A lot of tech companies are betting on augmented reality.
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Apple’s iPhone X is here, which means its push into augmented reality begins in earnest.
Many accused Delta, shown here over Tampa in 2014, and other carriers of price gouging ahead of Irma, but it’s just business as normal.
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Some consumers were alarmed that airlines were charging thousands of dollars to get out of the hurricane’s path. That’s actually business as usual for more and more companies.
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It feels like we’ve seen less progress on charge time than almost anything else in smartphones. Could software efficiency be the answer?
A smashed screen is just a hazard of having a smartphone.
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The guarantees in Australian Consumer Law trump your new phone contract’s fine print.
Foxconn was nominated for the 2011 Public Eye Award, which produced this image as part of its campaign to end labour exploitation.
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The first ten years of the iPhone has been a bloody decade of labour abuse, especially in Chinese factories such as those run by Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer.
How safe is it to use an iPhone?
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Some of the iPhone’s innovations have made users less secure.
‘I will attack and I might like that.’
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What do intercontinental missiles and Apple’s app store have in common? Alvin M Weinberg.
Apple’s products would be a lot more expensive if the U.S. didn’t trade with China.
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The president said he’s considering ending trade with any country that does business with North Korea. Here’s why that will never happen.
The Sarahah app urges users to send ‘constructive’ messages, but cyberbullying is rife.
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Apps inviting anonymous comments play upon our desire to know our social standing, but are an open goal for bullies.
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A product design expert breaks down why the iPod range lasted so long in the age of smartphones.
Australian government agencies are employing the services of spyware company Cellebrite.
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The Australian government is using spyware. Is that legal?
Firms like Apple inspire their customers to evangelize for their products.
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Firms like Apple are known to inspire cult-like devotion among consumers. But it’s often less about the quality of the product and more about the emotional connection they create with their customers.
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Apple’s design decisions don’t please everyone, but in the iPhone the company created something truly revolutionary that has lasted.
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If Facebook already knows how you feel from reading what you post, soon it will know from reading the expressions on your face.
Developers need to consider how a person with autism could react to their technology.
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There are plenty of apps that people with autism can use for learning, play and communication. Not all are designed with autism in mind, so what can we learn from any online user feedback?
WeChat has transformed from a social media to a payment platform (among other things) and had success in China. Could Australia be next?
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While Apple Pay may have won the battle against some of Australia’s banks, it may lose the war against the providers of digital wallets, such as Tencent and Alibaba.
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The billionaire investor has dumped groceries in favour of tech and airline stocks.
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When technology evolves, it affects not only your financial position but also your ability to exercise other choices.
A reinvention, yes. But has it taken us in the right direction?
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The iPhone mobile revolution put powerful computers in our pockets, but took away our rights to control them. Is that worth celebrating?
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Apple’s world changing smartphone has had ten years of success, but thing didn’t look so good when it launched.