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• ​Motorola Solutions wins AU$11 million contract with WA police

  03-08-2015 23:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Western Australia police will be working with Motorola Solutions to upgrade its existing dispatch system and integrate a new mobility application.
  
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• Why it's time to prepare for a world where machines can do your job

  03-08-2015 21:49 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Radical changes in employment patterns are on the way as artificial intelligence takes on many routine, repetitive tasks currently performed by people.
  
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• Research: Automation crucial for 60 percent of organizations

  03-08-2015 21:48 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Automation and its role in IT is the topic of Tech Pro Research's latest survey, which showed that 60 percent are already automating some work, while another 11 percent plan to do so.
  
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• Executive's guide to AI and the future of IT jobs (free ebook)

  03-08-2015 21:47 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Will advances in automation technology take away your job? Or will they free you from low-level work and lead you toward more challenging opportunities? This new ebook offers an overview of automation trends and their impact on today's employment landscape.
  
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• No, AI won't eat your job, say tech chiefs, and here's why

  03-08-2015 21:46 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  New technologies will create new jobs rather than destroy them, but only if we can prepare for the AI economy now.
  
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• Business process automation: Where it works, and where it doesn't

  03-08-2015 21:46 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Before making the case for business process automation, be sure you know which workflows and tasks are best suited to being automated.
  
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• The first 10 jobs that will be automated by AI and robots

  03-08-2015 21:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Advances in automation and robotics are putting a lot of jobs at risk. Here are ten jobs first in line for the robot takeover.
  
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• Ten jobs that automation won't kill off

  03-08-2015 21:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  AI and automation are certain to have a big impact on today's employment landscape. Here are 10 job roles where humans might come out on top.
  
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• Humans often to blame for automation horror stories

  03-08-2015 21:42 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Don't let human error turn your automation dreams into a nightmare. Experts share automation project failures and best practices for success.
  
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• How workers can retrain for careers in an automated world

  03-08-2015 21:41 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  For those whose jobs are at risk of automation, here's how the job market could change, what opportunities there may be, and the options for working in tech.
  
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• Review: Moto Pulse

  03-08-2015 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As convenient as cutting the cord and going with wireless headphones can be, it's difficult to ignore their usual high asking price. Sometimes, they can go for $50 or $100 more than a set of wired ones with similar sound performance. Not the Moto Pulse.I would say that Motorola, the company behind some of the most well-known phones, is merely dipping its toes in the headphone market with the Pulse. But for $59 (about £37, AU$80 but not currently available outside the US,) Motorola is cannon-bal
  
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• Probe into spy leaks site paused

  03-08-2015 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germany's attorney general has confirmed that a treason probe into a political website has been momentarily paused.
  
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• Review: Updated: Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

  03-08-2015 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designThe Xperia Z4 is still on its way, but while we wait the Japanese brand has taken all the sophisticated design language and shoved it into the mid-range Sony Xperia M4 Aqua.Although this release won't sate those of us clamouring for a top of the range Sony handset with killer specifications, if you like the look of Sony's Xperia Z range but don't want to drop kind of cash its asking price requires, then the Xperia M4 Aqua is one for you.The Xperia M4 Aqua goes on sale for
  
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• How good is a cheap smartphone?

  03-08-2015 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From the £24,000 Vertu Red Gold Black DLC to the £50 Rook, the 2015 smartphone market seemingly has a device to suit every wallet.
  
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• Rare Replay Review: best of the rest

  03-08-2015 15:59
  
      There are two ways to approach Rare Replay -- as a collection of games spanning the British developer's three decade history, or as how those games are collected and presented to players old and new.
  The first is near impossible: simply playing through all 30 of the games included would take literally weeks, and that's before you start wading through the remixes of the older games, the extra challenges, or the encyclopaedia's worth of bonus content, ar
  
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• Hands-on review: iOS 9

  03-08-2015 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Siri, design and Apple MapsiOS 9 is available right now in beta form, and it's already better than iOS 8, thanks to new features that make the iPhone and iPad software easier to use.Siri is smarter, Apple Maps has been improved and the notifications drop-down menu is now sorted logically. Best of all, every device that works with iOS 8 works with iOS 9.iPads get the most benefit from this year's operating system update. New multi-tasking functionality, especially for the iPad Air 2, finally fulf
  
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• The Open Organization, book review: Inspiring business from the bottom up

  03-08-2015 14:15 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst explains why organisations should be open, agile and responsive. These are admirable ideas, although examples of their application in challenging conditions would be useful.
  
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• ​Xiaomi, Huawei topple the iPhone in China

  03-08-2015 14:12 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Xiaomi has reclaimed the top spot in China, as Huawei pushes ahead of Apple.
  
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• China manages drone and chip exports

  03-08-2015 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  National security concerns have led China to restrict exports of high-performance drones and supercomputers.
  
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• Tech makeover time: How to improve the reputation of IT in your business

  03-08-2015 13:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Organisations often have a negative perceptions of the IT department. Here's how to get them to think again.
  
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• ​Sony debuts midrange Xperia C5 Ultra and M5 with heavy-hitting cameras

  03-08-2015 12:46 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Sony hopes its camera technology will make its two new midrange smartphones stand out.
  
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• German carmakers buy Nokia's mapping

  03-08-2015 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German vehicle manufacturers Audi, BMW and Daimler are buying Nokia's Here digital mapping business for 2.8bn euros (£2bn).
  
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• US hospitals warned on drug pump use

  03-08-2015 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration is 'strongly encouraging' hospitals not to use a drug pump system made by a leading medical supplier.
  
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• India blocks 857 porn sites

  03-08-2015 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India has blocked free access to 857 porn sites in what it says is a move to prevent children from accessing them.
  
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• ​Nokia sells Here maps to German car makers for €2.8bn

  03-08-2015 11:19 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  Here's new owners Audi, BMW and Daimler promise its digital maps will be available for use by all customers.
  
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• ICYMI: The 'failure' of Google+

  03-08-2015 09:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A round-up of interesting technology-related links you may have missed over the past weekend.
  
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• VIDEO: The app that recognises your family

  03-08-2015 09:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have developed a smart glasses app for those with dementia and the elderly
  
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• David Byrne calls for transparency from labels and streaming services

  03-08-2015 09:34 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The former Talking Heads man has aired his frustrations with the current music business model, and said Apple Music refused to disclose their royalty calculations on his own musicDavid Byrne has called for more transparency from major labels and streaming services, criticising the lack of information regarding how they pay royalties and what percentage of these reach the artists.
  “Many streaming services are at the mercy of the record labels (especially the big three: Sony, Universal and Warne
  
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• Oppo signs deal with Optus for R7 smartphone

  03-08-2015 08:52 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Chinese smartphone maker has inked a deal with telco Optus to make its latest high-end smartphone available for customers in Australia.
  
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• Trial parking sensors for Cardiff

  03-08-2015 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An app which uses sensors to show drivers available parking spaces is being piloted in Cardiff.
  
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• Games reviews round-up: Journey; Trials Fusion; Cricket Captain 2015

  03-08-2015 08:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Journey makes the step up to current-gen consoles in style, while a gun-toting cat on a unicorn steals the show elsewhereOne of 2012’s best games glides softly on to current-gen consoles. Journey is an interesting beast, a serene and ethereal antidote to a medium fixated on the fast and loud. The player takes up the role of a nameless wanderer amid the desert ruins of a once-great civilisation, able only to float around and produce mournful musical chimes. As you surf the sand dunes and drift
  
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• China tightens controls on drone and powerful computer exports

  03-08-2015 07:10 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  China is restricting the export of some drones and powerful computers in the name of national security, with draft regulation also proposed in the country for control of e-payments.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Bad things happen to good robots'

  03-08-2015 05:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hitchhiking robot, HitchBOT, who has spent weeks travelling around Europe and Canada is smashed to pieces two weeks after arriving in the United States.
  
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• Government access to Telstra customer information jumps by 6 percent

  03-08-2015 05:50 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian telecommunications company Telstra has revealed that it provided access more than 90,000 times to customer information over the course of the last financial year.
  
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• Deloitte to audit Queensland Department of Education's IT glitch

  03-08-2015 04:52 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Deloitte Australia has been appointed to uncover how an update to the Department of Education's OneSchool System prevented 644 suspected child abuse cases from being reported to police.
  
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• ZipTel to target Indian market following Q2 loss

  03-08-2015 03:16 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Travel SIM and telecommunications company ZipTel has its sights set on expansion into India, recording a second quarter loss of AU$771,000 following the launch of its international communications app Zipt.
  
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• NBN recruiting 4,500 jobs across Australia

  03-08-2015 03:04 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The company charged with rolling out Australia's National Broadband Network has announced the creation of an additional 4,500 jobs in the field across construction, maintenance, and training.
  
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• ​Uber challenges ATO in court over GST

  03-08-2015 02:55 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Uber has filed documents with the Federal Court against the Australian Taxation Office to overturn a directive that requires Uber drivers to register for the Good and Services Tax (GST).
  
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• Click here to hack the network

  03-08-2015 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does it take to be an ethical hacker?
  
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• Atari's boss on why life is 'a game'

  03-08-2015 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Atari's founder on treating business like a game
  
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• VIDEO: From prisoner to programmer

  03-08-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of former prisoners in South Africa are teaching other prisoners how to code, to help them find work on the outside.
  
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• VIDEO: Relationships 'provide opportunities'

  03-08-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman offers the advice he wishes he had when he started out in the world of business.
  
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• VIDEO: LinkedIn boss's relationship advice

  03-08-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman offers the advice he wishes he had when he started out in the world of business.
  
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• When robots eliminate jobs, humans will find better things to do

  03-08-2015 00:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The fear of millions of jobs being automated out of existence by robots and artificial intelligence is real. Here's how it will change the world -- for the better.
  
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