Tag: news
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is quitting
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is set to leave the company after Verizon’s acquisition is completed. Verizon has purchases the core services formerly run by Yahoo, including email, blogs, apps and sports, in a deal that is expected to close in March this year. Mayer has announced she’ll be leaving the Yahoo board, joined by other departing…
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iPhone 8 Details Leaked
The details of a possible iPhone 8 release for next year have been leaked, and it looks like Apple are set to change their usual pace for the iPhone’s 10 year anniversary. The new features include a curved, edgeless screen, glass casing on the back, and a possible third size being offered to consumers. Expectations are high…
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Forbes calculates the worth of Kardashians at $122 million
Despite the common negative claims about the production of reality television, Forbes have released a thoroughly detailed list titled ‘Reality Television Highest Earners’. The list was inspired by the 2016 presidential election, where a reality star was made the 45th president of the United States. In short, the list has a total of seven people, whose collective earnings…
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Remembrance Day in 2016
Exactly 98 years ago today, at approximately 11am, silence echoed throughout the Western Front, marking the end of a 4 year warfare that claimed the lives of millions and over 60,000 Australians. This day would become monumental piece of Australian history as the tradition of Remembrance Day would be born, where Australians across the country…
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Amazon has launched “Netflix for books” in Australia
Amazon Kindle Unlimited, which has been dubbed “Netflix for books” has finally arrived in Australia. The service, which launched in the USA more than two years ago, provides access to over one million titles that are available on the Kindle e-reader, Fire Tablet and the Kindle app for iOS or Android. Access costs $13.99 per month, which…
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Donald Trump elected as 45th US President
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Republican Donald Trump was officially announced as the 45th president of the United States. The news itself caused outraged amongst US voters as over 500 protestors took to the street in and around the University of California, shouting anti-Trump expletives along with the chant ‘not my president’. These…
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Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids will be closed permanently
Dreamworld has this morning announced that their Thunder River Rapids ride will be permanently closed following the four tragic deaths it caused last month. On 25 October, Canberra siblings, Kate Goodchild and Luke Dorsett, as well as Roozi Araghia, Mr Dorsett’s partner and Cindy Low, a Sydney woman, passed away on the ride when their raft flipped…
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Uber is rebuilding its app from the ground up
It has just been revealed that Uber has this week undergone a complete overhaul, with a primary focus on improving the app’s speed and efficiency. “It’s not just a normal update,” Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick said during a press briefing at Uber’s San Francisco headquarters earlier this week. “This is a radical redesign and rebuild of the…
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Apple has been granted a patent to develop foldable iPhones
Apple has just announced they’ve been granted a patent that will allow them to develop a high-tech foldable iPhone. The tech giant revealed yesterday that they applied for the grant three years ago, but kept it under heavy wraps by lodging the application under the names of individual designers instead of the company. The patent application…
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Instagram to test new feature that allows users to shop online
The social media platform Instagram will introduce a new feature next week that allows users to shop through their news feed. The function will be called ‘Shop Now’ and will be made available in the US. Users will be able to shop from over 20 brands including Kate Spade, JackThreads and Warby Parker, which will show an in-depth…