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• Australian market leading the charge in cloud uptake: SAP ANZ MD

  02-08-2015 23:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  SAP Australia and New Zealand's recently appointed managing director John Ruthven has outlined that business locally continues to make good progress in the cloud market.
  
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• Hitchhiking robot dead as cross-country trip cut short by vandals

  02-08-2015 14:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Beloved Hitchbot damaged beyond repair in Philadelphia
  The kid-sized robot hitchhiked across Canada in 26 days last yearA hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide has met its demise.The Canadian researchers who created Hitchbot as a social experiment said someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair early on Saturday, ending its first American tour after about two weeks.Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon Studios chief: data isn't everything as retailer looks at big picture

  02-08-2015 13:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  As Seattle-based company rapidly expands TV and movies division, the man in driver’s seat makes it clear that Netflix is not the only game in townWhen it comes to the rapidly expanding TV and movies division of Seattle-based retailer Amazon, you might expect the company that religiously studies customer order histories, when and how people buy, what they’re buying and a slew of other metrics, to bring that same zeal for data to its slate of original content.
  After all, Amazon’s much bigger
  
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• How does it feel to be a ‘grey entrepreneur’?

  02-08-2015 10:15 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Tech startups are usually seen as a young person’s game, so founding a website in my late 50s has been something of an adventure…Pulling into Old Street underground station in London I can with great accuracy predict who will head for the doors of the train. Not that clean-shaven man in the three-piece business suit; nor that Armani-ed woman who’s probably heading for a City skyscraper. No, Old Street (ironically, given the name) is a magnet for tech-oriented twentysomethings. So how does
  
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• Mazda MX-5: car review | Martin Love

  02-08-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Mazda’s lovable MX-5 is the world’s bestselling sports car. And for one injured soldier it has been a lifeline…Price £18,495
  MPG 47.1
  Top speed 127mphIn the footwell of the seat I’m strapped into is a sign that reads: “If the driver’s legs fall off, press here!” That must sound ridiculous to you, but then you aren’t being driven hell-for-leather round the historic Goodwood racetrack by a man with no legs… Continue reading...
  
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