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• Vodafone launches shared plans, Stan partnership

  22-02-2015 23:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Vodafone Australia has signed an agreement with video-streaming Nine-Fairfax joint venture Stan to provide video services to its mobile customers as the company launches shared plans.
  
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• Chorus reports lower profit, asks for regulatory certainty

  22-02-2015 22:13 via zdnet.com
  
  New Zealand network operator urges politicians to set the rules that will apply after 2020 as it reports its half-year results.
  
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• Facebook shuttle drivers ratify new Teamsters contract - WSJ

  22-02-2015 21:11
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shuttle bus drivers at Facebook Inc voted on Saturday to ratify a new union contract giving them more pay, better benefits and addressing split-shift scheduling, the Wall Street Journal reported. It said Loop Transportation, the contractor that employs the drivers and negotiated with Teamsters Local 853, cautioned that the agreement was not finalised and must be approved by Facebook. (Reporting by Herbert Lash; Editing by Tom Brown)
  
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• HTC One M9 looks even classier in new photos and specs leak

  22-02-2015 19:22
  
  We'll be holding the HTC One M9 in our hands this time next week when it launches at MWC 2015. Until then, we'll settle for this unofficial, but unmissable leak.HTC One M9 is said to be powered by an eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with a clock speed of 2.0 Ghz, much like the LG G Flex 2 we just reviewed.It's also been tipped to have 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage and support microSD cards, up to 128GB. As this is sourced from store listings, a 16GB model and other variants ar
  
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• YouTube targets music lovers and children to head off rivals

  22-02-2015 19:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Streaming service Music Key and YouTube Kids app to counter popularity of rivals such as Google and Facebook Continue reading...
  
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• Industry voice: How to avoid getting your hand caught in the I/O Blender

  22-02-2015 15:13
  
  The I/O blender, the computing term for describing input/output, is the commonly used phrase for describing performance in virtualised environments. Over the years, virtualisation has continued to grow. In fact, today about 70-80% of workloads are virtualised and that number is only expected to increase in the coming years. Prior to the widespread adoption of virtualisation in enterprise environments, storage was "predictable." System and storage admins could easily describe what the I
  
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• Cord cutters on net neutrality: 'It would be the end of wild wild west of the internet'

  22-02-2015 14:54 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The ‘awe-inspiring’ FCC internet protections leave cord cutters wanting. Their main complaint? Lack of competition among internet providers Continue reading...
  
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• London designers pin hopes on next generation of online shoppers

  22-02-2015 14:19
  
  By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's designers took to the stage at London Fashion Week over the weekend to showcase modern elegance and eclectic design, amid hopes the next generation of online shoppers would help boost sales in coming years. Designer Jasper Conran filled the catwalk with leaves to create an autumnal mood. Conran, whose privately listed business empire also encompasses designing furniture, home ware and collections for Britain's leading department store Debenh
  
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• Net neutrality: what's the latest controversy? Your questions answered

  22-02-2015 14:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  As officials prepare for ‘the most important FCC vote of our lifetime’, here is a quick primer on the much-debated issue of internet regulation Continue reading...
  
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• Are you paying too much for cable and internet?

  22-02-2015 14:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Federal Communications Commission has finally realised what most Americans have known for quite a while: internet is a utility. What might have felt like a luxury a decade ago is now necessary. Even as the FCC prepares to keep internet ‘open’ to all, it will not regulate prices or force cable and internet providers to share networks, according to FCC officials. As a utility, internet and cable account for a good chunk of Americans’ monthly expenses. To find how much Americans spend eac
  
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• Opinion: I dumped my mechanical keyboard because it wasn't my type

  22-02-2015 11:35
  
  IntroductionAfter tucking its USB cable neatly to one side, my gleaming mechanical keyboard was lowered back into its box like a sinking sea vessel accepts its watery fate.Having only owned the Corsair Vengeance K65 for six days, you might call my decision to return it premature. But almost a week of hammering at its keys like a destroyer of tiny ants trying to do an impression of the world's most annoying broken metronome has sapped the joy of typing out of me.Mechanical keyboards are in
  
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• Opinion: I love my smartphone's snapper, so why did I just buy a dedicated camera?

  22-02-2015 11:00
  
  I've taken photos with cameraphones and smartphones for years, and I don't just mean throwaway snaps of pets, friends falling over and amusing foreign biscuits. I mean Photos with a capital P; proper, considered, composed photos that I'm proud of. The camera in my current phone, an iPhone 6, is superb, capable of taking truly wonderful pictures even just on a purely technical level, before you consider how exciting and empowering it is that I can immediately edit and share them with it too.Yet I
  
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• Review: XYZprinting Da Vinci 1.0

  22-02-2015 09:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and print quality3D printing has created an inevitable buzz, but few outside of the design and engineering professions seem able to fully grasp the point. The largest consumer sector at present using 3D printers is the hobbyists, and even then it's more the tech-savvy geek rather than the mainstream modeller, and the reason for this is that the 3D printing process requires skill, time and patience – it's just not as easy as you think it should be.If you take a photo you can simply
  
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• IronFall: Invasion review – looks good, but breaks little new ground

  22-02-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  (3DS, VD-Dec, cert: 12) Continue reading...
  
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• Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II: car review

  22-02-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Worried your new Rolls-Royce will clash with your wardrobe? Don’t panic, they’ll do it any colour you like Continue reading...
  
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• A fairground ride that reads your mind?

  22-02-2015 01:05 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Artist and engineer Brendan Walker is attempting to create a new breed of virtual-reality theme-park attraction that appears to use your own thoughts to add excitement to the experience. His invention will be on show at FutureFest in London next month…
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• Win tickets to FutureFest

  22-02-2015 01:05 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Want a glimpse of what the future might hold? Find out from the star speakers at a London conference Continue reading...
  
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