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• Former Facebook chief chairs CEBIT Australia, as fair flops in Europe

  ​The former CEO of Facebook Australian and New Zealand has been appointed chairman of technology fair CEBIT Australia.

• CEBIT Australia to continue despite demise in Germany

  ​The ‘festival of business technology’ event CEBIT Australia will still be held as planned in October next year, despite the demise of the IT fair in Germany.

• ​NSW government unveils digital strategy

  The NSW government has unveiled a new digital strategy that requires agencies to report their performance against the reform program every six months to government chief information and digital officer, Damon Rees.

• Melbourne scientists develop 'electronic skin'

  ​Melbourne researchers have developed a new form of wearable technology that can become part of the body, like a metallic artificial skin.

• ​Big data analysis will target ‘slumlords’: Dominello

  Big data analysis is set to help the NSW government better identify and deal with ‘slumlords’ across Sydney who are cramming large numbers of students into small apartments.

• The wrong skills for the wrong century

  CeBIT was held in Sydney this week and for the first time – in the midst of the celebration of technology innovation – there was a specific session focused on what only can be described as an economic emergency – skills.
  

• ‘I lived in complete and utter fear of Steve’: Guy Kawasaki

  Apple’s former chief evangelist, Guy Kawasaki, gave a rundown of the 10 lessons he learnt from the late Steve Jobs in his keynote speech at CeBIT yesterday.
  

• Social engineering disabling targets: Mitnick

  Many cyber criminals are using social engineering to get a foot in the door and gain access to corporate and government systems, says the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick.
  

• Huawei multiplies partnerships with software and service providers

  Chinese telecommunications and networking equipment giant Huawei Technologies is partnering left, right and center at Cebit as it seeks to more firmly establish itself in Europe.

• Ideovitra seeks to slay PC power vampires with SensyBee smart switch

  There's a vampire-slayer stalking the halls at Cebit.

• Relayr wins over $30,000 for its WunderBar IoT sensors

  Berlin-based startup Relayr charmed the judges at the Code_n startup competition with its kit for building Internet of Things devices, and walked away with €30,000 (US$32,000).

• Pixometer app offers a smarter way to read dumb meters

  So you want to track your water, electricity or gas consumption, but you still don't have a smart meter on your supply? Pixolus has a mobile app that makes it easier to keep track of meter readings, even with dumb meters.

• With mobile on its mind, SugarCRM looks to expand

  SugarCRM has been busy, acquiring mobile app and data analytics company Stitch earlier this month and then this week, announcing with Deutsche Telekom a customer relationship management hosting service in Germany. The moves highlight the company's progress beyond its initial position as a niche, open-source alternative for CRM.

• 5G faces technical, political hurdles on the way to offering multigigabit speeds

  For 5G to be successful, the whole telecom industry has to re-evaluate how networks work and are developed. Multiple challenges, both political and technical, have to be overcome before the technology can become a reality.

• IBM puts a price on its Twitter analytics service

  The insight gained from a single tweet might not be worth much, but what about from a million?