Monday, September 26, 2016

Vodafone says sorry with free data and other top stories.

  • Vodafone says sorry with free data

    Vodafone says sorry with free dataAll Vodafone customers will receive a bonus 2GB of data after a router malfunction knocked out much of the telco’s mobile services Sunday night.Vodafone announced the compensation tonight while apologising for the disruptions, which saw some customers left unable to make calls, text or use the internet for about seven hours.“While not all customers experienced service disruption, all postpaid customers and prepaid customers who top-up within a month, will receiv..
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  • Last Ford engines built today

    Last Ford engines built today
    Photos of the last six-cylinder engine and last V8 engine made in Geelong have appeared on social media ahead of the closure of the car assembly line next week. Picture: Supplied.Joshua DowlingNews Corp Australia NetworkTHE historic Ford factory in Geelong — the US car giant’s first manufacturing site in Australia — has assembled its last engines today in a special celebration behind closed doors.The last ever six-cylinder and V8 engines were finished this afternoon ahead of the shutdown of the ..
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  • 2017 Kia Carens / Rondo Updated In Time For Paris

    2017 Kia Carens / Rondo Updated In Time For Paris
    Also marketed as the Rondo in places like Canada and Australia, the third-generation Kia Carens compact MPV is getting ready for its mid-cycle facelift. Updates for the model year 2017 aren’t that plentiful, but they’re welcome nonetheless. Programmed to make its live debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show next week, the 2017 Kia Carens / Rondo is just as spacious as it was before. But compared to the pre-facelift, the South Korean manufacturer has upped the ante with “quality materials and trim opt..
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  • Forza Horizon 3 Preview: This looks like the definitive racing game for 2016

    Forza Horizon 3 Preview: This looks like the definitive racing game for 2016
    I got my hands on a pre-release copy of Forza Horizon 3, and it is impressive. This was the first game in a long time to reignite my interest in open-world racing games. I’ve always been a fan of all racing games, but I’ve got a soft spot for the sim-racing variety. While I don’t mind playing Need for Speed from time to time (Who can forget the original Most Wanted?), I’d rather be playing Assetto Corsa, iRacing or even Project Cars. Forza Horizon 3, on the surface, seemed like a mix of Test Dr..
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  • 59% Of IoT Gadget Makers Don't Tell Consumers How Their Personal Info Is Used

    It’s no secret that marketers are looking forward to obtaining more consumer information that flows from the explosion of Internet-connected devices being placed throughout homes, in cars and on people.Many smart devices come with plenty of information-sharing built in as part of their core.The challenge comes in making sure consumers are aware of what information is being stored or shared and how to slow, stop or delete it if desired.Many consumers have become accustomed to tapping ‘agree’ when..
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  • Microsoft brings new AI-powered features to Office 365 and Dynamics 365

    Microsoft brings new AI-powered features to Office 365 and Dynamics 365
    Microsoft’s Ignite conference is bringing 23,000 IT professionals to Atlanta, Georgia this week and the company is using this opportunity to talk about how it plans to bring more intelligence to its tools and platforms. As companies gather more and more data, Microsoft argues, it’s becoming imperative that the tools these companies use also become smarter. This means bringing better analytics to the workplace to help individual employees become more productive, but also bringing machine learni..
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  • Apple Watch Series 2 review: A complete guide to middle age

    Apple Watch Series 2 review: A complete guide to middle age
    The Apple Watch Series 2's LCD screen is now more than twice as bright as the previous version. Supplied There are a few ways to look at the new Apple Watch Series 2.One way is to look at it as the version of Apple's Watch that has enough improvements that it can now appeal to moderately serious fitness fanatics – with Series 2, Apple has added built-in GPS and water resistance that lets you take it swimming – but not so many improvements that ..
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  • 2016 Holden Astra | new cars sales price

    2016 Holden Astra | new cars sales price
    Holden has confirmed pricing and early specification details across its all-new Astra range, with the Polish-built hatch due to hit Australian showrooms in December.And the good news is that Holden has cut the entry price for this all-new model, with the 2016 Astra range now to kick off from $21,990, down from the $26,990 you'd need to step into the 2015 Astra GTC, which is being cut from the line-up.The Astra will touch down in in three trim levels, kicking off with the entry-level Astra R. Po..
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  • Founder of Facebook's Oculus funded pro-Trump meme organisation

    Founder of Facebook's Oculus funded pro-Trump meme organisation
    Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has acknowledged giving $US10,000 ($13,000) to Nimble America but denied he was the founder of the pro-Donald Trump group which created anti-Hillary Clinton memes.Luckey, who sold his virtual reality company to Facebook in 2014 for $US2 billion, said he donated the money "because I thought the organisation had fresh ideas on how to communicate with young voters through the use of several billboards." Nimble America put up a billboard near Pittsburgh featuring a dist..
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  • China turns on massive 'Eye of Heaven'

    China turns on massive 'Eye of Heaven'
    September 26, 201611:38amChina's largest spherical telescope enters final stage of construction1:29The construction of China's largest single-aperture spherical telescope, located in southwest China, has entered its final stage. Courtesy: CCTV The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in the remote Pingtang county in southwest China's Guizhou province has been finally switched on. Picture: Liu Xu/APIF THE human race is to ever stumble upon genuine signs of alien life, it could ..
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