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Snapchat 'rejected $3b Facebook offer'
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FACEBOOK reportedly offered at least $US3 billion to purchase Snapchat, the rapidly growing messaging services, but was turned down.
Retailers cosy up to Silicon Valley
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TRADITIONAL retailers are setting up shop in modern spaces and recruiting top Silicon Valley talent to replicate the creativity of online start-ups.
This new photo app could line Bieber's pockets
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GREAT. More selfies. Just what the world needed. Even worse, this new photo app could end up lining the pockets of everyone's favourite pop star, Justin Bieber.
Christmas shoppers go click crazy
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QUEENSLANDERS are set to go click crazy this Christmas with four out of five heading online to buy their festive gifts.
Yahoo CEO's fail enrages employees
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YAHOO! CEO Marissa Mayer drops another HR clanger as she introduces a controversial new policy that has its employees up-in-arms.
The men behind world's biggest inventions
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BEING an influential man in this world means you have to contribute more to society than a rant. Check out this list of the 10 biggest discoveries and the men behind them.
Google's search for digital stars
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GOOGLE and the University of Adelaide will partner a new free online course to develop the next generation of students to become creators rather than consumers of digital technology.
Microsoft stuck in the 1990s
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Heaven help you if your computer runs Windows, as geeks discover parts of Microsoft's official website remain unchanged since 1998.
Apple CEO backs gay workers
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TIM Cook joined Barack Obama in backing a bill to ban workplace discrimination against homosexual and transgender employees saying they shouldn't have to "check their identities at the door".
Servos to scan customers' faces
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SCREENS at petrol stations will scan customers' faces so that advertising can be tailored to their age and gender.
BlackBerry ditches sale and CEO
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BLACKBERRY is abandoning its sale process, and will replace its chief executive.
Telco investigates genitalia gaffe
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A WOMAN has described how a male Optus employee allegedly told her that getting her phone screen fixed was as likely as him having a vagina.
Dell goes private: Inside nastiest buy out
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HAVING bought back his company for $26 billion, Dell founder Michael Dell is free to say and do what he wants. But he has no plan to abandon PCs.
Smart ways to do business
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SMARTPHONE innovations are changing our pockets forever, writes Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson.
Complaints to telcos at five-year low
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AS telcos come under renewed pressure to address "ridiculous" global roaming charges, the latest industry ombudsman report shows complaints have fallen.
There's gold in them gum trees
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YOU won't believe it when you read this - scientists have found gold growing on gum trees near Wudinna on the Eyre Peninsula.
Apple taps Burberry boss for stores
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APPLE says Burberry boss Angela Ahrendts, who used technology to turnaround the fashion house, will run its expansion plans and retail operation.
BlackBerry founder may buy company
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BLACKBERRY founder Mike Lazaridis says he's looking at making a potential takeover bid for the struggling smartphone company.
Wall Street fights over Twitter
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TWITTER'S stock debut is the biggest coming-out party since Facebook, and Wall Street's largest exchanges are fighting to host it.
Twitter's Williams to be worth $1b
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THE personal fortune of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams probably will take up 10 characters once the company goes public.
This fire just cost Tesla $2.5 billion
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A FIRE that destroyed a Tesla electric car which began in the vehicle's battery pack has wiped $US2.5 billion off the company's value.
Instagram to start showing ads
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INSTAGRAM, the mobile photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, says it will start showing "occasional'' photo and video advertisements.
Glitch 'cripples' Optus 4G network
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OPTUS'S 4G network has reportedly been crippled by a software glitch.
Apple 'should return $161b to investors'
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BILLIONAIRE investor Carl Icahn is pressuring Apple to spend $US150 billion buying back its own stock, more than double what the company budgeted.
Etsy scraps previous policies for sellers
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ETSY, the online vintage and handmade goods marketplace, will allow sellers to hire staff, use shipping and have products made by manufacturers.
Tech guru's tearful farewell to Microsoft
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NOBODY puts Steve Ballmer in a corner. The Microsoft CEO bid farewell to his company with his favourite song - the theme from Dirty Dancing. Get the tissues ready.
BlackBerry announces plan to go private
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THE struggling former leader of the smartphone market BlackBerry has announced a $5 million deal to go private.
Blackberry agrees to $5 billion buyout
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STRUGGLING smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to a buyout by a consortium of investors, for $5 billion.
iPhone wait spirals into chaos
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THE iPhone campout has turned nasty, with two men arrested for fighting and another man mobbed after hiring homeless people to wait in line for him.
'Fail hard, fail well' - Richard Branson
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SO you've failed. Congratulations. Tycoon Richard Branson says you shouldn't see this as a sign to give up, on the contrary, it means success is just around the corner.
BlackBerry 'may cut 40pc of staff'
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STRUGGLING smartphone maker BlackBerry could cut its workforce by up to 40 per cent by the end of the year, reports say.
Did Apple make a mistake releasing two iPhones?
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APPLE is keeping quiet on iPhone 5C presale figures, for the first time since it released the 3S in 2009. Analysts say the tech giant may have cannibalised its own business by releasing two phones at a time.
Google buys 'Bump' start-up
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WHAT if you could share pictures, contacts and other data by simply bumping phones? Google has purchased a start-up that developed an app that does just that.
Dell shareholders approve $27b offer
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DELL says shareholders have approved a $US24.8 billion ($26.7 billion) offer from its founder to buy back the company and take it private.
Investors take a bite out of Apple
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APPLE shares fell hard overnight after it unveiled two new iPhones that failed to allay concerns over a loss of momentum in the smartphone market.
Review: Is the new iPhone a dud?
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TECH types are impressed with the look and feel of Apple's new iPhone 5S and 5C but both consumers and investors are sceptical.
Everything you need to know about the iPhone 5S and 5C
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DIDN'T stay up for Apple's iPhone 5S and 5C launch? Never fear. We've got the answers. Here's what you missed: a new mid-range colourful iPhone, gold and silver 5S models and fingerprint scanners.
Icahn ends takeover battle for Dell
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BILLIONAIRE investor Carl Icahn is ending his bitter takeover fight for Dell a few days before shareholders consider the latest buyout offer.
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