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Skylink launches world’s smallest smart side-mount garage opener

3 days ago
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Skylink unveils the world's smallest smart side-mount garage door opener, offering space-saving design and app control.
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Hands-on Review: Samsung’s new 115-Inch Neo QLED is the black beauty of TVs

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Samsung's 115-inch Neo QLED QN90F transforms any room into a private cinema, combining sleek design with stunning 4K visuals and immersive sound for AUD $26,999.
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Dematic launches Connected Workforce Platform for warehouse efficiency

Mon, 1st Sep 2025
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Dematic launches Connected Workforce Platform to boost warehouse efficiency with real-time insights, device integration, and enhanced staff engagement.
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Apple unveils design overhaul & new AI tools for developers

Tue, 10th Jun 2025
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Apple has unveiled Liquid Glass design and AI-powered developer tools across its platforms, including Xcode 26 and a new Foundation Models framework.
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Thermomix TM7 debuts in Australia & NZ with new features

Fri, 6th Jun 2025
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Vorwerk has launched the Thermomix TM7 in Australia and New Zealand, featuring a larger touchscreen, Open Cooking mode, and sustainability upgrades.
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Apple unveils major accessibility updates across its platforms

Wed, 14th May 2025
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Apple will launch new accessibility features this year, including Accessibility Nutrition Labels, a Mac Magnifier app, Braille Access and an Accessibility Reader.
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Apple unveils new accessibility features & nutrition labels

Wed, 14th May 2025
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Apple will launch new accessibility features, including Magnifier for Mac, which enhances device use for people with disabilities, later this year.
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Vorwerk launches Thermomix TM7 in Australia & New Zealand

Wed, 19th Feb 2025
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Vorwerk has unveiled the Thermomix TM7, a cutting-edge kitchen appliance featuring AI support and voice control, priced at AUD $2,649 and NZD $2,849.
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Dematic named Voice Partner of the Year at Honeywell awards

Thu, 25th May 2023
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Dematic helped to integrate or upgrade voice-guided workflow technology to improve supply chain processes and customer service.
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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from Sennheiser

Thu, 27th Oct 2022
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Jason Grbevski joins us to discuss how the company is working within the business and education communication markets.
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NZ companies ill-prepared for new digital marketing era

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Kim Voon claims New Zealand companies need to get off their bums and get on with adopting new marketing tech or face being left behind by their global peers.
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New rapid voice cloning tech could spell end for voice authentication

Sat, 10th Mar 2018
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Baidu unveiled a new system that can clone your voice using just 3.7 seconds of audio, a scary thought in the era of voice biometric authentication.
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Number of APAC manufacturers with ‘smart factories’ to triple by 2022

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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In a world-leading effort, almost half of APAC manufacturers will have fully connected factories by 2022 with tech use among them expected to surge.
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1,069 synchronised robots danced their way into the Guinness Book of World Records

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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WL Tech's Dobi robots have danced their way to a Guinness World Record, with 1,069 synchronised machines performing in Guangzhou, China.
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Icelandic language at risk due to voice command tech

Mon, 24th Apr 2017
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Fewer than 400,000 people speak Icelandic, and linguists are hypothesising that this is how the language dies.
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Wavelink enables voice support, enhancing productivity for warehouses

Thu, 16th Jun 2016
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Voice capabilities helps support Android as a next-gen mobility solution, along with the suite of mobile enablement to accompany a hardware refresh.
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Voice Control: Why Apple, Google and Microsoft need to fight back

Thu, 8th May 2014
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Digital platform providers are competing to find the next big method to grab consumers' attention: voice control and monitoring.