Saturday, August 6, 2016

Will Instagram's new Stories feature encourage product placement? and other top stories.

  • Will Instagram's new Stories feature encourage product placement?

    Will Instagram's new Stories feature encourage product placement?
    Instagram’s Stories feature, which lets users post rapid, possibly less curated moments from their lives in a slideshow that disappears within 24 hours, quickly drew comparisons to Snapchat’s Stories when it was released on Tuesday.But some say the feature could also further a concern that’s become commonplace on the photo sharing site: users displaying products in their photos without disclosing that they’re also being paid to hawk those products online.Failing to disclose that a post is inste..
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  • Staring match: Galaxy Note 7 locks eyes on tougher security

    Staring match: Galaxy Note 7 locks eyes on tougher security
    The Galaxy Note 7 boasts a fingerprint sensor and an iris scanner as biometric methods for unlocking your phone. Sarah Tew/CNET It's OK to be a little afraid. Over the last few years, hackers have stolen customer data from household names like Target, Home Depot and T-Mobile. A hacker reportedly has 200 million Yahoo credentials for sale. You can't be blamed for feeling paranoid. That goes double when it comes ..
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  • New site gives iPhone users a massive list of Siri voice commands

    New site gives iPhone users a massive list of Siri voice commands
    When Siri was first introduced as a beta product alongside the launch of 2011's iPhone 4S, people couldn't wait to get their hands on Apple's new virtual personal assistant and give it a try. Then... they actually gave it a try. Siri got off to a rocky start to say the least, with server issues that plagued early users and a limited feature set that often didn't work as advertised. Despite the "beta" label, it seemed like no one was really prepared for how unreliable Siri was going to be, so man..
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  • Scientists say damage done by jobs cuts at CSIRO will not be reversed by Minister's intervention

    Scientists say damage done by jobs cuts at CSIRO will not be reversed by Minister's intervention
    MARK COLVIN: Some of Australia's top climate scientists say today's intervention by the Science Minister Greg Hunt will not be enough to reverse the damage done by the job cuts at the CSIRO.Mr Hunt is telling the CSIRO to put climate science back on the agenda. It's a shift from the decision earlier this year by the head of the CSIRO to cut jobs and tell scientists to focus on finding ways to mitigate climate change. Felicity Ogilvie reports from Hobart.FELICITY OGILVIE: Climate Scientists fr..
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  • Toyota Australia recalls almost 15000 86s, Subaru 3000 BRZs

    Toyota Australia recalls almost 15000 86s, Subaru 3000 BRZs
    Toyota Australia has issued a recall notice for nearly almost 15,000 of 17,000 locally delivered 86 two-door coupes to remedy a potential fault that could affect the car's steering.The fault, first reported in late 2013 according to Toyota Australia, could cause the electrical power steering system (EPS) in 14,903 cars built between April 2012 and March 2015 to lose its power assistance without warning, making the car harder to steer.The recall also affects some 3000 owners of the 86's conjoine..
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  • China will test a bus that beats traffic by riding over it

    China will test a bus that beats traffic by riding over it
    What if, instead of idling in morning traffic, your bus could simply pass over it?In China, urban transport designers are working to make that concept a reality. The electrically powered Transit Elevated Bus (TEB-1) conducted its first road test on Tuesday, according to the government-owned Xinhua News Agency. The vehicle, which straddles the road to allow cars to drive beneath it, could someday mitigate traffic congestion in the densely-populated country.In 2009, engineer Youzhou Song founded ..
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