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| UpdatedHow we use our smartphone can say a lot about our behaviour. But can such tech be trusted to track our mental health?
Topics: mental-health, internet-technology, health, internet-culture, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, australia
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A Federal Government plan to install a new mobile phone tower for Lake Meran grants a 10-year-old's Christmas wish for better internet service.
Topics: internet-technology, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, kerang-3579, swan-hill-3585
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Topics: internet-technology, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, kerang-3579
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| UpdatedMore than one million Android phone users around the world have had their devices hacked, in a global security breach that is still spreading.
Topics: mobile-phones, hacking, australia
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| UpdatedThere have been further questions about the Instacharge smartphone app - which claims to be Fiji's first multi-billion dollar joint venture.
Topics: science-and-technology, mobile-phones, pacific, fiji
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WA students have begun working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to create a snail-detection app, as part of coding club.
Topics: agricultural-crops, internet-technology, information-technology, mobile-phones, pest-management, albany-6330, bridgetown-6255, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFiji's Prime Minister is about to launch what's claimed to be the country's first multi billion-dollar joint venture.
Topics: mobile-phones, computers-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, pacific, fiji
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Tens of thousands of Western Australians who rely on Telstra's 2G network are urged to upgrade ahead of the national shutdown.
Topics: mobile-phones, geraldton-6530
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A new app warns Victorians of nearby emergencies including bushfires, storms, earthquakes — and even shark sightings.
Topics: emergency-planning, internet-technology, mobile-phones, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTwitter has announced new filtering tools in the fight against online abuse and trolling. But will it actually work?
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, mobile-phones, computers-and-technology, bullying, australia
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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