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• Maintenance technology to provide support to RAAF fighters - Defence Connect

  18-12-2018 19:45 via defenceconnect.com.au
  Maintenance technology to provide support to RAAF fighters  Defence ConnectLockheed Martin and Universal Synaptics Corporation have signed an agreement to help the U. S. Department of Defense counter a technological issue that ...
  
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• How to protect your digital privacy from new Christmas presents - The Guardian

  18-12-2018 18:43 via theguardian.com
  How to protect your digital privacy from new Christmas presents  The GuardianJust unwrapped a gift of an internet-connected device? Don't just turn it on and plug it in – you might be giving the manufacturer all sorts of information you don't ...
  
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• Walmart is testing its own, in-house visual search technology on Hayneedle - TechCrunch

  18-12-2018 17:03 via techcrunch.com
  Walmart is testing its own, in-house visual search technology on Hayneedle  TechCrunchHayneedle, the home furnishings retailer that joined Walmart by way of an acquisition by Jet back in 2016, is now serving as the testing grounds for Walmart's ...
  
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• For Apple, 2018 meant a new enterprise tack

  18-12-2018 17:00
  Though it's often seen as a consumer-centric company, Apple now touches a wide variety of enterprise IT operations. That may even accelerate in 2019.
  
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• Conde Nast embraces chaos engineering with PagerDuty to protect against outages

  18-12-2018 15:08
  Until recently, the 100-year-old publisher of Vogue and Vanity Fair, Conde Nast, had offices in each country acting as independent business units with differing processes and workflows. But a transformation drive under the new umbrella of Conde Nast International, which looks after the offices outside of North America, saw the business turn to incident response and visibility organisation PagerDuty to help protect against costly outages.
  
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• Top Food Technology Trends You Will See In 2019 - Forbes

  18-12-2018 09:00 via forbes.com
  Top Food Technology Trends You Will See In 2019  ForbesFrom ghost restaurants filled with robots to smart ovens that can read recipes, food technology will continue to evolve in 2019. Automation, robotics and artificial ...
  
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• Procter & Gamble to take OBJ's magnetic microarray technology to market - Small Caps

  18-12-2018 09:00 via smallcaps.com.au
  Procter & Gamble to take OBJ's magnetic microarray technology to market  Small CapsMedical solutions company OBJ Limited (ASX: OBJ) has signed a licencing term sheet with consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble (P&G) for the first fully ...
  
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• Technology spinners shine in 2018 "Worst Words" gongs - iTnews

  18-12-2018 08:40 via itnews.com.au
  Technology spinners shine in 2018 "Worst Words" gongs  iTnewsPlain English Foundation catalogues linguistic aberrances.
  
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• Telstra boosts subsea cable portfolio with 25 per cent stake in Southern Cross

  18-12-2018 05:04
  Telstra will purchase a 25 per cent stake in Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN), joining existing shareholders Spark New Zealand, Optus’ parent company Singtel and Verizon Business.
  
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• Fishburners seeks to give a leg-up to regional startups

  18-12-2018 04:19
  A new service from Fishburners offers startup founders in regional areas the opportunity to take advantage of the organisation’s membership base and resources.
  
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• Qualcomm says Apple violating Chinese court order, despite new software

  18-12-2018 03:48
  Qualcomm Inc said it believes Apple Inc remains in violation of a Chinese court's orders to stop selling iPhones despite a software update that Apple pushed on Monday.
  
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• Australian robotics champion joins CSIRO’s Data61

  18-12-2018 02:25
  CSIRO’s Data61 has appointed Dr Sue Keay to lead its Cyber Physical Systems program, which is focused on the “connection of digital devices to the physical environment”.
  
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• Major telcos put on notice over complaints-handling

  18-12-2018 02:01
  Aussie Broadband, Dodo, Exetel, Foxtel, iiNet, M2, Internode, MyRepublic, Optus, PRimus, TPG, and Vodafone Hutchison Australia are among dozens of telecommunications service providers put on notice over failing to meet mandatory complaints-handling standards.
  
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• Telstra declares Sydney and Melbourne sites 5G-ready

  18-12-2018 01:35
  Telstra has upgraded two base stations in Sydney and one in Melbourne in preparation for the expected launch next year of its first 5G services.
  
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• Oracle sees strong third quarter on cloud strength, share rise

  18-12-2018 00:40
  Oracle Corp on Monday forecast current-quarter profit above estimates after growth in its cloud services and license support unit helped the business software maker surpass Wall Street expectations for the second quarter.
  
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• Australian ‘neobank’ Xinja clears regulatory hurdle

  18-12-2018 00:30
  The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a restricted banking licence to Xinja — a digital-only bank with a focus on mobile.
  
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• Businesses sign up to Global Talent Scheme pilot

  18-12-2018 00:22
  ​Five organisations have signed up to the government’s pilot Global Talent Scheme (GTS) program, launched in July in a bid to make it easier for big business and tech start-ups to hire overseas talent for highly skilled roles.
  
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