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Reword is an online tool that identifies cyberbullying language, and following the success of the desktop interface, fundraising is underway to develop a mobile app.
Topics: internet-technology, bullying, schools, community-and-society, mental-health, internet-culture, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, internet-culture, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, television, social-media, children, sydney-2000
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Dr Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, the CEO of Cyber-Security Malaysia about the arrest of dozens of men who had scammed millions of dollars from lonely women.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-culture, internet-technology, community-and-society, marriage, singapore, malaysia
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Topics: aboriginal, aboriginal-language, internet-technology, gununa-4871
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| UpdatedAlmost 4,500 NBN users were left without home phone and internet for over 24 hours due to two cable faults at separate isolated locations in outback Australia.
Topics: internet-technology, alice-springs-0870
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Plant recognition apps face many hurdles, including the lack of an Australian equivalent.
Topics: gardening, internet-technology, melbourne-3000
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Residents in the outback South Australian town of Leigh Creek say problems with phone and internet coverage are not just inconvenient, but putting locals at risk.
Topics: mobile-phones, internet-technology, electricity-energy-and-utilities, rural, weather, leigh-creek-5731, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe technological world may be on the cusp of a revolution, the extent of which is predicted to mimic the take-up of the smartphone in the late 2000s, but some experts call for caution.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, science-and-technology, health, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedSmall business owner Nick Waterman says he is "really rapt" police have charged a man after an ABC story revealed a credit card refund scam had left his company more than $1,000 out of pocket.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, internet-technology, melbourne-3000
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Vodafone says Telstra should stop getting subsidies for fixed line services.
Topics: telecommunications, internet-technology, mobile-phones, rural-tourism, sydney-2000, shepparton-3630, cairns-4870, molong-2866
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| UpdatedNBN chief executive Bill Morrow says the $49 billion project is rolling out on time and on budget, despite having to secure a special loan from the Federal Government late last year.
Topics: telecommunications, internet-technology, information-and-communication, australia
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Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, mobile-phones, internet-technology, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, mobile-phones, internet-technology, rockhampton-4700
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A mobile phone travel app is opening up parts of regional Australia that are often bypassed by tourists.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, mobile-phones, internet-technology, rockhampton-4700
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The Northern Territory Department of Resources launches a drone to photograph old and deteriorating mine sites.
Topics: mining-industry, environmental-technology, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, internet-technology, tv-technology, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
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Topics: mining-industry, environmental-technology, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, internet-technology, tv-technology, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, tennant-creek-0860
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| UpdatedAirbnb's popularity is exploding in Australia, and Sydney is its boomtown, but real estate agents say our love affair with the online homestay network is driving up rents.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, housing-industry, housing, business-economics-and-finance, internet-technology, information-and-communication, sydney-2000, tamarama-2026, coogee-2034, bondi-2026, bondi-beach-2026
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| UpdatedGlobal tech giant Atlassian scrambles to ensure none of its 1,800 employees will be caught up in US President Donald Trump's executive order stopping citizens from seven countries entering America.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, donald-trump, community-and-society, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, united-states
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London-based teacher Justin Sandercoe is one of the most popular online guitar teachers in the world since posting his first video a decade ago, and his point of difference is keeping his lessons free.
Topics: teachers, guitar, internet-technology, tas
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If you've thought of using a VPN to get around the Federal Court’s blocking of The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing websites, you might want to take a closer look – especially if have an Android device.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedA new app which works in a similar way to Uber aims to make it easier and safer for sex workers to meet their clients.
Topics: sexuality, community-and-society, prostitution, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, science-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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A high-speed internet service built by graziers in north Queensland is finally switched on after a minor hold-up.
Topics: internet-culture, internet-technology, rural-media, richmond-4822, mount-isa-4825, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe internet outage in Marshall Islands is into its third week after undersea cable repair works that were meant to last just 10 days needed to be extended.
Topics: telecommunications, internet-technology, pacific, marshall-islands
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Australian tech darling Atlassian announces it will acquire collaboration service Trello, in a deal worth $US425 million ($579 million).
Topics: takeovers, company-news, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, australia, united-states