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• Man Utd's plans for digital domination

  07-09-2015 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Man Utd plans to reach its 659 million fans
  
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• VIDEO: Is this the end of ads on mobiles?

  07-09-2015 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Cellan-Jones explains what affect the introduction of ad-blocking technology on mobile phones could have on the industry.
  
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• Canon develops 250 megapixel sensor

  07-09-2015 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canon develops a 250 megapixel sensor for surveillance, astronomy and other specialised imaging systems.
  
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• IBM and Xerox predict brain-controlled apps will head to smartphones

  07-09-2015 15:16 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Researchers from the two tech giants claim new headsets and more powerful phones are paving the way for brain-controlled smartphone apps.
  
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• Canon's 250-megapixel sensor can read the side of a plane 18km away

  07-09-2015 14:59 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A camera using the CMOS sensor could shoot video at 125 times the resolution of Full HD.
  
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• Porn app took secret photos of users

  07-09-2015 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A malicious Android app that appears to offer pornography, secretly takes photographs of users.
  
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• Lunatik Epik Aluminum hands-on: Rugged protection for the 42mm Apple Watch

  07-09-2015 13:47 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Some people like chunky phones and find the Apple Watch too sleek. Add a Lunatik Epik case and band to bulk things up and protect your Apple Watch from bumps and scratches.
  
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• HTC exits main Taiwan share index

  07-09-2015 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphone maker HTC is dropped from the Taiwan TWSE 50 index, hit by losses, tough competition and a 66% slide in its share price this year.
  
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• Review: Runtastic Orbit review

  07-09-2015 12:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Intro, screen, battery and build qualityThe Runtastic Orbit entered a busy market in July 2014, as a host of brands from Garmin to Samsung to Huawei put out a tracking band at around the same time.The Runtastic Orbit landed at a key time, about a year after the frontrunners like the Fitbit Flex, but just before the faster brands spun out second-generation products. So a year after launch, and a few price drops later - to about £80/$70 - how does the Runtastic Orbit stack up?Screen and batt
  
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• VIDEO: The 'vital' role of mobile phones for refugees

  07-09-2015 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Gavin Lee reports from Keleti station in Budapest in Hungary, where people in transit are now able to charge their mobile phones - often an important lifeline in their journey.
  
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• Grafters with a hint of genius: What makes a really great IT pro?

  07-09-2015 12:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  What are the skills that tech chiefs are searching for in the next generation of IT execs?
  
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• Guilty plea for Latvian virus maker

  07-09-2015 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Latvian man pleads guilty to creating malware that stole millions of dollars from online bank accounts.
  
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• Hands-on review: IFA 2015: Acer Predator 8

  07-09-2015 11:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A dose of gaming comes with any tablet. It's part of the territory, but few tablets say they're made specifically for games above all else. That's the Acer Predator 8's bag, as part of the Predator series. Under this black and red umbrella you'll find real top-end gaming laptops like the Predator 17, as well as more accessible devices like this tablet and the Predator 6 Android phone. Extra gamer abilities here include vibration feedback and an unusually beefy speaker array. However, at its hear
  
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• Troubled Toshiba posts $318m loss

  07-09-2015 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba posts a net loss of 37.8bn yen ($318m; £209.3m) for the year to March.
  
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• Hands-on review: IFA 2015: Acer Predator 17

  07-09-2015 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Unveiled at IFA 2015, the Acer Predator 17 is a top-end gaming laptop, one set to sit among the most expensive and capable portable(ish) systems of 2016. It's a pretty important machine. It's going to duke it out with the Asus ROG G752 as one of the biggest-name machines from the next wave, laptops that pack-in Intel's sixth-generation 'Skylake' Core processors. For an early preview of whether it has a chance at the gaming laptop crown, we took a closer look at the machine during IFA 2015. Desig
  
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• VIDEO: Scientists create the 'vomit machine'

  07-09-2015 09:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a "vomit machine".
  
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• Telstra, Vodafone compete on mobile data, plan inclusions

  07-09-2015 08:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australia's telcos are putting data first in their mobile plans due to the uptake of online messaging and streaming services, upping allowances, and rolling over unused data.
  
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• ​Calls for contactless payments to require consumer consent

  07-09-2015 07:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A parliamentary committee has recommended that banks ensure contactless payments on debit and credit cards include a feature that requires the consent of customers before it is activated.
  
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• NBN predicts three million new Australian jobs by 2030

  07-09-2015 07:07 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  According to a report commissioned by NBN, three million new jobs will be created or redefined within the next 15 years. It is a trend NBN expects to continue, following the three million jobs that have emerged since the year 2000.
  
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• Netskope eyes APAC expansion with $75m Series D funding

  07-09-2015 04:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Netskope plans to invest its latest funding to grow its business in Asia Pacific, specifically in Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America, Israel, and Canada.
  
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• Mint Payments, goCatch partner to target AU$5.4b taxi industry

  07-09-2015 04:23 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian-listed payments provider, Mint Payments is entering the ride-hailing game, having announced a partnership with app-based taxi service, goCatch, to capitalise on the alleged AU$5.4 billion Australian taxi and limousine transport industry.
  
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• ​Westpac bumps investment up to AU$1.3b to accelerate digitisation

  07-09-2015 03:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Westpac has increased its annual investment spend with hopes to increase productivity savings of AU$270 million per annum, reduce income ratio below 40 percent, and add more than one million new customers in the next three years.
  
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• Silicon Valley's 91-year-old designer

  07-09-2015 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 91-year-old designer with a passion for products
  
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• VIDEO: 'Cycle-in office' with ramp unveiled

  07-09-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new building is opening in central London which the architect claims is a first for the capital: A cycle-in office.
  
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