Motoring

  17-07-2018 13:00 via motoring.com.au
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  Mazda MZD Connect and i-Activesense: Technology Review
  Motoring
  Mazda continue to improve on the core competencies of infotainment as we take the latest MZD Connect for a spin in our test Mazda 6 Atenza. Share Shares. Facebook · Twitter. Look, we are going to use the term “workman like” a fair bit during this review.and more »
  
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• GitHub Enterprise adds anonymous Git access, improves configuration visibility

  17-07-2018 12:00
  Other administrative improvements include easing of dormancy restrictions and granular permissions
  
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• Walmart, Microsoft in partnership to use cloud tech

  17-07-2018 11:45
  Retail giant Walmart Incsaid on Tuesday it entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corpfor wider use of cloud and artificial intelligence technology, in a sign of major rivals of Amazon.com Inccoming together.
  
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• Didi seeks $1.5 billion car services spinoff ahead of likely IPO: sources

  17-07-2018 11:44
  Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd is looking to spin off its car services unit in a deal worth up to $1.5 billion, ahead of its expected initial public offering (IPO), people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
  
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• China's Didi gets $500 million funding from Booking.com parent

  17-07-2018 11:44
  Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing has received a $500 million investment from U.S. travel firm Booking Holdings Inc , in a boost for its aggressive plan to enter new markets outside of China.
  
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• Chinese discounter Pinduoduo aims for up to $1.63 billion in US IPO

  17-07-2018 11:27
  Chinese online group discounter Pinduoduo plans to raise up to $1.63 billion from a U.S. listing, its latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange showed, in what would be the second-biggest U.S. float by a Chinese firm this year.
  
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• EU agrees on data deal with Japan

  17-07-2018 11:22
  The European Union reached a deal on Tuesday allowing businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan, deepening economic links as the two sides also agree a free-trade pact.
  
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• U.S. ban on China’s ZTE forces telecoms to rethink business: sources

  17-07-2018 10:19
  The U.S. trade ban on Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE wreaked havoc at wireless carriers in Europe and South Asia and forced operators worldwide to consider broadening their supply networks, industry sources told Reuters.
  
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• Walmart and Microsoft link up on cloud technology as they both battle Amazon - CNBC

  17-07-2018 09:24 via cnbc.com
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  Walmart and Microsoft link up on cloud technology as they both battle Amazon
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  Retail giant Walmart signed a deal to use Microsoft's cloud and artificial intelligence technology on Tuesday, deepening a strategic partnership between two of Amazon's major rivals. The five-year agreement is designed to leverage the full range of ...
  Walmart establishes strategic partnership with Microsoft to further accelerate digital innovation in retail | StoriesMicrosoft News
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• New copyright rules needed for AI era argue Google, Microsoft

  17-07-2018 08:12
  Australia’s copyright regime may act as a fetter on local research into artificial intelligence, Google and Microsoft argue.
  
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• Technology is a 'loyal friend' of the worker: Productivity Commission's Karen Chester says - The Australian Financial Review

  17-07-2018 07:10 via afr.com
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  Technology is a 'loyal friend' of the worker: Productivity Commission's Karen Chester says
  The Australian Financial Review
  Increasing automation is unlikely to trigger mass unemployment but workers risk being ill-prepared because of the fractured tertiary education and training system, the Productivity Commission has warned. Striking a contrast to visions of a dystopian ...
  
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• It's over: Intel and Micron file for divorce on 3DXpoint technology - ARNnet

  17-07-2018 07:00 via arnnet.com.au
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  It's over: Intel and Micron file for divorce on 3DXpoint technology
  ARNnet
  It was probably never meant to be: After 12 years, Intel and Micron announced their divorce over 3D XPoint technology. All that's left to do is divide up the streaming subscriptions and decide who gets the dog with the break-up set to happen over the ...
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• NSW government strikes deals with Microsoft, Salesforce

  17-07-2018 06:37
  New South Wales has struck whole-of-government deals with Salesforce and Microsoft that it says will deliver cost savings when agencies buy from the software vendors.
  
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• Hong Kong regulator, banks launch blockchain-based trade finance platform

  17-07-2018 06:33
  Hong Kong's banking regulator and seven banks, including HSBC Holdings PLC and Standard Chartered PLC, on Tuesday said they will jointly launch a trade finance platform in September using blockchain technology.
  
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• Tesla shares fall after CEO Musk abuses British caver

  17-07-2018 06:28
  Shares of Tesla Inc fell over 3.5 percent on Monday after Chief Executive Elon Musk directed abuse on Twitter at one of the British cavers involved in the rescue of 12 Thai children last week.
  
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• Tech companies join call for govt to back away from encryption crackdown

  17-07-2018 04:30
  A group of digital rights organisations, privacy activists and tech companies has called for the government to refrain from legislation that could potentially weaken access to encrypted communications services.
  
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• Technology and drought the focus at tractor conference - 2GB

  17-07-2018 03:49 via 2gb.com
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  Technology and drought the focus at tractor conference
  2GB
  Technology revolutionising farm machinery is the focus of this year's Tractor and Machinery annual conference. The conference is being held coming off a year when tractor sales again topped $1 billion. But with drought worsening across New South Wales, ...
  
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• KKR agrees to buy stake in AppLovin at $2 billion valuation

  17-07-2018 03:33
  Private equity firm KKR & Cosaid on Monday it will acquire a minority stake in AppLovin Corp for $400 million, just months after the U.S. mobile marketing firm was forced by Washington to scrap a deal to be acquired by a Chinese buyout firm.
  
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• IBM seeks $167 million from Groupon in dispute over early internet patents

  17-07-2018 03:33
  International Business Machines Corp on Monday asked a U.S. jury to award it $167 million in a lawsuit accusing e-commerce marketplace operator Groupon Inc of using patented technology without authorization.
  
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• Amazon workers strike in Germany, joining action in Spain and Poland

  17-07-2018 03:32
  Thousands of workers will walk off the job on Tuesday at Amazon warehouses in Germany to demand better working conditions, joining colleagues in Spain and Poland in taking action that coincides with a major sales promotion.
  
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• Ex-Apple employee pleads not guilty in trade secret case

  17-07-2018 03:06
  A former Apple Inc employee pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors filed an indictment accusing him of stealing trade secrets.
  
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• US playing catch-up as technology advantage erodes - The Strategist (blog)

  17-07-2018 03:00 via aspistrategist.org.au
  The Strategist (blog)
  US playing catch-up as technology advantage erodes
  The Strategist (blog)
  Washington is shifting its attention to strategic technology competition with Beijing. While long pushed in the Pentagon, other government branches like Congress, federal departments and even lobbyists are now advocating and investing in new ...and more »
  
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• Communist-run Cuba starts rolling out internet on mobile phones

  17-07-2018 02:52
  Communist-run Cuba has started providing internet on the mobile phones of select users as it aims to roll out the service nationwide by year-end, in a further step toward opening one of the Western Hemisphere's least connected countries.
  
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• New technology advancing renewed diamond exploration in Kimberley - ABC News

  17-07-2018 02:33 via abc.net.au
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  New technology advancing renewed diamond exploration in Kimberley
  ABC News
  Lucapa Diamond Company has been using a helicopter-borne technology to complete a geophysics survey over their Brooking project in the West Kimberley. Supplied: Lucapa Diamond Company ...
  
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• Entertainment companies join forces in major push to block pirate sites

  17-07-2018 02:29
  Village Roadshow Films and a group of film studios have been joined by Hong Kong company Television Broadcasts Limited (and subsidiary TVBO Production Limited) as well as Australian entertainment distributor Madman Entertainment Pty Limited in a push to significantly expand the range of piracy-linked sites blocked by major Australian ISPs.
  
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• Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth

  17-07-2018 01:37
  Netflix Inc's subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying stock down 14 percent on fears that the company's rapid expansion is slowing.
  
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• Delaware to test blockchain-based business filing system

  17-07-2018 00:57
  More than half of all U.S. publicly-traded companies – and two-thirds of Fortune 500 firms – are incorporated in Delaware because of its business-friendly laws and well-established corporate legal precedence.
  
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• Amazon suffers glitch during summer marketing event

  17-07-2018 00:09
  Amazon.com Incon Monday said it was working to fix a technical issue that had prevented some shoppers from placing orders during the company's summer marketing event, Prime Day.
  
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