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IPO
Atlassian: the millionaire factory
Ben Grubb They're known as the "Royals" and "the chosen ones" - the select few who were invited to be in New York on Thursday morning to celebrate Atlassian's massive IPO.
Nintendo's phone-like controller
Tim Biggs New patent could shed light on console/portable hybrid in 2016.
Best iPhone app of 2015, according to Apple
Backup: the Christmas gift that keeps on giving
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL phone review
Stakes high in hunt for bitcoin messiah
Good grief! Don't get slack with data security
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Fairfax Media partners with Facebook
Fairfax Media will distribute stories from The Sydney Moring Herald, The Age and Stuff.co.nz as the sole Australian launch partner for Facebook's Instant Articles platform.
Smartphones obsolete within 5 years, says study
Rebecca Foley Artificial intelligence will replace mobile technology according to a new study of 100,000 consumers
Tech
Is bitcoin's mysterious creator this Aussie man?
Tim Biggs The secretive creator of Bitcoin, known publicly by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, could in fact be Australian man Craig Steven Wright, report says.
Amazon adds 1000 pickup points
Adam Turner Don't wait around for unreliable couriers in the lead up to Christmas.
Messaging
Ending texts with full stop is terrible, study confirms
Rachel Feltman Ending your texts with a full stop is truly monstrous. We all know this. Grammar be darned, it just doesn't look friendly. Now a study has confirmed it.
Wearables
Most Apple Watch owners plan to give one as a gift
Julia Love As the Apple Watch enters the critical holiday sales season, its biggest boosters may be people already sporting it.
Mobiles
Apple debuts iPhone battery extender
Ben Grubb Is this Apple's admission that its iPhone has a battery problem?
If you want ultra-modern, think Neolithic
Marc Rushton Electrostatic speakers are not for the faint-hearted. Or the broke.
High-tech car may have tattled on its driver
Hayley Tsukayama A Florida woman was reportedly arrested and placed into custody last week after her car implicated her in at least one alleged hit-and-run incident.
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Caution is 'holding the APS back'
Phillip Thomson A report has revealed stunning examples of public service inefficiency when it comes to releasing and managing data.
Therapy app triggers $26 million business decision
Yolanda Redrup Manual Jardim was a burned out property developer at 33, when an app on his smartphone helped him change his life.
Network effect: the science of addictive social media
Natasha Singer The drive to hook users into an endless stream of media could have negative effects - not just to health but to the web industry as well.
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Gadgets on the Go
Backup: the Christmas gift that keeps on giving
Adam Turner A reliable file backup regime is the perfect gift for someone who could lose everything these holidays.
Social Radar
Ending piracy will take more than just making the content available
Laura Demasi Now that local streaming services have been in Australia for a while, has the rate of piracy slowed?
MacMan
How my Apple Watch saved my life
Garry Barker I woke up feeling a bit odd. I strapped on my Apple Watch, unlocked the iPhone, and then felt for my pulse on my right wrist. Soon I was in the hospital cardiac unit for observation and treatment.
Imaging
New camera? Reading the manual and uploading the CD both help
Terry Lane Remember how, when you opened the new camera box, there was a cellophane envelope containing a getting started manual, a warranty card and a CD? Did you ever wonder what was on the CD?
