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Location and voice technology are the future of retail

  • Written by: Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and International Business, Queensland University of Technology
Location and voice technology are the future of retailRetailers have refocussed their attention on location – but not their location, your location.Shutterstock

Retailers, struggling to connect with their customers, have been trialling new technologies to blend in-store and digital experiences.

Interactive kiosks, mobile-friendly websites and transactional apps have become the norm.

But shoppers...

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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook apology is the linguistic equivalent of 'shit happens'

  • Written by: Annabelle Lukin, Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University

A corporate apology echoes the words we are so familiar with from our everyday lives – but it is a distinct beast. It happens under the glare of media and is issued by an office holder in a complex management structure, to a mass and impersonalised audience.

And its contents may be subject to legal proceedings. It may also be couched in...

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Tony Abbott and the revenge of the ‘delcons’

  • Written by: Dominic Kelly, Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University

This article is the second in a five-part series on the battle for conservative hearts and minds in Australian politics. Read part one here.

When Liberal Party MPs dumped Tony Abbott for Malcolm Turnbull in September 2015, they could hardly have pleaded ignorance of the turmoil they were creating for themselves. The fact they were in government...

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Newspoll not all bad news for Turnbull as Coalition's position improves

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Newspoll not all bad news for Turnbull as Coalition's position improvesA big difference between the losing streaks of Malcolm Turnbull and former PM Tony Abbott is that Abbott often trailed Shorten as better PM, while Turnbull has always led Shorten.AAP/Brendan Esposito

This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 5-8 from a sample of 1,600, gave Labor a 52-48 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since last...

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  1. your guide to the 2018 Stella shortlist
  2. Materials that make heat worse for our kids demand a rethink by designers
  3. Australia's history of live exports is more than two centuries old
  4. That contract your computer made could get you in a legal bind
  5. Do athletes really need protein supplements?
  6. How does glow in the dark paint work?
  7. how asteroids made an impact on Australia
  8. When it comes to China's influence on Australia, beware of sweeping statements and conflated ideas
  9. Should the Commonwealth Games come with a health warning?
  10. Autism advocacy and research misses the mark if autistic people are left out
  11. Science vagabonde, un voyage autour des sciences
  12. What is hepatitis A and how can you get it from eating frozen fruit?
  13. Shorten's plan to triple anti-dumping penalties misunderstands the law
  14. The many ways Australia isn't as pro-trade as we claim
  15. Why does some tap water taste weird?
  16. In The Magpie, Monet found all the colour in a snowy day
  17. Political interventions have undermined the parole system's effectiveness and independence
  18. Banning MPs from private messaging apps is a simplistic response to a complex problem
  19. Can the Liberal Party hold its 'broad church' of liberals and conservatives together?
  20. A brief history of fake doctors, and how they get away with it
  21. South Australia's trial of England's year one phonics check shows why we need it
  22. Our survey found 'questionable research practices' by ecologists and biologists – here's what that means
  23. Commonwealth Games have better integrated para-sports, but society needs to catch up
  24. England expects 40% of new housing developments will be affordable, why can't Australia?
  25. Fifteen years after looting, thousands of artefacts are still missing from Iraq's national museum
  26. A new wave of rock removal could spell disaster for farmland wildlife
  27. Sensors in public spaces can help create cities that are both smart and sociable
  28. An ugly set of numbers triggers havoc in the Turnbull government
  29. Thinking about getting your child the flu vaccine? Here's what you need to know
  30. AGL's plan to replace Liddell is cheaper and cleaner than keeping it open
  31. When taxpayers do wrong, they cop penalties but erring tax officers do not
  32. a new podcast tackling tricky questions from inquisitive young minds
  33. Will sorting classrooms by ability improve marks? It depends on the mix
  34. Aftershocks hit Papua New Guinea as it recovers from a remote major earthquake
  35. After 30 Newspoll losses, Turnbull is down, but certainly not out
  36. I'm not signing up to become a space tourist just yet...
  37. A sexist policy may end the career of one of the Commonwealth's greatest female runners
  38. Why mandatory retirement ages should be a thing of the past
  39. Tim Winton's answer to toxic masculinity: god?
  40. Why Australia imports so many veggie seeds (and do we really need to treat them with fungicides?)
  41. Why don't dogs live as long as humans?
  42. Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make
  43. We need evidence-based law reform to reduce rates of Indigenous incarceration
  44. Menopausal mood swings can signal more serious mental illness
  45. Government loses 30th consecutive Newspoll, despite slight improvement
  46. New data tool scores Australia and other countries on their human rights performance
  47. Labor maintains its lead as voters reject company tax cuts; wins on redrawn boundaries
  48. Michelle Grattan on how the Coalition might respond to the upcoming 30th Newspoll
  49. What is pentosan polysulphate sodium (PPS) and why are AFL players using it?
  50. The Nationals should support carbon farming, not coal

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