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• Reinventing Bahrain’s Kanoo Group through digital technology

  20-07-2016 20:02 via computerweekly.com
  
  Kanoo Group IT director explains the company's IT transformation, including why implementing Office 365 across the business was his biggest career challenge
  
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• Clearest ever 'map' of the human brain reveals 100 hidden regions

  20-07-2016 19:00
  
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• Google tests ads that load faster and use less power

  20-07-2016 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google reveals it is building new technology to make ads appear more quickly and use less battery power.
  
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• Drivers battle Uber over employment rights

  20-07-2016 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cab hire service Uber has been taken to an employment tribunal by two of its drivers who claim it is acting unlawfully by not offering holiday and sick pay.
  
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• Brexit offers chance for UK to become a ‘data haven’

  20-07-2016 18:30 via computerweekly.com
  Could the UK become a "data haven" after it leaves the EU?
  
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• Pokémon Go's first sponsored location will be McDonald's - in Japan

  20-07-2016 18:04
  
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• Microsoft readies new appointment-booking service for Office 365 Business Premium users

  20-07-2016 18:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is starting to roll out a new appointment booking service, called Bookings, for small to mid-size business customers who subscribe to Office 365 Business Premium.
  
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• Facebook Messenger hits the 1 billion monthly users mark

  20-07-2016 17:46
  
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• BBC+ app tailors content to individuals

  20-07-2016 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Users of BBC app can shape their experience based on the content they want to consume
  
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• DWP blames policy changes for a further shift in Universal Credit rollout

  20-07-2016 17:07 via computerweekly.com
  
  A Public Accounts Committee hearing coincided with news that the DWP is delaying the rollout of Universal Credit
  
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• UK falls behind most European countries in safe data storage rankings

  20-07-2016 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  A report based on independent data ranks the UK behind most major European countries as a safe location for storing data
  
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• Never hunt for emoji again: SwiftKey's predictive keyboard finds icons for you

  20-07-2016 17:00
  
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• Aster Group to implement ServiceNow

  20-07-2016 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Housing developer to use cloud-based service across multiple business functions following succesful implementation for IT service desk
  
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• Google's DeepMind trains AI to cut its energy bills by 40%

  20-07-2016 16:50
  
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• SAP's cloud growth continues, adds 500 SAP S/4HANA customers in a quarter

  20-07-2016 16:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Company said European business is navigating through Brexit uncertainty.
  
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• SAP's cloud growth continues, adds 500 HANA customers in a quarter

  20-07-2016 16:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Company said European business is navigating through Brexit uncertainty.
  
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• What CIOs should know about the Brexit

  20-07-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  CIOs should start talking with other executives and their teams and beginning planning now for potential changes
  
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• What CIOs should know about Brexit

  20-07-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  CIOs should start talking with other executives and their teams and begin planning now for potential changes
  
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• Slack's mission to 'kill email': firm invests in 11 new startups in just seven months

  20-07-2016 16:28
  
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• Mysterious Planet Nine may have given our solar system its bizarre tilt

  20-07-2016 16:16
  
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• SAP Q2 2016: cloud revenue edges forward, 3,700 S/4 Hana customers

  20-07-2016 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  Second-quarter results show 3% growth in cloud revenue to reach 14% of the €5.2bn revenue total, as operating profit jumps 10%
  
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• Best cheap headphones of 2016: These are the BEST headphones you can buy for less than £50

  20-07-2016 15:45
  
  How much do you need to spend to upgrade your listening experience? No more than £50 if our experience is anything to go by
  
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• Benelux CIO interview: Paul Elich, CIO at KLM

  20-07-2016 15:29 via computerweekly.com
  
  Paul Elich, CIO at Dutch airline KLM, tells Computer Weekly about building innovation into IT departments and the ongoing de-duplication of internal systems since its merger with Air France
  
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• You can now download childrens TV shows on the Sky Kids app

  20-07-2016 15:01
  
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• Google uses AI to save on electricity from data centres

  20-07-2016 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Its artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, has cut Google's data centres' energy consumption by 15%, using a machine-learning algorithm.
  
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• Insurance firm frees itself from legacy shackles

  20-07-2016 14:50 via computerweekly.com
  
  Insurance intermediary is moving its IT infrastructure into the cloud in a 12-month project that also sees it update its end-user computing technologies
  
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• Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel 'Wee Free Men' heading to cinemas

  20-07-2016 14:36
  
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• WhatsApp in Brazil back in action after suspension

  20-07-2016 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp in Brazil is operating again after it was temporarily suspended for failing to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation.
  
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• ​A Macbook with LTE? Apple granted mini-hotspot and wireless laptop patents

  20-07-2016 14:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple has been granted two wireless-related patents aimed at improving its devices' mobility.
  
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• Snapchat now lets you design your own Bitmoji stickers. Here's how to use them

  20-07-2016 14:09
  
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• Brexit puts $7 billion in UK SMB ICT spending at risk - Press Release Rocket

  20-07-2016 14:05
  
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  Brexit puts $7 billion in UK SMB ICT spending at risk
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  July 20, 2016 – New York, NY – According to AMI's Global Market Model (GM), based on extensive annual tracking of UK's small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), these businesses were projected to spend $61 billion on ICT products and services by ...
  
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• Scientists are using cloud computing and AI to track these mysterious, beautiful whale sharks

  20-07-2016 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A unique project is using some very old, and very cutting edge, IT to track the biggest fish in the sea.
  
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• BT broadband users hit by UK-wide outage

  20-07-2016 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Telecommunications giant incurs the wrath of BT broadband users after thousands struggle to get online
  
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• BT fault hits broadband users and banks

  20-07-2016 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BT acknowledges that its customers experienced broadband faults. Banks were also affected.
  
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• ARM, Symantec build security standard for Internet of Things

  20-07-2016 13:51 via zdnet.com
  
  A coalition of security firms has warned that the lack of a cohesive security strategy around IoT could lead to disaster if left unchecked.
  
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• X marks the spot: tweet leads to bulge of stars being spotted in the Milky Way

  20-07-2016 13:32
  
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• Sennheiser CX 3.00 review: All the fun of the fair

  20-07-2016 13:30
  
  Big sound, low price: the Sennheiser CX 3.00 prove that you don't need to spend big to get top-class headphones
  
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• Internet of Things security is dreadful: Here's what to do to protect yourself

  20-07-2016 13:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Consumers still aren't doing their homework before buying and deploying internet-connected baby monitors and other products.
  
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• SoundMagic E10 C review: These are the best cheap headphones money can buy

  20-07-2016 13:18
  
  A great sounding pair of in-ear headphones that don't cost the earth; the perfect audio partner for your smartphone
  
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• Anton Yelchin's Pavel Chekov will not be recast in the Star Trek reboot

  20-07-2016 12:37
  
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• Three software licensing tips that can slice up to 30 percent off your costs

  20-07-2016 12:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Vital and expensive as it is, IT managers are reluctant to mess around with their software setups -- but are there ways to shave costs without hassle?
  
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• Oracle security update patches record 276 vulnerabilities

  20-07-2016 12:08 via zdnet.com
  
  A number of the bugs are critical issues which can lead to the remote exploit of code.
  
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• StorPool unveils latest update, adds CloudStack support

  20-07-2016 12:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Software-defined storage company claims its latest software can lower CPU usage while increasing data capacity savings.
  
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• Boeing wants to bring back supersonic air travel – and take us to Mars

  20-07-2016 12:01
  
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• Williams F1 teams up with Thales cyber security

  20-07-2016 11:50 via computerweekly.com
  Williams Group seals technical partnership to protect its confidential high-value data in the competitive world of F1 racing
  
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• Facebook wants to use lasers to deliver gigabit fibre speeds

  20-07-2016 11:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook hopes to commercialise an experimental laser system that it's shown can deliver speeds of up to 2.1 Gbps.
  
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• BT customers back online after a second network failure

  20-07-2016 11:37
  
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• BT Broadband's woes continue as services go down again

  20-07-2016 11:37
  
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• BT Broadband and Plusnet services go offline across the UK

  20-07-2016 11:37
  
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• BT Broadband and Plusnet services are restored

  20-07-2016 11:37
  
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