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Coke’s Making Wi-Fi Enabled Coke Machines Because Of Course It Is
Soft drink vending machines are one of those unobtrusive, inoffensive bits of life that can be placed almost anywhere without anyone noticing or complaining (apart from the occasional anti-obesity protester. Coke’s trying to harness that unseen power (and sell more Coke!) by sticking Wi-Fi hotspots inside some South African vending machines.
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Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend
Oculus Doesn’t Know How To Build A VR Game Controller Yet Well that’s a problem. I Travelled To Hawaii And London In This Weird VR Holodeck Oh good, I need a holiday. 5 Awesome Cameras From The Biggest Photo Show In The World I’ll take one of each please. How Close Are We To A…
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NBN Co Had Successfully Tested Faster, Cost-Saving FTTP Rollout
Delivering a nationwide broadband network was always going to require a pretty penny. That doesn’t mean you can’t look for ways to save money — or speed the process up — without affecting the network itself. Turns out former NBN CEO Mike Quigley, before his departure, had successfully trialled improvements that could have seen fibre…
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Aussie Netflix Would Be ‘Inferior’ To Foxtel’s Presto… According To Foxtel
Earlier this year, Foxtel launched an on-demand streaming service called Presto, a competitor to the US-based Netflix that doesn’t require one to go through various hoops to gain access. However, even with a local option available, I’m sure we’d all be happy if Netflix entered the Australian market. It’d be “inferior” to Presto, of course,…