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If you are one of the majority of people who make New Year’s resolutions, you are also very likely to fail at keeping them. Losing weight and being more active are always in the top 5 resolutions and unfortunately…
2016 has been a watershed year for technology. There has been some spectacular fails that have brought a more realistic perspective to the fundamental belief that technology improves with time. In part…
It was a widely anticipated moment and downloads of Nintendo’s first mobile phone game, Super Mario Run, were three times that of Pokémon Go’s initial numbers. But then came the complaints. The game is…
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde; to have all of your user accounts hacked once may be regarded as a misfortune, but to have it happen again looks like gross carelessness. Yahoo not only announced that the details…
There is no question that rural areas of all parts of the world need broadband. However, at the moment, only 29% of the world’s rural population have some form of internet, meaning that 2.4 billion people…
The centre of the innovation and startup world has shifted. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, more than 17,500 people have come to Helsinki, Finland for the annual Slush event which matches startups with…
Three of Australia’s major banks have been prevented from collectively negotiating with Apple over the use of Apple Pay. The National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corporation…
Fake news is still very much the subject of the news at the moment. There is a growing realisation that there is very little that can be done to stop it. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that ordinary…
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat is looking to go public with an IPO in March of 2017. Snap has filed its intentions secretly with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and it is expected…
Customer service in banking is hard. Take a look at any bank’s Facebook or Twitter account and complaints heavily outnumber compliments. Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks is a good example. Every…