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| UpdatedIf Australian lifestyle and culture was an emoji set, what would it look like?
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, indigenous-culture, lifestyle, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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Staff at Perth's Kings Park are breathing a sigh of relief as the Pokémon Go craze subsides, allowing the gardens and lawns to recover from the invasion of monster hunters.
Topics: games-industry, popular-culture, community-and-society, mobile-phones, internet-technology, kings-park-6005
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When it comes to sleep, technology often gets a bad rap. But there are ways technology can help you get better night's sleep.
Topics: sleep, health, computers-and-technology, mobile-phones, australia
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There may soon be an emoji to represent breastfeeding mothers, with the character one of several to be considered by the Unicode Consortium's technical committee in its next meeting.
Topics: information-and-communication, mobile-phones, internet-culture, united-states
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Here are some tips to avoid that feeling you get when you leave your phone at home.
Topics: health, mental-health, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedWith Pokemon Go in rapid decline, Mark Humphery-Jenner looks at why usage has dropped so steeply and what other game companies might do differently to retain users.
Topics: mobile-phones, games, arts-and-entertainment, games-industry, nintendo-wii, australia
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In an age when smartphones and tablets rule our lives, how important is it to put down technology and talk to your loved ones?
Topics: health, relationships, community-and-society, internet-culture, mobile-phones, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Prime Minister's cyber security advisor says the use of smartphone communication apps such as WhatsApp have not been approved for transmitting sensitive information.
Topics: security-intelligence, federal-government, federal-parliament, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, australia
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Ecologists are calling on residents across Australia to head outside for some birdwatching this week for the annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count.
Topics: birds, environment, science-and-technology, animal-science, mobile-phones, animals, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedQantas, Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines follow the US in banning the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on all flights, after complaints of exploding batteries forced the company to end production of the devices.
Topics: information-and-communication, mobile-phones, australia
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| UpdatedFederal ministers are warned messages sent on smartphone applications, such as WhatsApp, could be released publicly, amid concerns frontbenchers are using the services to escape obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
Topics: mobile-phones, government-and-politics, federal-government, internet-technology, australia
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users are reportedly being sent return kits containing gloves to handle the device as well as a number of special thermally-insulated boxes to ship the phones back in.
Topics: consumer-electronics, mobile-phones, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedWill the failure of the Galaxy Note 7 cause lasting damage to the Samsung brand? In South Korea, the answer is clearly no, writes David Glance from Seoul.
Topics: science-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, mobile-phones, korea-republic-of
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The fierce, big-money patent fight between Apple and Samsung leaves the US Supreme Court groping for a solution, as the justices puzzle over how to discern the value of individual design elements in a complex product like an iPhone.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, design, mobile-phones, science-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedSamsung announces it is permanently discontinuing production of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, after it halted global sales of the star-crossed devices following reports of replacements catching fire.
Topics: science-and-technology, mobile-phones, korea-republic-of, china
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| UpdatedThe world's top smartphone maker is in crisis mode as it's forced to again recall the Galaxy Note7. Here are the key developments in Samsung's smartphone nightmare.
Topics: information-and-communication, mobile-phones, electronics, business-economics-and-finance, consumer-electronics, science-and-technology, australia, korea-republic-of
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| UpdatedSamsung urges all owners of its Galaxy Note7 smartphones to power them down and stop using them amid further reports of the devices catching fire.
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, consumer-electronics, science-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, australia, korea-republic-of
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| UpdatedSamsung Electronics confirms it has made changes to its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone production, following reports its replacements for the fire-prone phones were overheating.
Topics: consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, electronics, mobile-phones, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedThe wraps have just come off the Google Pixel and experts say the new phone put Samsung "directly in the crosshairs".
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, consumer-electronics, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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| UpdatedFederal Government departments — that are not currently permitted to access the metadata of Australians — have attempted to work around the restrictions established in last year's Data Retention Bill by requesting the Australian Federal Police do the searches for them.
Topics: information-and-communication, government-and-politics, federal-government, police, mobile-phones, australia
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A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 stored in an overhead baggage compartment on an Indian plane emits smoke mid-flight, in the same month the premium Note 7 model was recalled for reports of exploding batteries.
Topics: mobile-phones, business-economics-and-finance, science-and-technology, accidents---other, india
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The ABC's US bureau chief Zoe Daniel talks about the smartphone alert that was used to track down New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami.
Topics: mobile-phones, science-and-technology, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, crime, united-states
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| UpdatedSamsung sells shares in four technology companies in order to focus on its "core business" as it deals with the aftermath of its exploding batteries crisis.
Topics: mobile-phones
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Single parents and their children are rejoicing the addition of new single-parent emojis in Apple's latest iPhone operating system.
Topics: information-and-communication, mobile-phones, internet-culture, united-states