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Twitter shares tumble as user growth stalls
![Twitter has struggled to sustain its closely watched user growth.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/t/b/0/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxkdr6.png/1501200116221.jpg)
Twitter shares plunged after the social media platform disappointed investors with stagnant monthly active user growth in the second quarter.
Hands on: Google Backup and Sync
![Don't wait until disaster strikes before you think about how to protect irreplaceable files like precious family photos.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/7/w/1/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxk7qw.png/1501201397009.jpg)
A simple insurance policy should a tech disaster strike your home, Google's free cloud sync tool has some great new features.
'Modern day piracy': Birkenstock CEO takes on Amazon
![Birkenstocks has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/j/a/9/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxjjm5.png/1501133585924.jpg)
Birkenstock USA's CEO has emerged as an unlikely crusader in a growing battle between smaller retailers and Amazon.com.
Google's quantum computing push opens new front in cloud battle
![Quantum computing could be a boon for the company that cracks it.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/p/4/o/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxda3g.png/1501110024489.jpg)
For years, Google has poured time and money into one of the most ambitious dreams of modern technology: building a working quantum computer. Now the company is thinking of ways to turn the project into a business.
Re-use the same piece of paper with erasable ink printer
![With this, you can print the same piece of paper four times.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/z/2/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0yxc.png/1501169826005.jpg)
One of the worst technology predictions ever made was the promise of a paperless office: people happen to like printing emails and inspiring quotes of the day, but how long before it's all chucked in the recycle bin?
Amazon hiring speakers of Australian English
![The job listing is likely to do with Amazon Echo, a range of voice-activated smart speakers that Amazon sells in the US ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/j/2/q/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxjjay.png/1501151700269.jpg)
Think you know the ins and outs of Australian English? Amazon is hiring.
What games would you want on a Nintendo 64 Mini?
![An image from Nintendo's recent patent.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/j/2/d/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxfyn6.png/1501042438842.jpg)
A new trademark application filed by Nintendo in Europe has prompted speculation that a miniature Nintendo 64 is on the way. But what games would it include?
Thunderbolt 3 dock: big power, but big price, too
![Very pricey, but does the job.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/8/c/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx08e6.png/1501169863346.jpg)
The Belkin Thunderbolt 3 HD dock comes in at a jaw dropping $529. Is it worth it?
Is fact-checking site Snopes.com in danger of closing down?
![Snopes.com is asking readers to donate money to keep the lights on.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/i/t/g/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxis62.png/1501079647892.jpg)
The original fact-checking site is asking for reader donations as it claims an advertising dispute has it 'in danger of closing its doors'.
Hands on: Google WiFi mesh home wireless network
![Google WiFi gives your home a wireless overhaul to fix coverage blackspots.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/i/h/b/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxigsk.png/1501024114309.jpg)
While it helps tackle wireless blackspots around your home, Google WiFi has an Achilles' heel which could be a deal-breaker for many NBN homes.
MS Paint given a stay of execution
![Paint's time as a default Windows Tool is up, but it will still be around if you need it.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/i/r/x/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxir77.png/1501022233379.jpg)
Just hours after social media broke out in mourning over the imminent demise of Windows mainstay MS Paint, Microsoft announced that it wouldn't be killing off the 32-year-old art program after all.
When a farmer's internet speed was slow, he built a private 53m tower
![Queensland farmer Andrew Sevil with his 53-metre tower.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/i/9/4/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxi9zo.png/1500957940532.jpg)
An outback Queensland farmer hatched an unusual plan to counter slow internet speeds - build and install his own 53-metre tower.
Facebook Marketplace is a mess but it works
![Facebook is a great way to get your excess stuff in front of potential buyers, but not an ideal way to deal with them.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/i/9/r/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxi9gy.png/1501060213981.jpg)
Here's what I learned from selling a bunch of stuff on Facebook's Marketplace, a much simpler but more lawless system than the bigger online selling sites.
Planets and portraits in VR at MIFF 2017
![Australian VR film RONE features at this year's MIFF.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/i/4/0/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxhzqu.png/1501187237514.jpg)
Gamers started it, and now filmmakers are exploring virtual reality as a way to make a story more powerful.
Can Google continue to dominate advertising?
![Google](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/h/z/a/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxi15r.png/1500946987483.jpg)
Keeping its perch at the top of the advertising roost is going to get harder.
Company offers to implant chips in its employees
![Three Square Market is offering all its employees the option to get a microchip implanted between the thumb and forefinger.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/b/x/r/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxhxny.png/1500942100925.jpg)
It's quick, painless and the company will even pick up the $US300 fee.
Microsoft officially retiring MS Paint this year
![MS Paint has officially been marked 'deprecated'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/h/y/2/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxhxx6.png/1500944521432.jpg)
Microsoft announces that Paint is on a list of features that are set to be 'removed and deprecated' in an upcoming Windows 10 update, set to be released later this year.
Is this the woman who will save Uber?
![Bozoma Saint John](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/h/6/e/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxh5xj.png/1500893429371.jpg)
Marketing star who’s worked with Beyonce, Apple and more brings humanism, Instagram savvy and Chanel to the beleaguered brand.
Inside LG Display's high-security Korean research lab
![Curved OLED panels might not have taken off in the loungeroom, but LG thinks they have a future in retail.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728032855im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/h/c/u/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxhbxu.png/1500942874579.jpg)
From double-sided televisions to towering see-through displays, LG is designing the screens of the future in a South Korean research lab nestled right against the North Korean border.