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Hannah Francis   Justin McLeod is a Bachelor tragic and has millions of dollars from ex-Facebook staff behind him.

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge: first look

Farhad Manjoo   Facing increased competition from both higher and lower end phones, this could be Samsung's last big chance in the smartphone market.

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Early impressions and lists of interesting tidbits from the new book are hitting the internet. Here are five recurring highlights.

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Netflix arrival signals golden age

Adam Turner   Four streaming services are scrambling to establish themselves, painfully aware that Australia isn’t big enough to sustain them all for long.

Phone addiction was making me a terrible mum

Meredith Hale   Disconnecting from the digital world for a week can be a revealing experience.

Galleries split over selfie stick ban

Cynthia Karena   From banning them to welcoming them, galleries around the world are coming to terms with the burgeoning selfie craze.

Ultimate guide to Aussie video on demand

Adam Turner   Netflix, Quickflix, Presto and Stan are all fighting for your attention, but which is for you?

Aussie anti-piracy crackdown 'unfair'

Hannah Francis   Consumer groups and Optus rail against 'punitive' $25 fee alleged pirates would be forced to pay to defend themselves.

Steve Wozniak on the future of humanity

Paul Smith   Steve Wozniak says Apple needs a new market to keep growing. He's also resigned to computers becoming the masters of us.

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Who turned down a third of Apple?

Tim Biggs   In 1976 former Atari employee Steve Jobs approached the game-maker's boss with a proposal, but Nolan Bushnell wasn't interested.

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VOD

How the Australian Netflix differs from US

Ben Grubb   The Australian Netflix has officially launched but has 7000 fewer titles than the US version.

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Gadgets on the Go

Hands on: LG's smartphone Virtual Reality viewer

Adam Turner   LG's smartphone-driven virtual reality promises to put exotic worlds within reach of the masses.

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The truth about pirates - who’s doing it and why

Laura Demasi   A new study has shed more light onto why Australians are so keen to grab content anyway they can.

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Watch is at the core of new Apple releases

Garry Barker   The Watch occupied centre stage at its recent launch event but there was much more. It was a peek into where Apple’s thinking, technology, design and innovation are headed.

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Apple opens Aperture debate with beta release of Photos

Terry Lane   Aperture is being retired in favour of Photos, which is built into the next version of the Yosemite operating system. Are we really going to get a free replacement for Aperture, for which we paid good money a couple of years ago?