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Microsoft has announced the Surface Hub 2S product line is getting a new 85″ screen size, surpassing the original 82″ Perceptive Pixel display that started the Surface Hub product line. Surface Hub 2S is designed to bring together remote and local employees on a crisp 4K+ resolution screen with...
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New Optus NBN plans throws in a free home phone (that you probably don't need)...
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Easter is rapidly approaching and Maltesers are running a competition, giving you chocolate fans a chance at winning $5,000. The competition involves a partnership with service ‘what3words’ a geolocation service that turns any lat, long location, into a sequence of 3 words. The Easter campaign is an example of...
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Premium coffee machine makers, JURA Australia have announced their latest coffee machine, the Z6 in Diamond Black and it’s powered by AI. You may be asking why on earth would a coffee machine need Artificial Intelligence just to make a cappuccino, well the answer lies in most reliable coffee...
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If you’re a Windows Insider, chances are you have an email in your inbox this morning from Microsoft. While we seen leaks of the build a week or two ago, Microsoft are officially making available Microsoft Edge Dev, and Microsoft Edge Canary that uses the Chromium engine, rather than...
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If you own a Tesla, you’ll likely already appreciate that it’s not like any other car on the market. Something else that will separate Tesla vehicles is their ability to drive autonomously, sooner, rather than later. While Musk is well known for his aggressive (or ambitious) timelines, he’s on...
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Australia’s largest national park: Kakadu National Park, covers almost 20,000 square kilometers. Travelling there may be on your bucket list, but you haven’t been able to tick that one off yet. Thankfully Google have captured the terrain encompassing wetlands, rivers and sandstone escarpments, it’s home to the world’s oldest...
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Gmail started way back in April of 2004 which means it’s now 15 years old. Happy Birthday Gmail. What is possible the longest running and most famous beta, Gmail released first to a limited set of users on an invite-only basis. This later opened to the world and Gmail...
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Google have added a new set of 3D imagery, this time focused on central Sydney, Australia’s largest city. The new 3D elements to the city completes the full 3D scan of the city. Like many cities around the world, as you visit Sydney on Google Earth, you’ll now see...
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Apple TV has traditionally been a set top box that ran tvOS which offered a range of apps to get IP-based content to your TV. If you live in the Apple ecosystem, it’s also been a great way to get your iTunes content to the big screen. Today, Apple...
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Almost every big tech company is in the process to transition to a services company. Apple already offers Music on subscription, offers iCloud storage subscriptions and also announced iTunes+ overnight, a TV and Movie subscription service, as well as Apple News. Apple are also adding an all-you-can-eat subscription service...
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This year, 8K TVs go from prototypes, to devices you can actually buy for your home (budget permitting). Naturally this raises the question of content sources. When considering a new 8K TV purchase, customers need to have content to watch on it. While TV manufacturers would content providers to...
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Connected Security are going 4K with the Arlo Ultra. The camera system, features 4K HDR video quality with colour night vision, which means if you have a intruder, you’ll have great quality video evidence to provide the authorities. The Arlo cameras are wireless and feature a large 180-degree field-of-view....
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Artificial Intelligence is a part of our industry that often goes over the head of most people. Something that doesn’t is the challenge of keeping kids safe online, as cyber bullying continues to impact our young people. While we need to invest more in building resilience in our youth,...
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During Google’s Stadia announcement at the 2019 Game Developer’s conference, CEO Sundar Pichai was discussing their progress in AI. Pichai explained how games are helping to tackle real-world challenges. Pichai went on to explain that Alphabet-owned Waymo uses AI to run simulations in gaming-like environments. These simulations are being...
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VR start-up, Inspace XR, has raised a $750,000 in a seed round to build our their VR platform that quickly and easily converts 3D models from applications like Revit, ArchiCAD, SketchUp and converts them to VR environments. The seed investment comes from a group of investors that include Australia’s...
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Drones have rapidly evolved over the past few years since they became available in Australia. They’re an amazing gadget, full of technology and we’ve reviewed a number of them on techAU over the years. Having used about a dozen drones, often people ask for recommendations when buying a drone...
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The Federal Government gets a lot of things wrong, but one program that actually has a meaningful impact on people’s lives is the Mobile Blackspot Program. This program is now in its 4th round of funding and Telstra has been awarded funding to eliminate mobile coverage blackspots at 131...
Microsoft has announced the Surface Hub 2S product line is getting a new 85″ screen size, surpassing the original 82″ Perceptive Pixel display that started the Surface Hub product line. Surface Hub 2S is designed to bring together remote and local employees on a crisp 4K+ resolution screen with...
New Optus NBN plans throws in a free home phone (that you probably don't need)...
Easter is rapidly approaching and Maltesers are running a competition, giving you chocolate fans a chance at winning $5,000. The competition involves a partnership with service ‘what3words’ a geolocation service that turns any lat, long location, into a sequence of 3 words. The Easter campaign is an example of...
Premium coffee machine makers, JURA Australia have announced their latest coffee machine, the Z6 in Diamond Black and it’s powered by AI. You may be asking why on earth would a coffee machine need Artificial Intelligence just to make a cappuccino, well the answer lies in most reliable coffee...
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If you’re a Windows Insider, chances are you have an email in your inbox this morning from Microsoft. While we seen leaks of the build a week or two ago, Microsoft are officially making available Microsoft Edge Dev, and Microsoft Edge Canary that uses the Chromium engine, rather than...
...
If you own a Tesla, you’ll likely already appreciate that it’s not like any other car on the market. Something else that will separate Tesla vehicles is their ability to drive autonomously, sooner, rather than later. While Musk is well known for his aggressive (or ambitious) timelines, he’s on...
Australia’s largest national park: Kakadu National Park, covers almost 20,000 square kilometers. Travelling there may be on your bucket list, but you haven’t been able to tick that one off yet. Thankfully Google have captured the terrain encompassing wetlands, rivers and sandstone escarpments, it’s home to the world’s oldest...
Gmail started way back in April of 2004 which means it’s now 15 years old. Happy Birthday Gmail. What is possible the longest running and most famous beta, Gmail released first to a limited set of users on an invite-only basis. This later opened to the world and Gmail...
Google have added a new set of 3D imagery, this time focused on central Sydney, Australia’s largest city. The new 3D elements to the city completes the full 3D scan of the city. Like many cities around the world, as you visit Sydney on Google Earth, you’ll now see...
Apple TV has traditionally been a set top box that ran tvOS which offered a range of apps to get IP-based content to your TV. If you live in the Apple ecosystem, it’s also been a great way to get your iTunes content to the big screen. Today, Apple...
Almost every big tech company is in the process to transition to a services company. Apple already offers Music on subscription, offers iCloud storage subscriptions and also announced iTunes+ overnight, a TV and Movie subscription service, as well as Apple News. Apple are also adding an all-you-can-eat subscription service...
This year, 8K TVs go from prototypes, to devices you can actually buy for your home (budget permitting). Naturally this raises the question of content sources. When considering a new 8K TV purchase, customers need to have content to watch on it. While TV manufacturers would content providers to...
Connected Security are going 4K with the Arlo Ultra. The camera system, features 4K HDR video quality with colour night vision, which means if you have a intruder, you’ll have great quality video evidence to provide the authorities. The Arlo cameras are wireless and feature a large 180-degree field-of-view....
Artificial Intelligence is a part of our industry that often goes over the head of most people. Something that doesn’t is the challenge of keeping kids safe online, as cyber bullying continues to impact our young people. While we need to invest more in building resilience in our youth,...
During Google’s Stadia announcement at the 2019 Game Developer’s conference, CEO Sundar Pichai was discussing their progress in AI. Pichai explained how games are helping to tackle real-world challenges. Pichai went on to explain that Alphabet-owned Waymo uses AI to run simulations in gaming-like environments. These simulations are being...
VR start-up, Inspace XR, has raised a $750,000 in a seed round to build our their VR platform that quickly and easily converts 3D models from applications like Revit, ArchiCAD, SketchUp and converts them to VR environments. The seed investment comes from a group of investors that include Australia’s...
Drones have rapidly evolved over the past few years since they became available in Australia. They’re an amazing gadget, full of technology and we’ve reviewed a number of them on techAU over the years. Having used about a dozen drones, often people ask for recommendations when buying a drone...
The Federal Government gets a lot of things wrong, but one program that actually has a meaningful impact on people’s lives is the Mobile Blackspot Program. This program is now in its 4th round of funding and Telstra has been awarded funding to eliminate mobile coverage blackspots at 131...
