Kiwis bank on smartphones
Posted on 16-Oct-2014 20:33 News, Mobile
Busy ASB customers armed with smartphones are pushing demand for mobile banking to new heights with financial transactions on ASB’s mobile app increasing by two thirds in the past year.
Snapper secures overseas deal for local technology
Posted on 16-Oct-2014 14:58 News, NFC
Wellington's Snapper Services has secured a deal with global transport solution provider Vix Technology and Dublin's National Transport Authority.
Symantec board votes for split
Posted on 10-Oct-2014 12:37 News, Security
The Symantec Corp. Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company into two, independent publicly traded companies: one business focused on security and one business focused on information management.
League of Legends (LoL) event finds home in Christchurch
Posted on 10-Oct-2014 12:29 News, Gaming
On Sunday 19 October at 7pm, Harringtons Riccarton will be packed with fans, but they won't be there to watch the All Blacks, the Silver Ferns or any conventional sports team. The latest sports craze isn't played on the sports field at all.
New mobile wallet brand Semble unveiled
Posted on 8-Oct-2014 19:00 News, NFC
Mobile wallet brand Semble was unveiled to the public today and will soon see Kiwis using their smartphones to make contactless payments. The new technology will eventually replace the traditional plastic cards that fill our wallets.
Noel Leeming brings technology learning to Kiwi communities
Posted on 7-Oct-2014 11:54 News, Computing
The initiative's focal point is a high-tech vehicle that will travel throughout New Zealand over the next two years letting students, parents and teachers, senior citizens and community groups experience first hand some of the latest technology
HP to deliver Big Data project for city of Auckland
Posted on 1-Oct-2014 11:15 News, Computing
The city of Auckland, New Zealand has selected HP Software to deliver a Big Data project designed to provide a safer community and more efficient roadways for its citizens.
Microsoft unveils Windows 10: yes the Start button is back
Posted on 1-Oct-2014 09:15 News, Computing
The company also introduced the Windows Insider Program, kicking off its largest-ever open collaborative development effort to change the way Windows is built and delivered to best meet the needs of customers.
Registrations for new .nz domain name space open today
Posted on 30-Sep-2014 09:24 News, Computing
Shorter, simpler, more representative names directly at .nz can now be registered - for example, anyname.nz. This is in addition to, for example, .co.nz, .org.nz, .maori.nz, etc.
Lenovo Set to Close Acquisition of IBM's x86 Server Business
Posted on 29-Sep-2014 19:22 News, Computing
Lenovo and IBM announced today that conditions for Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's x86 server business have been satisfied and the parties anticipate they will begin closing the transaction effective on October 1, 2014.
Kiwi Companies at the Forefront of the SKA
Posted on 24-Sep-2014 13:24 News, Computing
Two New Zealand IT companies, Open Parallel and Catalyst, are at the forefront of the largest IT project in the world, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope.
InternetNZ launches new funding rounds
Posted on 24-Sep-2014 09:12 News, Broadband
The Community Projects funding round is to help fund community projects that will extend the availability, use and benefit of the Internet and its associated technologies and applications in New Zealand.
Vodafone and BMW in interactive mobile technology
Posted on 23-Sep-2014 19:10 News, Mobile
Vodafone is driving a new suite of vehicle innovation in New Zealand, with the launch of BMW's interactive mobile technology, ConnectedDrive - enabled by Vodafone's global machine-to-machine (M2M) platform.
QNAP TS-451 review
Posted on 23-Sep-2014 14:31 Reviews, Consumer Electronics, by M Freitas
We have looked at many Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices over the years and the last two years this category has shown consistent improvements in software and increase in performance.
