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Headquarters

Sneak peak of Apple Campus 2

The new Apple Campus 2 will have strong security systems in place.

Patrick May 10:34 AM Apple Campus 2 promises to bring a world-class real-estate project to the heart of Silicon Valley.

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Opinion

NY or ASX: the tech entrepreneur's new dilemma

Lawyer and investor Nick Abrahams keeps an eye on the Australian start-up scene.

10:20 AM Twitter picked New York, Freelancer.com picked Sydney. What is the right path for aspiring Australian tech giants? Nick Abrahams weighs up the options.

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Business

Apple poaches Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts

A challenge of a different proportion: Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts will head up Apple's retail division.

Poornima Gupta and Guy Faulconbridge 6:58 AM Apple has poached Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts to run its retail division, including online and retail stores.

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Business

BlackBerry open letter to customers, partners says it's not failing

BlackBerry:

Hayley Tsukayama BlackBerry is mounting a major media campaign to tell the world that it's not going anywhere.

Advertising

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has advertisers' attention, but can she get their dollars?

Mad men hunt: Yahoo! chief executive Marissa Mayer.

Jennifer Saba and Alexei Oreskovic Marissa Mayer has been working hard to change the perception advertisers have of Yahoo!

Innovation

A NuOrder for the global fashion industry

On the surface, everything should have been against them: Aussies Olivia Skuza and husband Heath Wells, founders of US-based technology disrupter NuOrder.

Matthew Hall An Australian company that turned start-up rules upside down is poised to turn the fashion industry inside out.

Productivity

Future wireless savings could be hit by spectrum shortage

Figures from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) show there are about four wireless devices for every three Australians.

Nate Cochrane Wireless devices saved Australian businesses $22 billion last year, but achieving ongoing savings will depend on the result of spectrum land grabs.

Cooling

Supersized cooling solution for supercomputer

An earlier artist impression of the Square Kilometre Array core site in Western Australia.

David Wilson Anyone who has ever nursed a laptop knows that computers kick out a hell of a lot of heat. So imagine how much is generated by a supercomputer.

Business

Microsoft board works on hiring new CEO this year

Successor? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (left) shakes hands with Ford CEO Alan Mulally.

Dina Bass and Peter Burrows Microsoft's board hopes to have a successor to chief executive Steve Ballmer in place by the end of this year, sources say.

Business

BlackBerry co-founders consider takeover bid

Considering a takeover bid: BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis.

Rob Gillies BlackBerry founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are considering taking over the distressed smartphone company as it searches for a saviour.

Big data

Big data gives new meaning to 'know thyself'

Software developer and self-tracker Ed Hunsinger is conducting a personal big data experiment.

Stuart Corner One IT executive is on a mission to gather and interpret every bit of data produced by his body and his life.

Start-ups

Sydney students show off start-ups

The Refectory at the University of Sydney was packed for Incubate's demo day.

Ben Grubb Eight up-and-coming technology start-ups have showcased their latest world-changing ideas.

Social media

Jack Dorsey was 29 and unemployed ... then he built Twitter

Jack Dorsey: Turned down for a job at a shoe store shortly before Twitter.

Will Oremus Anyone in search of Twitter's Zuckerbergian anti-hero will find it in Jack Dorsey, according to Nick Bilton's new book on the social network.

Big data

Corporate giants expand Industrial Internet

The industrial internet helps analyse big data.

General Electric has announced partnerships with AT&T;, Cisco and Intel to expand the industrial internet.

Computers

Lenovo tops PC makers, industry sales decline

Lenovo: Retains its title as the world's No. 1 PC maker.

Bill Rigby Lenovo has held on to its position as the world's top PC maker in the latest quarter despite a drastic dip in its core Chinese market.

Telcos

Optus eyes enterprise market with $60m Virgin deal

Lucrative contract: Optus.

Peter Cai Optus has secured a $60 million telecommunication services contract from Virgin Australia.

Start-ups

Australian start-up brings 'try before you buy' to apps

Chris Nolet, Edward Dowling and Diesel Laws of tech start-up App.io.

Ben Grubb Australian start-up lets you try apps before you buy them and catches the eye of US investors.

Telecommuting

HP's Meg Whitman wants to ban working from home, too

HP CEO Meg Whitman: Working from home discouraged.

Will Oremus Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman is encouraging employees to work at the office as much as possible, according to a report.

Leadership

Google Australia chief wants NBN benefits to flow

Google Australia managing director Maile Carnegie wants the company to be more involved in Australia’s digital economy future.

Maile Carnegie left a 21-year career at Procter & Gamble to run Google Australia. She talks to Lia Timson in her first interview since taking up the post.

Spending

New devices to drive global IT spending to $4 trillion in 2014

Apple iPads and iPad minis on sale at the Apple Store.

Global spending on IT is expected to reach $4 trillion in 2014, driven by growth in connected devices ranging from jewellery to refrigerators.