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The secret shopper in your pocket

A new app uses technology to empower consumers - by revealing which corporations are responsible for the contents of your basket.

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Google unveils maps, photo and music features

Google's sixth annual conference for software developers is a chance for the company to showcase its latest services.

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Messaging app now extends to desktop

Popular messaging app Viber, which already boasts 200 million users, now has you covered on your PC and Mac desktop computers.

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The secret shopper in your pocket
May 17 2013 at 10:01

A new app uses technology to empower consumers - by revealing which corporations are responsible for the contents of your basket.

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Visitors walk past the Android booth on the floor at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco.

Google unveils maps, photo and music features
May 16 2013 at 10:23

Google's sixth annual conference for software developers is a chance for the company to showcase its latest services.

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Messaging app now extends to desktop
May 15 2013 at 14:22

Popular messaging app Viber, which already boasts 200 million users, now has you covered on your PC and Mac desktop computers.

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Microsoft has sold 100 million Windows 8 licenses in the six months since launch.

Microsoft unveils free Windows 8.1 update
May 15 2013 at 10:28

The world's largest software company has been touting the update as a series of improvements to the Windows 8 software.

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Fundawear a prototype conception from Durex Australia adds an extra dimension to long-distance lovemaking through the use of hi-tech vibrating underwear that can be wirelessly stimulated via a mobile app.

Giving new meaning to sexy underwear
May 14 2013 at 10:23

Fundawear adds an extra dimension to long-distance lovemaking through the use of vibrating underwear. [Warning: adult content]

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Using a simple smartphone application to photograph one's meals is a useful slimming aid for the overweight, according to an experiment reported.

Smartphone app helps fight obesity - study
May 13 2013 at 10:46

An app designed by British doctors aims at promoting “food memory” so that people recall what they have eaten.

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A worker takes a break and reads a newspaper sitting on a second-hand toilet bowl he is selling. The Restroom Association of Singapore (RAS) already has the LOO Connect service on its toilet.org.sg website that allows people to pinpoint and comment on public facilities.

App flushes out clean and dirty toilets
May 9 2013 at 14:19

For those on the go, finding a clean toilet in Singapore and giving feedback on the best and worst commodes is now on hand.

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File photo: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives his presentation at the launch of the Windows 8 operating system in New York.

Wager on Windows 8 turns sour
May 8 2013 at 11:07

Microsoft is to overhaul Windows 8, the software update which prompted a backlash from customers who found it impossible to navigate.

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Unlike traditional monitoring systems that can be expensive and need technical knowledge to install and use, Wang said Presence is a free do-it-yourself system that can be set up simply by downloading and configuring the app.

How watchdog apps monitor your home
May 6 2013 at 14:14

Presence converts a spare Internet-connected Apple device into a video camera with real-time video and audio streaming, motion detection and notifications.

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If the horsemeat scandal made you anxious about meat from the supermarket, a new free smartphone app may restore your peace of mind.

App won’t mince words on meat
May 2 2013 at 09:44

If the horsemeat scandal made you anxious about meat from the supermarket, a new free smartphone app may restore peace of mind.

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The secret shopper in your pocket

AP

Google unveils maps, photo and music features

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Messaging app now extends to desktop

The secret shopper in your pocket May 17 2013 at 10:01

Google unveils maps, photo and music features May 16 2013 at 10:23

Messaging app now extends to desktop May 15 2013 at 14:22

Microsoft unveils free Windows 8.1 update May 15 2013 at 10:28

Giving new meaning to sexy underwear May 14 2013 at 10:23

Smartphone app helps fight obesity - study May 13 2013 at 10:46

App flushes out clean and dirty toilets May 9 2013 at 14:19

Wager on Windows 8 turns sour May 8 2013 at 11:07

How watchdog apps monitor your home May 6 2013 at 14:14

App won’t mince words on meat May 2 2013 at 09:44

The secret shopper in your pocket
May 17 2013 at 10:01

Google unveils maps, photo and music features
May 16 2013 at 10:23

Messaging app now extends to desktop
May 15 2013 at 14:22

Microsoft unveils free Windows 8.1 update
May 15 2013 at 10:28

Giving new meaning to sexy underwear
May 14 2013 at 10:23

Smartphone app helps fight obesity - study
May 13 2013 at 10:46

App flushes out clean and dirty toilets
May 9 2013 at 14:19

Wager on Windows 8 turns sour
May 8 2013 at 11:07

How watchdog apps monitor your home
May 6 2013 at 14:14

App won’t mince words on meat
May 2 2013 at 09:44