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NewsOrder Food on Your Smartphone Using QR Codes
Paperlinks, a savvy Los Angeles-based QR code company, are allowing customers to explore what's on offer at a restaurant via their smartphone.
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News4sqwifi iPhone App Finds WiFi Spots and their Passwords
The perfect app for those who seek some urgent urban bandwidth.
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NewsThe Polaroid Camera, Reincarnated
The clever clogs at Polaroid have found a way to keep the camera alive without using the traditional film.
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NewsAugmented Reality App Encourages Peeping Toms
Moosejaw has created the X-Ray Catalog App which strips models of unsexy outdoor clothing to reveal what they are wearing underneath.
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NewsTurn Your Smartphone Into a Robot
Romo smartens up your already intelligent smartphone by turning it into a robot.
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NewsA Finnish Greenhouse Fit for Living
Gardening enthusiasts will be able to spend even more time with Mother Nature in this wonderful garden shed.
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GuideThe Best Places to Buy and Order Plants in Melbourne for 2024
There's a whole world of plants out there — here's where to find them.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Melbourne CBD for 2024
Some of the best small businesses in the city can be found in the CBD's laneways, alleys and arcades.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Florists for Making Grand Gestures
There's nothing like a big, vibrant bunch of freshly-cut blooms to turn a frown upside down.
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NewsEight Stunning Locally Made Jigsaw Puzzles for When Boredom Strikes (Again)
Got too much time to kill? Instead of flicking on the TV, give these beautiful, brain-tickling gems a go.
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GuideThe Best New Melbourne Spaces of 2021
We've rounded up the most stunning buildings and venues unveiled in Melbourne this year.
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NewsAll the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session
Keep your drinks cool and your shopping local when you plan your next picnic outing.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales
Score up to 70 percent off wine, cruelty-free makeup and activewear at these online sales.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales
Score up to 70 percent off reusable cups, homewares and sportswear at these online sales.
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GuideWhere To Shop Like a Local in and Around Brighton
These great bayside businesses are well worth a look in.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Footscray
Here's what the locals are loving in the inner west.
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NewsTurn Your iPhone into an Antique Typewriter
This new, limited edition app puts an antique typewriter in your pocket.
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NewsCharge Your Devices in Style
The OXO multicharger is like an executive penthouse for your devices.
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NewsAugmented Reality iPhone Game Orders Players to Run from Zombies
Run from zombies, rebuild civilisation and get fit at the same time.
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NewsAlpina Bike Spins your Vinyl Records as you Ride
Dutch designers have created a cycling/music machine that plays vinyl records as you ride at a consistent speed.
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NewsSteve Jobs’ Biographer Interviewed on 60 Minutes
Walter Isaacson shares the story behind the story.
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NewsIkea App Uses Facebook to Personalise Your Bedroom
Ikea attempt to sell you their durable and inexpensive Swedish wares by aligning them precisely with your personality, lifestyle and tastes.
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NewsU-Boat Worx Offers Submarine Charters for Tourists
These 'personal submarines for yacht and tourism' are for those people who are desirous of exploring the depths of the ocean but who suffer the misfortune of not being Richard Branson.
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NewsA Portable Hanging Herb Garden for Inner-City Dwellers
The dream of any inner-city or spatially-challenged dweller with a green thumb, finely tuned tastebuds and no backyard.
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NewsAdidas Unveils Super Intelligent Football Boot
Sporting giant Adidas has outdone itself with the adiZero f50 miCoach, a new soccer boot that boasts state-of-the-art technology.
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NewsHipstamatic’s Digital Disposable Camera for your iPhone
In a bid to regain their popularity and get one up on Instagram, Hipstamatic is offering a new dimension to their faux-analogue photography experience.
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NewsSteve Jobs: The Movie
They say sex sells, but according to Sony Pictures, death is where the real money’s at.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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EventMoon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day
Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band
Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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EventBridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City
Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East
This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.
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EventTerasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel
Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.
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EventHome Truth
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.
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EventSpanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony
Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne
Hit up this CBD restaurant on Sunday arvos in December for unlimited food and drinks on its sun-soaked terrace.
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NewsOccupy Wall Street Protests Start to Spread Around the World
How the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for a large proportion of U.S. citizens.
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NewsUntappd App Combines Social Networking and Beer
The perfect excuse to drink more beer and check your iPhone.
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NewsMessage in a Bottle: The Unusual Social Network
Harold Hackett has been sending messages all over the world, but unlike most of us he hasn’t been using a phone or a computer.
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NewsA First Look at Amazon’s New Kindle Fire
With the release of Amazon's Kindle Fire, there may just be another serious player in the growing tablet market.
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NewsIPhone Bike Speaker Lets You Listen While You Ride
Play sweet music and use your iPhone as a GPS while riding through the town on your bike.
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NewsSlavery Footprint: Calculating How Many Forced Labourers Work For You
Cue the bright-eyed, pigtailed offspring of ethical consumerism and social media, Slavery Footprint.
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NewsMicro-Hotel Sleepbox Makes Being In Transit Appealing
The pod with bed and drop-down desk may mean the days of sleeping in airport food courts are well behind us.
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NewsFirst-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016
Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.
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NewsUrban Farming Continues to Grow Around the World
Urban farms offer city dwellers a chance to green up their cities and get their hands dirty in the process.
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NewsPaypal Founder’s Futuristic Floating Island City
The Silicon Valley billionaire is making plans for the project to be launched off the coast of San Francisco next year.
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NewsApple Unveils Eco-Friendly Campus HQ Plans
Apple's new eco-friendly HQ plans are larger-than-life.
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NewsJapan’s Intelligent Vending Machines Know Your Type
Thinking machines are already among us, watching us, and telling us what to drink.
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NewsAleksander Krasinki’s Futuristic Floating Island City
Architect Aleksander Krasinski has developed and designed a futuristic island concept.
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NewsModular Bike Tracks Take Cycling into the Future
This design by Ines Le Bihan is proving a viable alternative to our current bike paths.
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NewsInterview /// Voyurl Looks Closer at the Murky World of Web Analytics
Voyurl breaks down your browsing behaviour in attractive graphs.
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NewsFacebook Launches a Free SMS App
Deactivating your Facebook account might become harder with the launch of Facebook Messenger, a free standalone SMS app.
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NewsApple Has More Money in the Bank than the US Government
Recent figures show that Steve Jobs is richer than the US Government.
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NewsThree Ideas Shaping the Future of Music
Technology is changing the way music is made and consumed.
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NewsThe Most Unforgettable Space Shuttle Pictures
National Geographic has compiled a photographic retrospective of the shuttle's colourful history.
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NewsUp Bracelet Records Your Everything
Jawbone's new piece of wearable tech will keep tabs on your health.
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NewsGoogle Insights Helps Predict The Economy
What does the average person do when confronted by something new in their life? Google it, of course.
