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In Pictures: Inside the evolving world of wireless charging technology

Wireless charging is starting to make headlines, with companies like Samsung pushing the technology in its Galaxy line of smartphones. But did you know wireless charging goes back as far as the early 1900s?

In Pictures: Inside the evolving world of wireless charging technology
In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance

Cooking, learning language and doing the laundry are a few of the human skills demonstrated by.real humanoid bots featured in the National Geographic movie Robots.

In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance
In Pictures: Hot stuff - The coolest drones

From unmanned aircraft swarms to space systems, drones are hot.

In Pictures: Hot stuff - The coolest drones
In Pictures: 10 utterly wonderful technologies you shouldn't buy yet

These are great! But be patient, 'cause they need a bit more time to be fully baked.

In Pictures: 10 utterly wonderful technologies you shouldn't buy yet
In Pictures: 12 lesser-known Apple Watch tips and tricks you should know

From using Siri to muting notifications to saving battery life, here are some of the most useful Apple Watch tips and tricks you should learn.

In Pictures: 12 lesser-known Apple Watch tips and tricks you should know
In Pictures: 11 must-have Apple Watch apps

Now that you’ve got your new Apple Watch, here are the apps you should try…

In Pictures: 11 must-have Apple Watch apps

Google Cloud brings search smarts to retail customers

New managed Retail Search service from Google Cloud wants to help digital retailers solve the dreaded search abandonment problem.
How a secret sauce spiced Dicker Data's A$68M buyout of Exeed

Dicker Data and Exeed were not just complementary in terms of geography and key accounts.
Plexure stumps up A$120M to buy Task Retail's transaction platform

Plexure shareholder McDonald's Corporation approves of the deal.
Canon A/NZ rolls out Hatch 'widget' to support its retail channel

Hatch's web extension helps shoppers find where to buy at the best price.
Kogan trumpets ‘retail revolution’ after year of turbulence and triumph

“There is a retail revolution taking place as more and more shoppers learn about the benefits of e-commerce," CEO Ruslan Kogan said.
JB Hi-Fi bucks gloomy market conditions

The Victoria-headquartered company posted a net profit of $170.6 million for the six months to Dec. 31

Getting chipped: Why I will live with an NFC chip implant for a year

What will happen if you get an NFC chip implant? IDG Netherlands News Editor René Schoemaker is testing just that.
Amazon's expected smartphone already faces skeptics

Hinted 3D features could be used to display Amazon store products for phone users
CIO not the only one to blame for Target breach

Beth Jacob's resignation not surprising, but disappointing analysts say
After Target, Neiman Marcus breaches, does PCI compliance mean anything?

Security failures at companies certified as PCI compliant suggest problems in standards and implementation
Perspective: Privacy concerns could keep Amazon delivery drones grounded

Several lawmakers are already calling for stringent privacy protections, and others are sure to follow
Here's why Amazon drones may never land at your door

Amazon's distribution network limits the company's deliveries to just a tiny fraction of the country