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• Snapchat IPO: Tech reporter tries it out

  02-02-2017 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is shown how to use Snapchat by a young fan of the app.
  
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• Tableau tops Q4 earnings targets, hires new sales EVP

  02-02-2017 22:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Tableau has tapped former Oracle executive Dan Miller to lead worldwide sales.
  
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• Snapchat parent company officially files for IPO, to list on NYSE

  02-02-2017 22:56 via zdnet.com
  
  "Snap Inc. is a camera company," the official Snap filing says.
  
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• Amazon posts mixed Q4 results as AWS continues to grow

  02-02-2017 22:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon Web Services had yet another stellar quarter, with an operating income that surpassed Amazon's North American e-commerce business.
  
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• Share Your Innovation Story for a Chance to Win the 2017 HANA Innovation Award

  02-02-2017 21:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Creating game changing innovation for your business? The HANA Innovation Awards are back.Submit your #InnovationStory by March 17, 2017 for a chance to win money for charity and a free pass to SAPPHIRE NOW this May.
  
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• Microsoft drops its Office 365 'Project Osaka' app before it ever launched

  02-02-2017 21:42 via zdnet.com
  
  One of Microsoft's growing stable of collaboration apps, 'Project Osaka,' seems to be going away before it got past the private preview stage.
  
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• Why the ZeniMax trial could be the making of Facebook's Oculus

  02-02-2017 19:12
  
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• Treasury loosens Russia sanctions to ease encrypted tech blockade

  02-02-2017 19:05 via zdnet.com
  
  It's thought that the order would loosen import restrictions on encrypted products, which are controlled by Russia's state security service.
  
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• Microsoft makes more tweaks to its MVP program

  02-02-2017 18:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is making more changes to its Most Valuable Professional influencer program. One result: No Global MVP Summit in calendar 2017.
  
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• Is the wearable health revolution over, or only just beginning?

  02-02-2017 17:47
  
  Wearable technology has a lot to offer some people, but is it enough to make a wholescale difference?
  
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• Using a YubiKey to protect your Google account, Facebook, GitHub, Dropbox, Salesforce and more

  02-02-2017 17:09 via zdnet.com
  
  YubiKey offers a quick, cost-effective and simple way to protect your data, both online and offline, whether for personal use, business, enterprise, or even developers.
  
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• ​Facebook to outline Lumos, its machine learning platform for images

  02-02-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook is providing more details about its Lumos platform, which allows those without deep learning and computer vision training to use it.
  
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• Google's driverless cars make progress

  02-02-2017 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Driverless cars being tested in California by Google company Waymo needed less human action in 2016.
  
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• Google pushes ahead to make its cloud better for Windows enterprise users

  02-02-2017 16:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Google is looking to attract Microsoft enterprise customers with new beta versions of images for SQL Server Enterprise and Windows Server Core for Google Compute Engine.
  
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• Could this robot bat one day edge out quadrotors as the drone of the future?

  02-02-2017 16:04 via zdnet.com
  
  This intricately built robot from Caltech JPL can actually fly just like a bat, and its creators think it's a design with long-term advantages.
  
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• Robots and AI: Should we treat them like pets, or people?

  02-02-2017 15:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Both law and artificial intelligence experts are trying to answer a simple question: who is responsible if a robot does harm?
  
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• Editor's letter

  02-02-2017 15:26
  
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• Tablet market 'spiraling decline' continues, Apple remains No. 1, Amazon moves up

  02-02-2017 15:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon Fire tablets fared well in the fourth quarter, but others struggled. Is the tablet market irrelevant?
  
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• Vespa team creates Gita, a robot for lugging your stuff

  02-02-2017 15:03 via zdnet.com
  
  A "Vespa for the 21st century," this autonomous cargo vehicle navigates using visual SLAM.
  
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• Nintendo Switch's online service could cost as little as £14 a year

  02-02-2017 15:01
  
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• IBM and United Airlines collaborate on enterprise iOS apps

  02-02-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The airline has so far deployed more than 50,000 Apple devices to its workforce.
  
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• Here's why Apple is looking to break free from Intel

  02-02-2017 14:45 via zdnet.com
  
  In the short term it's about controlling the hardware ecosystem. In the long term it's about the survival of the Mac.
  
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• No, the Apple Watch isn't going to be the next iPhone

  02-02-2017 14:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's smartwatch has had its best quarter ever, but that doesn't mean these devices will take over the world.
  
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• ​Facebook's strong earnings: What it'll mean for marketers in 2017

  02-02-2017 14:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Better ad measurement and heavy investment in video is what marketers can expect from Facebook. Ad loads on Instagram will increase over time.
  
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• This quantum computer blueprint could change life as we know it

  02-02-2017 13:53
  
  In an unprecedented move, scientists have released the blueprint for a gargantuan quantum computer the size of a football pitch
  
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• ​WordPress: Why we didn't tell you about a big zero-day we fixed last week

  02-02-2017 13:53 via zdnet.com
  
  WordPress has revealed a serious flaw that it secretly fixed in last week's security update.
  
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• Could Windows 10 Cloud be Microsoft’s answer to the Chromebook?

  02-02-2017 13:43
  
  The name may suggest a subscription service, but sources whisper this is a streamlined version of Windows with Chrome OS in sight
  
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• How scientists are helping people with 'locked-in syndrome' communicate for first time

  02-02-2017 13:06
  
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• Data from pacemaker used to arrest man for arson, insurance fraud

  02-02-2017 13:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The device provided key evidence which stopped a man allegedly getting away with fraud after burning down his house.
  
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• Could hackers really take over a hotel? WIRED explains

  02-02-2017 13:00
  
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• Can 'pilot as a service' make it easier to test new enterprise applications?

  02-02-2017 12:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Running proof of concept and pilot projects is time consuming and costly. This service aims to help.
  
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• Amazon to build $1.5bn US cargo hub

  02-02-2017 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online retailer Amazon reveals plans to build its first air cargo hub in Northern Kentucky.
  
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• Hands-On: A case for the Raspberry Pi Zero with camera

  02-02-2017 12:47 via zdnet.com
  
  I take a look at a case to hold the Raspberry Pi Zero and a Pi Camera Module -- and check out a couple of other Pi Zero cases as well.
  
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• Vodafone underperforms in UK in third quarter

  02-02-2017 12:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  A strong group performance in Vodafone’s third quarter was undermined by difficulties in the UK
  
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• Twitter staff give $1m to fight Trump order

  02-02-2017 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff at social media company Twitter donate more than $1m to the American Civil Liberties Union.
  
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• 'Alt-right' threads shut down by Reddit

  02-02-2017 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reddit has closed down two popular far-right subreddits for breaking the website's rules.
  
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• Google's self-driving Waymo cars: Humans are having to grab the wheel way less

  02-02-2017 12:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Human drivers needed take control of Google's Waymo cars 124 times over 635,868 miles driven on California's roads last year.
  
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• Augmented reality’s future lies in the 1930s avant-garde

  02-02-2017 12:30
  
  Writer Iain Sinclair has collaborated on an AR project that re-envisions the work of a 20th-century poet
  
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• Can flash storage bring certainty to the chaotic world of tech?

  02-02-2017 12:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Q&A with Dani Golan, CEO of flash company Kaminario.
  
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• Schneider Electric patches DCIM software security hole

  02-02-2017 12:09 via computerweekly.com
  Users of StrucxureWare datacentre monitoring software urged to upgrade to latest version after discovery of critical vulnerability by security researchers
  
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• Smart city drone deployments need security, IT best practices

  02-02-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Two groups, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Securing Smart Cities, are urging smart cities to get ahead of drone deployments with solid cybersecurity and IT best practices.
  
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• Roaming charges across the EU will finally be scrapped on June 15 (but the UK could miss out)

  02-02-2017 11:52
  
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• Roaming charges across the EU have been scrapped

  02-02-2017 11:52
  
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• EU takes final step towards abolishing roaming charges (but the UK could miss out)

  02-02-2017 11:52
  
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• Panasonic admits avionics business is under investigation in US

  02-02-2017 11:42 via zdnet.com
  
  The unit is being scrutinized in an investigation linked to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
  
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• Elon Musk ditches 'motors' from Tesla's name

  02-02-2017 11:29
  
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• Grab rides up Indonesia with $700M investment

  02-02-2017 10:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Ride-sharing operator says it will invest US$700 million in the Southeast Asian market by 2020, including plans to set up a research facility as well as fund to support mobile payments.
  
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• Reddit has banned two leading alt-right subreddits

  02-02-2017 10:57
  
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• EU’s General Data Protection Regulation unknown to most UK adults

  02-02-2017 10:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  The majority of UK workers are unaware of incoming regulation, leaving employers with work to do on GDPR awareness and coming UK data protection laws in 2017, survey shows
  
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• Facebook vows to upskill 10,000 women in 2017

  02-02-2017 10:15 via computerweekly.com
  Social media giant Facebook has partnered with Enterprise Nation to provide digital skills training to more than 10,000 women by the end of 2017
  
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