Top Internet talent recognised at 2013 ANZIAs
Posted on 18-Sep-2013 14:26 News, Broadband
The event featured New Zealand and Australia’s top Internet talent and creativity, celebrating the achievements of organisations, businesses and individuals that have made significant contributions to the development and use of the Internet in Australia and New Zealand.
AVG CrowdControl enables Facebook users to manage posts
Posted on 16-Sep-2013 19:02 News, Security
AVG Technologies has announced its first privacy app built on the Facebook API: AVG CrowdControl. The app allows users to easily manage who sees their default posts for improved privacy without deleting personal contacts.
Orcon chooses Hawaiki for trans-Pacific cable capacity
Posted on 11-Sep-2013 17:08 News, Broadband
New Zealand ISP Orcon has signed a letter of intent with submarine cable group Hawaiki Cable Limited, confirming its intention to acquire international bandwidth on the New Zealand/Australia-US segments of the Hawaiki submarine cable system.
Mako Networks continues growth with new U.S. office
Posted on 11-Sep-2013 17:03 News, Computing
After operating from the Kiwi Landing Pad in San Francisco for the past 18 months, Mako Networks continues to accelerate its international growth with the opening of a new office in the city.
Microsoft launches worldwide Office 365 donation program for nonprofits
Posted on 11-Sep-2013 09:26 News, SaaS
Microsoft’s donation of Office 365 for Nonprofits is part of the company’s 30-year history of community support. In fiscal year 2013 alone, Microsoft donated US$795 million (fair market value) in cash, software and services to 70,286 nonprofits in more than 115 countries around the world.
HP and VMware to deliver a federated network solution
Posted on 9-Sep-2013 18:42 News, Computing
Federated software-defined networking and network virtualisation solutions will provide common infrastructure and operations model across physical and virtual networks.
Vodafone New Zealand introduces SmartPass
Posted on 6-Sep-2013 11:23 News, NFC
Vodafone, Visa and BNZ make buying stuff with your phone a reality today with the preview of Vodafone SmartPass, a new mobile payments application that will shrink the contents of Kiwi pockets and handbags.
Adobe unveils a new Offer for Photoshop and Lightroom customers
Posted on 5-Sep-2013 19:50 News, Web media
At the keynote of today’s PhotoshopWorld conference in Las Vegas, Adobe shared its roadmap for Photoshop Creative Cloud and Lightroom, highlighting some of the new technologies in the pipeline that will bring advanced digital imaging to mobile devices, and facilitate connection and sharing across the Creative Cloud community and Behance.
Chorus unveils Gigatown competition, gigabit speeds
Posted on 5-Sep-2013 11:10 News, Broadband
A national competition is set to determine which New Zealand town will become the first in the southern hemisphere to receive one-gigabit per second broadband speeds.
Radio spectrum auction details announced
Posted on 4-Sep-2013 15:29 News, Mobile
Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has today announced the timing, reserve price, and implementation conditions for the upcoming auction of the digital dividend radio spectrum.
WorldxChange now WXC Communications
Posted on 3-Sep-2013 19:00 News, Broadband
WorldxChange have announced a change to their residential sub-brand Xnet, choosing to refresh and re-energise their business under the WXC Communications brand.
Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s devices & services business
Posted on 3-Sep-2013 15:17 News, Windows Phone
Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors for both companies have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, license Nokia’s patents, and license and use Nokia’s mapping services.
2degrees appoints new Chief Executive
Posted on 27-Aug-2013 10:23 News, Mobile
The 2degrees Board has appointed the company’s Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Stewart Sherriff as its permanent CEO.
