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• Video: Figo Pet Insurance: Scaling while being nimble

  03-10-2016 23:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Rusty Sproat, ‎CEO & Founder Figo Pet Insurance, talks about scaling a business in the cloud, how to be a stackless business and targeting pet parents with insurance, document management and record keeping for your pet.
  
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• Figo Pet Insurance: Scaling while being nimble

  03-10-2016 23:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Rusty Sproat, ‎CEO & Founder Figo Pet Insurance, talks about scaling a business in the cloud, how to be a stackless business and targeting pet parents with insurance, document management and record keeping for your pet.
  
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• Report: Google's Daydream VR headset will cost $79

  03-10-2016 22:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's Daydream virtual-reality platform will debut alongside new Pixel smartphones on Tuesday.
  
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• Is the IT budget ready to power digital transformation? The journeys of four CIOs

  03-10-2016 18:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Customer demand and competitive pressure are driving companies to digitize operations. Here's how four CIOs from different industries are budgeting for the shift in 2017.
  
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• Research: Where are CXOs placing their bets for 2017?

  03-10-2016 18:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Responses to a recent Tech Pro Research poll indicate that IT budgets are up from last year and securing networks is a top priority.
  
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• Does the CIO still call the shots when it comes to IT spending?

  03-10-2016 18:57 via zdnet.com
  
  While information technology has come to play a crucial role inside firms, we look at whether IT leaders' stock has risen in turn.
  
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• Sony Xperia X Compact review: A rare step backwards

  03-10-2016 18:26
  
  The Xperia X Compact offers similar performance to last year’s Z5 Compact, in a less appealing frame
  
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• Amazon Echo review: This is Siri for your home

  03-10-2016 18:22
  
  One-part 360-degree Bluetooth speaker, one-part voice assistant, Amazon's Echo brings voice control into your home
  
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• Amazon Echo review: Siri for your home, but should you wait for Google Home?

  03-10-2016 18:22
  
  One-part 360-degree Bluetooth speaker, one-part voice assistant, Amazon's Echo brings voice control into your home
  
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• Time to move on with social engineering training, says Jenny Radcliffe

  03-10-2016 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Organisations need to move from awareness of the risk of social engineering to empowering employees to understand and recognise the threat to protect themselves and the company, says Jenny Radcliffe
  
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• Westworld sci-fi remake coming to the UK this week

  03-10-2016 17:55
  
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• Westworld premieres on Sky Atlantic in the UK tonight

  03-10-2016 17:55
  
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• Russian blogger Anton Nosik convicted of extremism

  03-10-2016 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian blogger and entrepreneur Anton Nosik has been found guilty of extremism by a Russian court over comments about Syria.
  
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• What Theresa May's Brexit plans could mean for you, your data and your privacy

  03-10-2016 17:44
  
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• Amex Global Business Travel pools data lake to bolster ‘duty of care’

  03-10-2016 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Amex Global Business Travel is investing in modern IT, including cloud analytics, to pivot its business towards serving the traveller in their whole journey
  
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• Toyota unveils Kirobo Mini robot companion

  03-10-2016 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Toyota is to sell a small robot, which it says can provide companionship.
  
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• Government invests £220m in tech projects to help "future-proof" post-Brexit economy

  03-10-2016 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Chancellor Philip Hammond highlights the role high-tech industries have to play in safe-guarding the post-Brexit economy
  
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• Design and 3D print your own Skylander heroes with the Creator app

  03-10-2016 17:00
  
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• How drones could save you from drowning

  03-10-2016 16:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Lifeguards and rescue crews around the world are starting to consider drones to be life-saving equipment. These flying robots can quickly deliver flotation devices drowning victims, saving time and reducing panic.
  
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• Azure is becoming the first AI supercomputer, says Microsoft

  03-10-2016 16:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's CEO on how its cloud computing service is evolving.
  
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• 19 local councils sign up for Gov.uk Verify trials

  03-10-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  GDS will lead pilots of using identity assurance system for local authority digital services
  
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• Volkswagen unveils I.D. concept in Paris – an electric, driverless answer to Dieselgate

  03-10-2016 16:20
  
  Volkswagen is planning to make a new range of all-electric cars, starting in 2020
  
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• Why we can't trust 'blind big data' to cure the world's diseases

  03-10-2016 16:00
  
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• Google's latest free gift? Millions of captioned images to help train AI systems

  03-10-2016 15:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Google has published two huge datasets that it hopes will accelerate advances in computer vision and video understanding.
  
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• Microsoft will offer Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 from French data centers

  03-10-2016 15:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has spent $3 billion on cloud in Europe so far, with French services to start next year.
  
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• Nobel Prize for medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work into autophagy

  03-10-2016 15:15
  
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• How autophagy could lead to a cure for cancer and spell the end for diabetes

  03-10-2016 15:15
  
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• Over 400 instances of Dresscode malware found on Google Play store, say researchers

  03-10-2016 15:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Spyware disguised as hundreds of legitimate Android apps.
  
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• Meet Tom Dixon: ex-pop star, occasional sous chef and one of Britain's best known designers

  03-10-2016 15:00
  
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• Samsung Knox security flaw allowed 'full control' of phones

  03-10-2016 14:25
  
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• Major security flaw in Samsung Knox could give hackers 'full control' of your phone

  03-10-2016 14:25
  
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• Gear WIRED loves: Bespoke furniture choices

  03-10-2016 14:22
  
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• Government provides free digital skills training to unskilled adults

  03-10-2016 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  The UK government announces plans to offer free skills training to adults in the UK who are lacking relevant digital skills qualifications
  
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• Three-parent babies: how are they made and is the IVF legal?

  03-10-2016 14:11
  
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• Nokia's Android-powered return? New mid-range smartphone surfaces

  03-10-2016 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  ​Details have emerged suggesting a new Nokia mid-range phone is in the making.
  
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• Toyota launches 'baby' robot for companionship

  03-10-2016 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A palm-sized robot that can hold conversations will go on sale in Japan next year, developer Toyota announces.
  
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• Sky launches VR app with sports, ballet and Disney videos

  03-10-2016 13:35
  
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• Self-driving vehicles and Baby Boomers: A budding relationship

  03-10-2016 13:27 via zdnet.com
  
  As people age, health issues can make it unsafe or physically impossible to drive, but that won't matter if we all have robotic chauffeurs.
  
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• The new 2017 Nissan Micra shows how far car tech has come

  03-10-2016 13:21
  
  The new Nissan Micra brings sophisticated tech to the masses
  
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• Fears of massive net attacks as code shared online

  03-10-2016 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Computer code used to mount one of the biggest web attacks ever seen has been released online.
  
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• How Fujitsu is preparing for the world of fast and hybrid IT

  03-10-2016 13:01 via zdnet.com
  
  One of the oldest IT companies in the world, Fujitsu is still aiming to cater to both the CIO and the digital business officer.
  
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• Stephen Hawking on black holes, staying curious and why Starmus VI will be the best yet

  03-10-2016 13:00
  
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• Stephen Hawking on black holes, staying curious and why Starmus IV will be the best yet

  03-10-2016 13:00
  
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• Stephen Hawking on black holes, staying curious and dealing with depression

  03-10-2016 13:00
  
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• Keep calm and prepare for everything: What CIOs need to know about crisis management

  03-10-2016 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Tech chiefs are used to disaster planning: here's how they prepare for the worst.
  
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• Facebook Messenger 'slims down'

  03-10-2016 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook announces a "slimmed down" version of its Messenger app for countries where older smartphones and slower net speeds are more common
  
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• Facebook Messenger 'slims down' for old phones

  03-10-2016 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook announces a "slimmed down" version of its Messenger app for countries where older smartphones and slower net speeds are more common.
  
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• US hands over control of internet on schedule - despite last-ditch protests

  03-10-2016 12:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Even against a backdrop of political opposition, the US government has gone ahead and passed responsibility for the internet's naming system to ICANN.
  
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• The world's largest air purifier arrives to clean up the smog in China

  03-10-2016 12:45
  
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• Digital apprentice turns social media into power security tool

  03-10-2016 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Social security is not only a source of info for attackers, but a powerful way to raise awareness of security, as a young cyber security worker is demonstrating
  
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