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• First HomeKit devices set to launch next week, according to reports

  30-05-2015 15:19
  
  When Apple announced HomeKit at WWDC 2014, we didn't think we'd still be waiting for the first products by the time WWDC 2015 rolled around - but there's only a week to go before this year's event starts on 8 June.It seems there's now light at the end of the tunnel: sources speaking to 9to5Mac, which has a good reputation for getting insider information, say that the first HomeKit-compatible products will be launched next week.With WWDC set to give us a deluge of new information about iOS 9, Hom
  
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• Great tech innovators: Shigeru Miyamoto

  30-05-2015 15:18
  
  Age: 62Company: NintendoBest known for: Creating some of the biggest, most influential games of all time.Quote: "I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults."Nobody knows the meaning of the word "fun" quite like Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto. He joined Nintendo in 1977, just as the company was starting to transition into video games. Miyamoto's first big breakthrough moment was Donkey Kong, a
  
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• Facebook users plan protest against site's 'real name' policy at headquarters

  30-05-2015 13:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Drag queens, transgender people and others part of #MyNameIs coalition will demand removal of fake name reporting option and clearer appeals processDrag queens plan to lead a demonstration outside Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters on Monday in response to the company’s “real name” policy. Facebook has repeatedly stated its opposition to anonymous users and has suspended accounts when people do not use their officially recognised names. The policy has incited drag queens, transgender
  
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• Google and Qualcomm releasing a Project Tango smartphone this year

  30-05-2015 12:10
  
  Qualcomm has announced it's helping Google stuff its Project Tango tech into a smaller form factor - specifically a smartphone set to be released in the third quarter of 2015.Project Tango is focused on augmented reality (digital graphics placed on top of the real world) and virtual reality (entirely digital worlds). Up until now, it's only been available through an Nvidia tablet.Like the tablet, the smartphone will be aimed at developers rather than the general public - this isn't really ready
  
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• Week in Gaming: Splatoon hits the Wii U - is it ink-redible or dissap-painting?

  30-05-2015 12:01
  
  Just a couple of weeks to go until E3 2015, where the news will flow like water and games journalists will huddle under the news-waterfall like that bit in Mad Max, holding up their word-buckets and hoping to get a taste of a sweet, sweet scoop. If you haven't seen Mad Max yet, that reference will be a bit lost on you. Also, what the hell is wrong with you? Go see it right this instant!Splatoon reviews were the big topic of this week, coming in as mostly favourable and with the general consensus
  
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• The top 10 security events to attend this year

  30-05-2015 09:36
  
  Networking and gleaning vital insights from dedicated IT security professionals is a surefire way to make sure your IT personnel are ahead of the game and the company doesn't fall victim to a widespread cyber attack. The hard part is choosing the right conference for your company.To that end we've hand picked the 10 best cyber security events on the planet to help guide your firm in its quest for watertight security, and better still they're laid out in chronological order to help set out your c
  
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• Running Man of Tech: How a balloon and a rubber band helped me swim faster

  30-05-2015 09:30
  
  How a holiday can ruin trainingFirstly, an apology. I know there wasn't a column last week, which is mostly down to me being on holiday at a hotel without the internet. It felt like holidaying in 1995.I even brought the laptop with me, but I think that even if I'd been able to I would have been in serious trouble for sneaking off to post the column. On the plus side, I got the chance to get some hot weather training in… which will be entirely useless when I get to the startline at Windsor in j
  
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• Black Friday: Black Friday 2015 will be the biggest day of deals the internet has ever seen

  30-05-2015 09:00
  
  Black Friday deals 2015Black Friday is a huge American shopping event but in 2014 it exploded across the rest of the world in unprecedented fashion.Websites crashed, sales records were smashed and shoppers ravenously scooped up deals on tech, games and clothing in what was in many countries the biggest weekend of online shopping in history.Adobe crunched the numbers and reported that on Black Friday in the US last year consumers spent a record-breaking $2.4 billion - up an extraordinary 24% on t
  
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• Silk Road drug site founder jailed

  30-05-2015 08:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ross Ulbricht, the founder of online illegal drug marketplace the Silk Road, is sentenced to life in prison.
  
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• Updated: Google IO 2015: the biggest news from Google's mega conference

  30-05-2015 07:39
  
  Google IO 2015 News Day 2Google IO 2015 is a wrap! We break down all the news from the show below, but check out our list of the coolest tech from Google IO to find out what really caught our imaginations this past week.Day 1 of the conference was a whirlwind of Android M, new Google Photos, an iOS-friendly Google Cardboard (that now works with 6-inch devices), and Android Pay. Head to the second page to read up on all these announcements and more.We also got plenty to gawk at on Day 2, with the
  
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• On the road: Vauxhall Adam Rocks Air – car review

  30-05-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘In town, it darts and scuttles like a tiny, exotic insect’ Continue reading...
  
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• More models, more applications: 2015 set to be the year of the smartwatch

  30-05-2015 01:44 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  An estimated 36m smartwatches are predicted to be sold by the end of 2015, as more consumers allow smart techonology to grace their wristsContinue reading...
  
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• Cup Final instant replay app tests

  30-05-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile operator EE and the BBC will test a mobile app at the FA Cup final which uses 4G Broadcast technology to offer instant replays to fans in the stadium.
  
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