It’s no joke, Apple’s new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models extend the OS and app interface to a dynamic, multi-touch bar that definitely dials up the performance.

The 100 members of the 2016 BRW Young Rich list have enjoyed a stunning rise in wealth this year, with a booming technology market boosting overall wealth to a record $12.3 billion. Technology is the dominant sector for 2016 with 27 people on the list.

Pauline Hanson, now a member of the Senate’s Joint Standing Committee for the NBN, has written to Communications Minister Mitch Fifield pushing for a 90km fibre link to Norfolk Island from the Hawaiki Cable that will link Australia, NZ, the US and Hawaii.

So what are the best ways to impress the share market? One way is to post good financial results, another is to lay off staff. Social one-liner kingpin Twitter has just announced to the world that it has done both.

Australian telco pioneer Norwood Systems has launched a new version of its flagship OTT communications product, World Phone 2.0, while taking Corona Cloud out of beta to reach version 1.0, too.

Who would have thought such consternation could be caused by a little pair of earbuds. Apple’s wireless Bluetooth headphones, the AirPods, were due to arrive around now, but a report quotes Apple saying they need ‘a little more time.’

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