AA Traffic Subscriptions Peak During Auckland Bus Strike

, posted: 20-OCT-2009 14:00

Subscriptions to the new AA Traffic service peaked during the Auckland Bus Strike according to AA Traffic spokesperson, Phil Allen. 'Many Auckland commuters turned back to their cars as a mode of transport during the strike. As the strike continued we saw many people subscribe to our new Real Time T (read the entire post)...



Adding Points of Interest to your Mobile LBS Application

, posted: 2-APR-2009 15:50

One of the key things people want in an LBS application is to be able to find Points of Interest (POI) including geographical, community and business POI.
GeoSmart has collected and continues to collect information about all the places that people would like to visit, and unlike other database (read the entire post)...



Location Based Social Networking at School and University

, posted: 29-JAN-2009 13:30

Yesterday I was talking to a friend who has just started 6th Form at her college and asking her about her new form room and whether she had friends from previous years with her. She said they were all strangers and that she was expecting to find it more difficult to catch up with her group of mates, (read the entire post)...



GeoSmart is recognised as a finalist in the Excellence in Business Awards

, posted: 19-DEC-2008 11:28

As a great way to end 2008, GeSmart has just been advised that they are a finalist in the 2009 Vero Excellence in Business Awards.This is a prestigious Award sponsored by Vero, BDO Spicers and National Business Review. Organisers said that there was a record number of entries and the quality of fina (read the entire post)...



The Loss of an eye and a new Disruptive Technology?

, posted: 17-NOV-2008 16:19

The only thing with this story that I'm sad about is that this woman is not a Kiwi, maybe we should make her an honorary Kiwi.
This will no doubt do find its way to TV and all the media will pounce on it, not the least because most people will think it is pretty weird. I found the story by acci (read the entire post)...



The Decline of Broadcast radio

, posted: 3-NOV-2008 16:16

Auckland got a new radio station on Saturday, Big FM. I was interested to see how they will position themselves as unique, because in my humble opinion there is not much difference from one radio station to the next. My first impression was a cross between classic hits and classic rock, but I'll hav (read the entire post)...



How long do you want to live?

, posted: 7-OCT-2008 11:35

Cryogenics has been the subject of science fiction for as long as I can remember, but it has now become an accepted science in many ways. Cryogenics is now commonplace for use in fertility health. It is quite common now for people to store eggs or embryo's for future implantation. Organisations like (read the entire post)...



Talk About, Slot Music, Talk About

, posted: 23-SEP-2008 16:26

New York, Paris, London, Munich Everyone's talking about, Slot Music. At least, it finally hit the NZ Herald today . Beaten by downloads affecting retail store sales, major record companies inlcuindg Sony BMG, Warner and EMI have decided to make their music more accessible by putting it on 1GB Micr (read the entire post)...



I want Super Hi Vision TV

, posted: 19-SEP-2008 15:05

One of the things I have always wanted, ever since I was little, was a TV screen that covers the whole wall. I believe Bill Gates has something like that, but it's probably a video stack, like a Pionner Vidwall.

I want something that covers the whole wall and when I'm not watching one or (read the entire post)...



Is Fleet Management an invasion of employee privacy?

, posted: 16-SEP-2008 07:54

An interesting story originating from the Sydney Morning Herald last week, and doing the rounds in New Zealand, says that 'Privacy Experts' and Unions are saying that vehicle tracking systems used by companies are an invasion of staff privacy. It goes on to talk about a former Telstra employee who c (read the entire post)...



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Luigi Cappel
Auckland
New Zealand


Passionate about all things to do with PDA's and Smartphones, Wireless Data Evangelist. Founding member and past president of the New Zealand Wireless Forum. Vice President NZ Sales & Marketing Institute.