Nextspace’s 3D Visual City technology gets angelic investment booster

Kiwi company Nextspace has been performing some impressive feats with its unique 3D visualisation technology. So impressive, in fact, it’s secured a healthy dose of investment capital to further develop and export its interactive Visual City technology to the world.

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Tech sector storms through $7 billion ceiling

New Zealand’s biggest tech exporters have proved a beacon of hope, racking up more than $7 billion in revenue this year, despite a glum performance in 2010 and a gloomy worldwide economic outlook. The sector is now our second biggest exporter behind dairy, and Greg Shanahan, publisher of the annual TIN100 report, said the the growth was evidence of a maturing industry increasingly defined by larger, more capable companies.

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Incubators get jurisdiction to award cold, hard R&D cash

Business incubators will now be able to award R&D grants of up to $50,000 to high-tech startups under an initiative that will see New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Science and Innovation aligning their support for business incubators. Accrediting incubators to provide R&D funding is one of several government moves to boost high-tech companies. 

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Fast, Fresh & Tasty wants to spice up your kitchen

Injecting a bit of spice into the average Kiwi’s limited cooking repertoire is the aim of Fast, Fresh & Tasty, a new iPhone app launched on Friday. Creators Emily Loughnan and Karin Grice reckon it’s a “travesty” that most New Zealanders rely on a fallback menu of just five to seven dishes.

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Time for green growth to take centre stage

Green growth is gaining traction in Europe, and it’s time New Zealand followed suit, Auckland University’s head of economics says. According to Professor Basil Sharp, being green is about more than just low greenhouse emissions, which the UN, OECD and World Bank are realising and monitoring.

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Retiring at 67? Baby boomers need to think about who pays

Baby boomers have a habit of getting what they want – and their sheer weight of numbers at the ballot box means they’ll continue to get their way for a while yet. But the losers will be their children, warns Mike Booker.

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Time for Kiwi companies to play hardball

Too many New Zealand manufacturers are sitting on an intellectual property goldmine – but routinely give it away to their customers. It’s high time Kiwi businesses wised up and got commercially savvy, Dean Prebble says.

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The anatomy of an agency

Know anything about how ad agencies really work? You’ll get a kick out of this infographic.

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