Redvespa awarded Best Small Workplace in New Zealand
Posted on 12-Nov-2010 17:18 News, Web media
Not only is Wellington claiming the title 'Coolest Little Capital in the World’ having recently been named the world's fourth best city to visit in 2011 by Lonely Planet, but it’s also claiming the Best Small Workplace winner, according to this year’s JRA Best Workplaces Awards.
Competition seeks mashup apps of local and central government open data
Posted on 8-Nov-2010 08:46 News, Web media
New Zealand’s IT and web community are being encouraged to let their creative juices flow by developing mashups of existing local and central government content and data, as part of the Great NZ Remix & Mashup competition.
Microsoft Bing expands partnership with Facebook
Posted on 14-Oct-2010 08:39 News, Web media
The new Bing experience will bring in information from Facebook friends and other people sharing the users' networks, and will show what friends have liked (using Facebook's public like platform) as the user navigates through search results in Bing.
AOL to acquire TechCrunch network of sites
Posted on 29-Sep-2010 09:12 News, Web media
TechCrunch and its associated properties and conferences will join the AOL Technology Network while retaining their editorial independence.
Inaugural New Zealand Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Challenge 2010 launches
Posted on 24-Aug-2010 08:36 News, Web media
The competition aims to provide SEO specialists with an opportunity to demonstrate their capability by building a site and optimising it for an "official" keyword phrase, which will be provided via text message to all registered competitors on 31st of August.
Sitecore announces cloud CMS solution
Posted on 13-Jul-2010 18:00 News, Web media
Sitecore customers and partners can now place Web servers in multiple geographies worldwide, allowing for more consistent and responsive website visitor experiences.
Zoho launches Zoho Wiki 2.0
Posted on 18-Jun-2010 09:29 News, Web media
With individual workspaces and fine-grained access controls, Zoho Wiki 2.0 takes an enterprise focus that promotes team collaboration within an organization and with clients, partners and other third parties.
Aptimize speeds up largest Sharepoint site in the world
Posted on 10-Jun-2010 10:24 News, Web media
RM, one the world’s largest providers of education software, infrastructure and services, has chosen Aptimize Web optimization technology to deliver the fastest education portal on the planet.
Apple to debut iAds platform on 1st July
Posted on 8-Jun-2010 08:23 News, Web media
iAd, which is built into iOS 4, allows users to stay within their app while engaging with the ad, even while watching a video, playing a game or using in-ad purchase to download an app or buy iTunes content.
Amazon Kindle for iPad App now available globally
Posted on 29-May-2010 09:18 News, Web media
Features of the Kindle App for iPad include automatic synchronisation with Kindle and Kindle Compatible Devices, using Amazon’s Whispersync technology that automatically syncs customers’ last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across Kindle, Kindle DX, Kindle for iPhone, Kindle for Mac, Kindle for iPad and more.
1.4 Million New Zealand shopping online
Posted on 20-Apr-2010 16:24 News, Web media
The number of New Zealanders shopping online has reached an all-time high, with over 1.4 million New Zealanders making a purchase on the Internet in the past 12 months, according to recent research conducted by Nielsen.
AAPT and EdgeCast Networks in partnership to bring content delivery to Australian market
Posted on 15-Apr-2010 12:15 News, Web media
AAPT is Australia’s third-largest full-service telecommunications company, offering local and long distance voice, mobile, data and internet services for residential, business, government and wholesale customers, via its extensive national fibre network. AAPT is 100% owned by Telecom New Zealand.
New Zealand final four announced for Microsoft Imagine Cup 2010
Posted on 25-Feb-2010 09:33 News, Web media
Microsoft New Zealand held the preliminary finals for the Imagine Cup 2010 technology competition at its Auckland offices to determine the four teams that will advance to the next stage of competition. A field of 20 teams each pitched projects developed using Microsoft technology to a six-judge panel in hopes of securing a spot in the national final.
