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Gamification harnesses the power of games to motivate
3:09AM | Friday, 20 March 2015 | Kevin Werbach
Walk through any public area and you’ll see people glued to their phones, playing mobile games like Game of War and Candy Crush Saga. They aren’t alone.
Planning | TechnologyArtificial intelligence system could size up stock for saleyards
3:13PM | Thursday, 19 March 2015 | Broede Carmody
A robotics expert from the University of Technology, Sydney is developing an artificial intelligence system so farmers can accurately measure when their livestock are ready for sale.
| Technology | Start-up ProfilesFarmers of the future will utilise drones, robots and GPS
3:55PM | Thursday, 19 March 2015 | Alex Thomasson
Today’s agriculture has transformed into a high-tech enterprise that most 20th-century farmers might barely recognise.
| TechnologyApple Watch shows the craft in new tech and the limits of 3D printing and crowdfunding
3:40PM | Thursday, 19 March 2015 | Paul Wallbank
Ahead of its launch the Apple Watch has been criticised for its price and upmarket focus, but the product shows how traditional industries are being enhanced by new technologies.
| TechnologyEntrepreneurs, finance executives and policymakers to come together for the Collaboration in Fintech Conference
3:36PM | Wednesday, 18 March 2015 | Broede Carmody
A conference bringing together entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers in the fintech space will be held later this year in order to promote better collaboration in the sector.
| TechnologyMicrosoft adds biometric passwords to Windows 10
3:43PM | Wednesday, 18 March 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas
Microsoft has unveiled Windows Hello, a Windows 10 feature that uses infrared cameras to automatically identify users based on their face, eyes or fingerprints.
| TechnologySpeaking with: Joanne Orlando on children and technology
3:38PM | Wednesday, 18 March 2015 | Tamson Pietsch
Is technology bad for kids? Tamson Pietsch speaks with Joanne Orlando, an expert on educational technology at the University of Western Sydney.
| TechnologyTrust may be important, but is it enough to rescue journalism from the internet?
3:26PM | Wednesday, 18 March 2015 | David Glance
The problem that digital media sites face is that, unlike traditional print where their markets are protected geographically, websites largely compete on a level playing field.
| TechnologySamsung gives birth to a whole new type of virtual reality experience
3:45PM | Tuesday, 17 March 2015 | Broede Carmody
Virtual reality technology and giving birth are two things that normally don’t go together, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung Australia from running a marketing campaign combining the two in order to promote its Gear VR headset.
| TechnologyCyber CSI: the challenges of digital forensics
3:35PM | Tuesday, 17 March 2015 | Richard Boddington
Forensics is changing in the digital age, and the legal system is still catching up when it comes to properly employing digital evidence.
| Technology | ITWe need to take responsibility for our own safety online
3:02AM | Friday, 13 March 2015 | Shanton Chang
Going online without understanding the basics of how the internet works is like getting behind the wheel without knowing the road rules: you might still get where you’re going, but you could be a danger to yourself and those around you.
| TechnologyNetflix arrival will be a tipping point for TV in Australia
3:51AM | Friday, 13 March 2015 | Marc C-Scott
2015 will be an eventful, and testing, year for television in Australia.
| TechnologyTechnology and fashion converge in the Apple Watch
3:10PM | Thursday, 12 March 2015 | Amy Antonio, David Tuffley and Neil Martin
Apple’s ability to mesh technology with beautiful design will be put to the test when it finally releases the much-anticipated Apple Watch.
| TechnologyPerhaps the only way to make money on a mobile app is to say you have brain cancer
3:06PM | Thursday, 12 March 2015 | David Glance
The Internet, and world media, have erupted over the growing scandal of Australian mobile app entrepreneur and social media presence Belle Gibson.
| TechnologyTo stop the machines taking over we need to think about fuzzy logic
3:25PM | Wednesday, 11 March 2015 | Simon James
Amid all the dire warnings that machines run by artificial intelligence (AI) will one day take over from humans we need to think more about how we program them in the first place.
| TechnologySoon smartwatches will listen to your body to work out how you’re feeling
3:12PM | Wednesday, 11 March 2015 | Andrew McStay
Final details of Apple’s new smartwatch have finally arrived at the firm’s glitzy Spring Forward event.
| TechnologyWhat Aussie iOS developers think of the Apple Watch
3:59PM | Tuesday, 10 March 2015 | Broede Carmody
Australian iOS developers are excited about the upcoming launch of the Apple Watch and say “wearable-first” will soon be the new “mobile-first”.
| TechnologyApple releases its watch and makes a surprise move into the area of medical research
3:48PM | Tuesday, 10 March 2015 | David Glance
Apple’s event at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center was widely expected to focus on the release of the Apple Watch.
| TechnologyMicrosoft innovation centre adds to South Australia’s booming tech scene
3:44PM | Friday, 6 March 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas
Microsoft has launched its second Australian Innovation Centre, with the South Australian centre aiming to graduate more than 40 startups, provide training to at least 250 people and create at least 80 jobs over the next 18 months.
| Planning | TechnologyGetprice set to merge in deal to fuel growth across Asia-Pacific region
3:39PM | Friday, 6 March 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas
Pioneering Australian e-commerce site Getprice is set to merge with one of its south-east Asian counterparts, PricePanda, in a deal that is set to create one of the largest comparison shopping services in the Asia-Pacific region.
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