Snapchat ‘rejected $3b Facebook offer’
FACEBOOK reportedly offered at least $US3 billion to purchase Snapchat, the rapidly growing messaging services, but was turned down.
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Retailers cosy up to Silicon Valley
TRADITIONAL retailers are setting up shop in modern spaces and recruiting top Silicon Valley talent to replicate the creativity of online start-ups.
This new photo app could line Bieber’s pockets
GREAT. More selfies. Just what the world needed. Even worse, this new photo app could end up lining the pockets of everyone’s favourite pop star, Justin Bieber.
Yahoo CEO’s fail enrages employees
YAHOO! CEO Marissa Mayer drops another HR clanger as she introduces a controversial new policy that has its employees up-in-arms.
The men behind world’s biggest inventions
BEING an influential man in this world means you have to contribute more to society than a rant. Check out this list of the 10 biggest discoveries and the men behind them.
Google’s search for digital stars
GOOGLE and the University of Adelaide will partner a new free online course to develop the next generation of students to become creators rather than consumers of digital technology.
Microsoft stuck in the 1990s
Heaven help you if your computer runs Windows, as geeks discover parts of Microsoft’s official website remain unchanged since 1998.
Apple CEO backs gay workers
TIM Cook joined Barack Obama in backing a bill to ban workplace discrimination against homosexual and transgender employees saying they shouldn’t have to “check their identities at the door”.
Servos to scan customers’ faces
SCREENS at petrol stations will scan customers’ faces so that advertising can be tailored to their age and gender.
BlackBerry ditches sale and CEO
BLACKBERRY is abandoning its sale process, and will replace its chief executive.
Telco investigates genitalia gaffe
A WOMAN has described how a male Optus employee allegedly told her that getting her phone screen fixed was as likely as him having a vagina.
Dell goes private: Inside nastiest buy out
HAVING bought back his company for $26 billion, Dell founder Michael Dell is free to say and do what he wants. But he has no plan to abandon PCs.
Smart ways to do business
SMARTPHONE innovations are changing our pockets forever, writes Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson.
There’s gold in them gum trees
YOU won’t believe it when you read this – scientists have found gold growing on gum trees near Wudinna on the Eyre Peninsula.
Complaints to telcos at five-year low
AS telcos come under renewed pressure to address “ridiculous” global roaming charges, the latest industry ombudsman report shows complaints have fallen.
Apple taps Burberry boss for stores
APPLE says Burberry boss Angela Ahrendts, who used technology to turnaround the fashion house, will run its expansion plans and retail operation.
Twitter ’embarrassingly behind’ on rape threats
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter finally held a meeting with a Sydney woman who was subjected to rape threats from fans of US rapper, Tyler the Creator but she says it did not apologise for months of silence.
‘Day of reckoning is coming’ for the web
EXCLUSIVE: FORMER head of cyber security for US Department of Homeland Security says bleak times are ahead for the web.
Don’t expect email privacy: Google
PEOPLE using Google’s email service, Gmail, should not expect their communication to be private, the internet giant is arguing.
Toilets ‘vulnerable to hacker attacks’
AN INFORMATION security firm has identified an unlikely new target for potential cyber-attacks: the home toilet.
10 things businesses get wrong on social media
COMPANIES need to stop tweeting so much and shutup and listen to what their customers are saying about them, according to the most followed marketing guru on Twitter.
Dominos panned for ‘game changer’ stunt
PIZZA chain unapologetic after their ‘game changing’ announcement turns out to be a massive anti-climax. Needless to say, social media users are not pleased.
Sony fined over PlayStation cyberattack
SONY have been fined over a 2011 cyberattack on its PlayStation Network which put millions of users’ personal information at risk.
BlackBerry founder may buy company
BLACKBERRY founder Mike Lazaridis says he’s looking at making a potential takeover bid for the struggling smartphone company.
Wall Street fights over Twitter
TWITTER’S stock debut is the biggest coming-out party since Facebook, and Wall Street’s largest exchanges are fighting to host it.
Used cameras sold as brand new online
WHAT’S worse than discovering your brand new camera is actually used? Finding out where it has been…
Twitter’s Williams to be worth $1b
THE personal fortune of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams probably will take up 10 characters once the company goes public.
This fire just cost Tesla $2.5 billion
A FIRE that destroyed a Tesla electric car which began in the vehicle’s battery pack has wiped $US2.5 billion off the company’s value.
Instagram to start showing ads
INSTAGRAM, the mobile photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, says it will start showing “occasional” photo and video advertisements.
Glitch ‘cripples’ Optus 4G network
OPTUS’S 4G network has reportedly been crippled by a software glitch.
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