Google‘s I/O developers conference brought lots of news about the Google Home speaker. It can now make hands-free calls, communicate more with your phone and better integrate streamers like Spotify. Most exciting for those of us Down Under, though, is the news that Google Home is actually coming Down Under. Home is powered by Google …
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People sure do love taking photos of themselves — but will they love listening to themselves? Navigation app Waze wants to find out. Its latest update allows you to record your own personalised voice directions. You’ll lose details such as street names, but you’ll gain the satisfaction of hearing your navigation app say “turn left here, — and don’t worry, …
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Netflix wants Australia to have real, border-enforcing leadership, “like they do in the US.” But not Donald Trump — more like Frank Underwood. In a faux political broadcast that aired on Australian TV on Tuesday night, Netflix unveiled the #AustraliansForUnderwood campaign, its latest ad for the fifth season of “ House of Cards.” Launching an hour before Australia’s federal budget …
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The past year has seen Xiaomi fall from grace in its homeland of China, dropping from the top spot at the end of 2015 to just making the top 5 in 2016. But the company is now back to making a splash — only this time, it’s in India. Xiaomi scored a valuable silver medal over the weekend, with Counterpoint …
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Video is big business on social media, and Twitter is hoping to cash in alongside Bloomberg. The social media platform is partnering with the financial media company to broadcast 24/7 news. The breaking news channel will will launch this fall, the parties said during Bloomberg Media’s NewFront presentation in New York. The stream will show live reports from Bloomberg journalists …
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Remember life without your phone? No, neither do I. And in a few years, you’ll feel the same way about augmented reality, or AR. You’ve already had a taste of AR if you’re one of the 500 million who downloaded Pokemon Go — it’s what made it possible to see a Charmander on your desk or a Dratini on your …
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Many South Koreans received their Samsung’s Galaxy S8 phones earlier this week, and soon after some people began reporting that their phones had odd, red-tinted displays. But fret not, Samsung fans, the company will release a software update to fix the issue, reported ZDNet. Samsung said earlier in the week that the red tint was a software matter, not a …
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The Samsung Galaxy S8 doesn’t launch around the world until Friday, but some in South Korea are already finding issue with it. Some customers in the country who preordered the phone received their units early. Reports surfaced on social media soon after saying the display on some S8s had an odd, red tint. Samsung has reacted to the matter, with …
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The good people at Facebook must be working overtime. After implementing the Snapchat-esque Stories feature and trialing a second News Feed, the company is adding some AI components to its Messenger’s M assistant. Launching in the US on Thursday, Facebook said in a blog that M will offer helpful suggestions during conversations with friends. M knows if you’re talking about …
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Earlier this month I went on a trip to South America. It fundamentally changed my understanding of the universe. No, I didn’t take Ayahuasca and go on a vision quest in the Peruvian deserts. I did something far less predictable: I bought a selfie stick. Was the woman who sold me this an angel sent to me by God? Perhaps …
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