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• Review: Bang and Olufsen H2

  21-08-2015 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  To properly test any set of headphones, you have to put them on, close your eyes and listen. For the Bang & Olufsen (B&O) H2, that means taking some time to forget about its undeniably cool vibe, thoughtful design touches, and most importantly, its price. Using just my ears, the sound is superbly balanced and rich. Even the bass is impressively deep for a set of on-ear headphones. Opening my eyes reveals the H2's many points of engineering excellence, but, like most good-looking things,
  
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• Google billboards announce UK is searching for revenge porn sites

  21-08-2015 20:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Eye-catching digital hoardings reveal search term among other queries such as Dismaland, Strictly Come Dancing and cricket scoresLarge digital billboards around London, paid for by Google, have been spotted by the public – with a surprising revelation displayed for all to see. The brightly coloured boards – which show popular search terms being used – declared boldly that the UK “is searching for revenge porn sites”.Members of the public were informed by the loud ad
  
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• Motorola Moto G (2015) review

  21-08-2015 19:20
  
      The latest incarnation of Motorola's budget star Moto G comes with 4G and Android 5.0 Lollipop, plus some improved water protection -- and it's still a bargain for the price.By: Dave Oliver, Continue reading...
  
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• Oi, don't forget about the gaming industry

  21-08-2015 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tiga, the trade body representing the UK's games industry, says more needs to be done for the games industry to be "on par" with the film industry.
  
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• Uber bookings more than treble in a year to nearly $11bn, says report

  21-08-2015 18:53 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Controversial taxi app’s revenues double every six months according to unverified investor report but profit figures still remain shrouded in secrecy Uber’s global bookings are projected to more than treble to $10.8bn (£6.9bn) this year and reach $26.1bn the next, according to an investors’ presentation that indicates a flotation for the ride-hailing business by 2017. The taxi app, which operates in more than 50 countries, keeps 20% of booking revenue, according to the co
  
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• Spotify says sorry after privacy row

  21-08-2015 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek has apologised in a blogpost following anger from users about the music streaming service's new data privacy policy.
  
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• Boy, nine, fitted with first prosthetic hand that can change grip with gestures

  21-08-2015 18:21 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Josh Cathcart can now eat with cutlery and pull up his trousers for the first time thanks to i-limb quantum, a special child-sized handA nine-year-old boy, born with his right arm missing from the elbow, can build Lego, eat with a knife and fork and pull up his trousers for the first time thanks to a new bionic hand.Josh Cathcart, who was bullied because of his disability, declared his new limb “awesome” and could not wait to show it to his school friends, after becoming the first ch
  
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• Review: GoPro HERO4 Session

  21-08-2015 17:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresThe simple square box style has been growing in popularity for action cameras, and with the HERO4 Session GoPro becomes the latest manufacturer to launch a camera of this style, following the likes of Polaroid's Cube and Cube+, and the Rollei 500 Sunrise.The design certainly has its advantages – it's 50 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter than previous HERO4 cameras – and it incorporates other improvements as well: the Session is waterproof to 10 metres wi
  
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• Amazon Echo soon to get SmartThings support

  21-08-2015 17:32 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Add another line of smarthome products that Alexa can boss around: Samsung's SmartThings will be supported in the near future.
  
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• Amazon Echo gets SmartThings support

  21-08-2015 17:32 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Add another line of smarthome products that Alexa can boss around: Samsung's SmartThings IoT hub and products are now supported.
  
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• Ten questions Ashley Madison needs to answer

  21-08-2015 17:11 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Even after more than 30GB of data exposing the company has been made public, there are still a few things that need clearing upThe site’s homepage touts “over 39,170,000 anonymous members”, while the figure of 37 million is regularly quoted in news stories about Ashley Madison. Yet the leaked database shows slightly under 33 m individual user accounts. Where are the other 6 million? Continue reading...
  
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• The office after Amazon: is the workplace becoming a jungle?

  21-08-2015 16:12 via feeds.theguardian.com
  The recent claims about Amazon’s aggressive corporate culture were a cause of consternation to many – but plenty of others couldn’t see what the problem was. So is a gentler, more relaxed office culture any better for employees? And is it even what they want?Workers crying at their desks. Workers subjected to anonymous criticism. Workers put on performance reviews after a miscarriage or cancer. The office isn’t what it used to be – at Amazon, anyway. This week, the
  
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• Review: Panasonic TX-50CX802B

  21-08-2015 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresWhile it's certainly managed one or two LCD TV hits over the past couple of years, Panasonic has overall felt like it's been running to catch up with some of its rivals in the years since it pulled the plug on its ever-reliable plasma TV division. Given how much of a picture quality leap we've seen from its rivals this year, I couldn't help but fear for Panasonic's latest high-end CX802 models - despite the brand going into more technical detail than anyone else in its b
  
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• VIDEO: Bionic hand boy 'youngest in world'

  21-08-2015 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A nine-year-old boy from Fife is the youngest person in the world to be fitted with a bionic hand.
  
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• Don't be creepy: five rules for turning internet followers into friends

  21-08-2015 15:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Online dating has gone mainstream, but what about expanding your social circle? Here’s how to make virtual friendships work IRLI don’t know how much wine I’d had when I offered to marry Nathan, an American living in Berlin whom I had never met. The time stamp on our Facebook chat history says my proposal occurred at 7.23pm one Friday in January, so hopefully not too much. The (non-serious) offer of marriage was friendly rather than romantic: Nathan and I have a similar sense of
  
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• Live forever with new social network

  21-08-2015 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New site Eter9 promises digital immortality using a kind of artificial intelligence to scan your posts.
  
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• Spotify's chief executive apologises after user backlash over new privacy policy

  21-08-2015 14:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Music streaming service asks to access contacts, photos and GPS locations from user mobiles as it tries to personalise its service The chief executive of music service Spotify has apologised to users after anger over sweeping changes to its privacy policy that give the company much greater access to personal data on users’ phones.As well as collecting personal information, such as email addresses and birthdays, Spotify will be able to sift though users’ contacts, collect their photos
  
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• Outlook on iOS update makes it easier to open, share and edit Office docs on the fly

  21-08-2015 13:59 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft has updated Outlook to cut down on the number of steps required when editing and collaborating on documents in iOS.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Real life' zombie game goes viral

  21-08-2015 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People logging on to messaging services Chat Roulette, Omegle and Skype got a surprise at the weekend when confronted with a "real life" zombie computer game to play live.
  
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• Google ordered to delete news links

  21-08-2015 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has been ordered to remove nine links to news stories by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) under the "right to be forgotten".
  
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• The young women who want to help shape the future of the tech industry

  21-08-2015 13:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Summer camps such as one at Georgetown university in the US aim to encourage more teenage girls into computer coding careersThe group of high school girls sat before a potted plant with wires running down the sides. India Bhalla-Ladd, 15, fiddled with a button on the broadboard, a pegboard for electronic devices. With each press, a different plant type appeared on a black-and-white screen – veggie, flower, and the one she eventually landed on: succulent.That morning, in a Georgetown Univer
  
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• Microsoft ups ante in InterDigital patent fight with fresh antitrust suit

  21-08-2015 12:55 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Microsoft has sued InterDigital ahead of an ITC ruling that could see Redmond's 3G handsets blocked from sale in the US.
  
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• Review: LG G4c

  21-08-2015 12:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Design and screenBy now it's a well worn line, but one that remains pertinent: the Moto G changed everything.Just a few years ago, Motorola released what would become its best-selling device ever, and, in doing so, changed the budget smartphone landscape in the west irrevocably. The Moto G has set a standard by which consumers measure every other similarly priced device, and manufacturers have taken note.The 720p screen, once something of a rarity, is now commonplace, as is the respectable list
  
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• Ashley Madison hack: should you look up your partner's details?

  21-08-2015 12:13 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Hackers have released the details of 33 million Ashley Madison profiles. People are now trying to decide whether to search for their spousesFive people share their stories of getting caught up in the data breach Even if you’ve never suspected your partner of infidelity, are you still tempted to search for their name in the leaked Ashley Madison profiles list? What about an ex, or even your colleague?Some 33 million records of people apparently seeking secret extramarital affairs have had t
  
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• Ten of the best football apps and games

  21-08-2015 12:10 via feeds.theguardian.com
  With the new season well underway, here’s a handpicked selection of apps and games for fans of the beautiful gameFootball: bloody hell! After a summer of Fifa shenanigans, it’s good to be back in the swing of the club season.Jose Mourinho is scowling and firing his blamecannon; Arsenal have a dodgy keeper; Sunderland are making my school team (1997-98 season: played one, lost one, scored two, let in 14) look like Barcelona; mascots are giving children nightmares… It’s li
  
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• Review: Explained: Gigabyte P55K V4

  21-08-2015 11:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designSerious gaming on PCs has never been a particularly cheap hobby, but as powerful desktop rigs have become more affordable, so too have gaming laptops that pack enough power to satisfy all your gaming needs.Gigabyte may be better known for its quality desktop motherboards than its laptops, but after releasing the less powerful Gigabyte P35K V3 into the wild earlier in the year, it's back once again with the P55K V4. Featuring an Intel Core i7 CPU coupled with an Nvidia GeFo
  
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• Google ordered to forget nine stories about the right to be forgotten

  21-08-2015 11:37 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The UK's data watchdog has ruled Google must delist a handful of links referencing articles about right to be forgotten link removals.
  
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• Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim reappointed

  21-08-2015 09:03 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Timothy Pilgrim has been reappointed as Australia's privacy commissioner, having served in the privacy office for 17 years.
  
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• GST to apply to all Australian overseas purchases from July 2017

  21-08-2015 07:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced that come July 2017, Australians will have to pay GST on all products and services sold from overseas into Australia.
  
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• Optus targets SMBs with satellite continuity service

  21-08-2015 07:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian telco Optus is offering its satellite services for SMBs to use in the event of a fibre network outage to keep their communications operational.
  
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• UXC earnings see a 28 percent boost to AU$42.1m

  21-08-2015 04:21 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian-listed IT consultancy firm, UXC, has posted record EBITDA of AU$42.1 million on AU$686.4 million in revenue, after securing AU$100 million in contracts during its 2015 fiscal year.
  
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• Australian Government set to tackle Internet of Things

  21-08-2015 03:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Federal Government is expected to shortly announce an initiative to address the rapidly emerging Internet of Things amid calls from industry for the formulation of a National IoT strategy.
  
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• Data#3 transition pays off to the tune of AU$17m

  21-08-2015 01:54 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Data#3 has undergone a year of transition, and it has worked in the company's favour, with the Brisbane-based technology solutions firm positing AU$17 million in earnings and AU$870.5 million in revenue for FY15.
  
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• How firms are fighting off spies and hackers

  21-08-2015 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How firms are shoring up their communications in a post-Snowden world
  
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• VIDEO: The umbrella that allows you to text

  21-08-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Nick Kwek looks at some of the best of the week's technology news
  
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• 'More Ashley Madison' data leaks

  21-08-2015 00:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A data dump indicates it contains further leaked material from the adultery dating site Ashley Madison, but a key file appears to be damaged.
  
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• Start up Wirriga to track Sydney's air quality

  21-08-2015 00:20 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  If IoT startup, Wirriga, gets its way, being able to check pollution level will be a cinch.
  
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