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How Australian survey company Floq is taking the tech temperature down under
Floq, the survey software company based in Perth, Australia wants to take on existing questionnaire giants and it hopes to do so by offering more in the way of customisation and simplicity.
Getting customer feedback in ways that don’t put people off...
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Engrish Funny: “Baz, What’s for Dinnah?”



“DINGO-SNAKE HYBRIDS!”
“Ahh. Ol’ usual, ey?”

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Engrish Funny: Spotted in Helsinki



See, even us Finns think Australia is üuppsiid down!

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Steve Wozniak brands price discrimination by Apple, others in Australia as “horrible”
As technology giants Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and many others come under fire from Australian consumers and also its government over price discrimination in the country, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has branded the practice “horrible”, noting...
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Facebook’s organ donor feature rolls out in Australia
Australians now have the the opportunity to save lives through Facebook as the organ donor feature rolls out down under.
The feature, which went live for the UK and the US last week, offers Facebook users the chance to sign up officially to organ donor re...
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Facebook Offers enjoys a Groupon moment, sends 3m users to Australian deal offering 50 vouchers
Facebook’s Offers service may only be a couple of months old (and only available to select number of partners) but the sheer size of the social network has proved difficult for one small business owner, with 3 million people engaging with an accommo...
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Baidu launches an office in Australia to help local companies tap into China’s Web potential
Chinese Internet giant Baidu has continued its international expansion after it announced that it has entered Australia this week.
Mumbrella reports that the company, which runs China’s most popular search engine portal and other services, has appoi...
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RIM admits it is responsible for the anti-Apple ‘Wake Up’ campaign in Australia
There’s been much speculation about which company is behind the controversial anti-Apple ‘Wake Up’ campaign currently going on in Australia. We previously reported that Samsung might be culpable but RIM has now stepped up and acknowledge...
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Australia to Apple, Adobe and Microsoft: Why do we pay more for digital downloads than other countries?
Australian politicians and have ordered an inquiry that seeks to determine why consumers are forced to pay more for software, music and game downloads from companies including Apple, Microsoft and Adobe, than their overseas counterparts.
Each company will...
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Australia is investigating why its software and downloads are more expensive than in the U.S.
The Australian government is investigating the price of downloads and software in the country, as it bids to understand why companies like Apple and Microsoft charge Australian customers more than those in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The House of Representati...
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Sara for Grazia.it
Sara Donaldson for Grazia.it.Sara is the last of my Aussie girls that I photographed in Australia last November (eep! This post is long overdue). Head on over to Grazia to read Sara's interview including where she shops, the girls' whose st...
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Google brings its Google Play/YouTube movie rental service to Australia
Google has launched its movie-rental service in Australia today, giving Internet users in the country access to thousands of films through Google Play and the YouTube Australia site, according to a new post on the company’s blog.
The service is alre...
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Music FAILS: Spoon-Playing Percussionist Jams Out to the Black Keys


Australian spoon player Deb ‘Spoons’ Perry liked the single “Lonely Boy” so much, she decided to perform it, giving the original Lonely Boy dancer a run for his money. And if that isn’t enough for you, WALLABIES...
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Samsung sends protesting flashmob to Sydney Apple Store, tells customers to ‘Wake Up’
Samsung’s marketing machine appears to have gone into overdrive with reports that advertising agencies working on its behalf sent a bus full of protesters to the Apple Store in Sydney, Australia to tell customers to ‘Wake Up’.
We know th...
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Running Around the World




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AUSTRALIA



AUSTRALIA
the country will destroy you
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Australian plane aborted landing because its captain was “preoccupied with his phone”
A mobile phone was to blame for an aborted landing in Singapore but, in contrast to what you might expect, it was the captain’s own device that set things off.
According to The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the May 27 2010 Jetstar flight JQ57 ...
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Australian startup incentivizing chores grabs $1.5M funding 2 months after launch
An Australian startup that incentivises and monetizes errands has launched its iPhone app having raised $1.5 million, just two months after launching.
Airtasker, which operates like Craigslist-for-chores, can be used to sell all manner of jobs to ‘r...
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Eau de unboxing: Australian artists create the scent of the opening of a new Apple product
While videos and photos of unboxing Apple products have become commonplace, what about immortalising the moment through the memory of a smell?
That thought came to three artists in Australia who have concocted a fragrance that will appeal to Apple fanboys...
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Apple pressured to drop 4G iPad branding in Australia, asks to postpone May 2 court hearing
Apple has said that a Melbourne court has not given it enough time to fully prepare for a defence of a case where it has been accused of misleading Australian consumers with the marketing of a its new 4G-enabled iPad tablet.
The company was in court on Mo...
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Consolidation in Australia’s telecom sector as M2 buys Primus Australia for $200 million
Australia’s business telecom industry has witness a significant piece of consolidation as carrier M2 has announced the purchase of Primus Australia for $AUD 192.4 million (approximately $200 million).
Primus Australia’s services provider, iPri...
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TiVo wins another lawsuit, handing VIVO an Australian trademark ban on use of its “similar” name
Digital video recording device maker TiVo has continued its run of recent legal successes with an Australian Federal Court ruling granting the company worldwide recognition and upholding the exclusive rights of the TiVo trademark.
TiVo had brought a trade...
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Australian watchdog considers suing Apple again, this time over e-book price fixing
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is said to be considering taking action against Apple for the second time in a month, over allegations that the Cupertino-based technology giant has engaged in price-fixing with titles in its iBookstore.
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MEANWHILE



MEANWHILE
in Australia
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How to Conduct a Pipe Organ Concert with a Kinect [Video]





The Kinect has been re-purposed for projects ranging from piloting UAV drones to steering shopping carts, so why not use one to play Melbourne Town Hall's 4-story organ like a gigantic theremin? More&n...
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Apple begins offering new iPad owners in Australia refunds after LTE confusion
Apple has written to customers as it begin to follow up on its proposal to refund buyers of the new iPad in Australia that felt misled by the firm’s marketing of its LTE-capability.
Today, as MacRumors reports, Apple has sent out notes to all custom...
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WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA



WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA
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Australian court finds Google guilty over “deceptive” search ads
Google has been found guilty of allowing advertisers to mislead users of its search engine in Australia, after the Federal Court upheld an appeal from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), SBS reports.
The ruling found that, in four c...
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie on how outsourcing creates entrepreneurs
Recently named as one of the top 50 Australians in technology, Matt Barrie is arguably one of the best known entrepreneurs from “down under”; however, his influence goes well beyond Australia.
As the CEO of the online outsourcing marketplace F...
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Apple updates iPad 4G marketing statements on Australian website, ahead of April 5th deadline
Finding itself on the wrong side of a lawsuit from The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) earlier this week over “misleading” advertising statements over the 4G capabilities of its new iPad, Apple has today complied with cou...
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Is the iPad Gimped for International Users? [Ipad]





The new iPad has garnered its fair share of abuse since launch. But for international users, there's a bigger concern than crappy charging or a little extra heat: it turns out that it's virtually impossibl...
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Following Australia, New Zealand watchdogs scrutinize Apple’s iPad 4G advertising
Apple’s issues over iPad advertising that misled consumers in Australia over 4G support have begun spread to neighbouring New Zealand where authorities are now scrutinizing the firm, according to a TVNZ report.
Earlier today Apple offered to provide...
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Apple offers iPad refunds in Australia following legal action over ‘misleading’ 4G advertising
Apple is offering buyers of the new iPad in Australia the opportunity of a full refund, after the Cupertino-based company was taken to court for “misleading” consumers over support for a national 4G mobile network, according to ABC News.
Earlier this week...
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Australian government takes action against Apple over ‘misleading’ 4G iPad advertising
Apple’s promotion of its new iPad has landed the company in hot water in Australia, where a government competition regulator has said it will take action against the Cupertino-based technology giant for “misleading” consumers over the ta...
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Creepy Australian Fries TV with Microwave [Video]





Welp, we're about done with the ol' plasma set. Figure it's time to take 'er off to the dump. Or maybe we could sell it? Naw, let's destroy it with arcing electricity bolts for fifteen minutes straight. ...
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ABC becomes the first Aussie broadcaster to donate footage to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the Antipodean public service broadcasting equivalent of the BBC, is marking its 80th anniversary by launching a new website called 80 Days That Changed Our Lives. Reflecting on eight decades of newsworthy an...
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Julian Assange Is Turning Wikileaks Into a Political Party [Jullian Assange]





There is literally nothing that Julian Assange won't do. He's dabbled with his own TV chat show, an appearance on the Simpsons, opera, and let's not get started on the details of his bedroom activities. Bu...
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WikiLeaks announce that Julian Assange is running for the Australian Senate
Last December, the official WikiLeaks Twitter account asked this question: is it possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while under house arrest in another country? Apparently the answer is yes, because the latest update to the Twitt...
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Queues and midnight launches as Apple’s new iPad goes on sale in Australia, Japan and Singapore
In case you’ve been living under a rock, sales of Apple’s new iPad — known popularly as the ‘iPad 3′ — begin today across 10 countries worldwide, with Australia, Japan and Singapore the first three markets to begin sell...
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Apple settles Australian app lawsuit after teenage developer escapes action
Apple has settled a curious copyright lawsuit in which a 16 year-old app Australian developer created and earned thousands of dollars from a soundboard app using images and sounds from a popular Australian TV show.
With the boy still a teenager, TV produc...
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Phone waterproofing company Liquipel is expanding to Australia, Brazil and China
Launched in January during CES, Liquipel is now expanding to Australia, Brazil and China, the American company announced today, ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
As you may remember, Liquipel’s ambition is to make your iPhone and other el...
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This Cheesy Snack Turns Your Tongue Blue [WTFriday]





Ah, chips. Who doesn't love them? If only—and I'm being nitpicky here—if only they could, I don't know, turn your tongue some ungodly color for no reason. Right? Oh, wait, PepsiCo's Twisties to...
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Google Street View Is Coming to the Great Barrier Reef [Google]





Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural coral formation on Earth and you'll soon be able to see it in all its glory—from your desk. More »



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School of Fail: We’re Their Teachers, Not Their Nannies

An oldie but a goodie: when parents in Queensland sued to make teachers responsible for their lazy/absent children’s poor grades, the teachers returned fire with this answering machine message. The good stuff starts at 0:30.

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Apple hits Samsung with 278 patent claims in revised Australian lawsuit
Apple has expanded the scope of its patent lawsuit against Korean electronics giant Samsung in Australia, widening its complaint to include 278 claims, across 22 patents that cover 10 new products.
The Australian reports that Apple widened its claims in N...
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After 12: Crunk Critters: High Down Under


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Weekend Life....This is Australia
Weekend Life....Australia Day Special!It is Australia Day on 26th January (hurrah!), and Kate from I Am Not A Celebrity asked whether I would give a little interview and share some photos for a series she is doing this week on Aussies living in ...
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The Next Web is Hiring an Australia Editor
We’re looking for a full-time (maybe PT if necessary) Australia based tech writer.
You need to be incredibly passionate about technology, startups, entrepreneurship and Internet culture. You’ll be keen to immerse yourself in the Australian tec...
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42-Foot Car-Chopping Axe Is the Nuclear Option of Prank Wars [Video]





There are two hard and fast rules in this world: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line" and "Never get involved in a prank war in Australia." Or else very bad things will happen to your Ho...
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The Worst Way to Sell Anything [Image Cache]





Unless this is some sort of poetic retail conceptual art, which I doubt, this is probably the most botched product display of all time. More »



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