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Social experiments are 'how websites work'

OkCupid founder opens up about the social experiments the dating site conducts on its members, and says such research is crucial.

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Anonymous Opal card option

Unregistered Opal cards are now available - but only at select stations at select times.

Jacob Saulwick and Ben Grubb 8:55pm | Unregistered cards available for Sydney's transport, but will not be sold at stations

Turn any wall into a touchscreen

TouchJet's new TouchPico handheld projector.

Lance Ulanoff 11:05am | Tiny Android projector TouchPico can turn any flat surface into a screen for your apps and media.

Facebook Bolt faces name challenges

A new app from Facebook that looks to be Instagram's version of Snapchat could face challenges over the name Bolt.

Christina Warren 9:07am | Bolt has't even been released, yet it's already facing potential legal threats over its name.

Governments should butt out

Phil Kernick is national director of information security at CQR.

Phil Kernick | It appears many governments, including ours, don't know their role in the fight against cybercrime.

Corporations should turn to start-ups

ideas

Stuart Corner 10:27am | Established enterprises should look to the start-up community for ideas that can be applied to their businesses.

Financial advice going for a song

Chris Brycki, of Stockspot, outside his office in York Street, Sydney.

Beverley Head 12:15am | A new financial services start-up wants to attract $1 billion worth of funds within two years as it aims to do to financial advice what PayPal did to payments.

Why kids need time to play

Buddies walking to school in Abbotsford

MIKI PERKINS | New apps let 'helicopter parents' hover over their kids 24/7.

Sony searches for revival

Expanding: Sony displays the newly announced white PlayStation 4 console. The Japanese company hopes to grow a network of streamed services using the popular games and media device as a hub.

1:30pm | Sony hammering out plans to rise from the ashes of nearly $US10 billion lost in six years by building future around PlayStation.

Microsoft targeted in Chinese probe

Latest move by China's authorities caps a rocky period for Microsoft in the country.

PHILIP WEN 12:07pm | Chinese regulators have launched an apparent antitrust investigation into US-based Microsoft.

Patients using health apps healthier

The iECG iPhone app by the University of Sydney provides detects heart rhythm problems. The information can help reduce the risk of stroke particularly in people over 65.

3:12pm | Your smartphone is not only your best friend, it has also become your personal trainer, coach, medical lab and maybe even your doctor.

GetUp! fears 'dirty tricks' over video

A still of the blocked GetUp! video on trusting Adani.

PETER HANNAM 3:52pm | Aanti-coal video yanked by YouTube over what the activist group says are fake copyright claims.

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