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May 22, 2012
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Networking is a necessary evil of the working world,
and an “inefficient” one at that, according to Kiwi entrepreneur Chirag
Ahuja. We’re connected to more people than ever, but are all those
hundreds of LinkedIn contacts meaningful ones, or just people you met
once at a random event? Enter
LetsLunch – a concept that’s aimed at helping you
expand your professional network over lunch (apostrophes not included).
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A release date for the iPhone 4S in New Zealand has finally been revealed, and it’s Friday, November 11. Customers can pre-order the 4S from November 4, starting at $1,049 for the 16GB model.
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Jucy Rentals is on the verge of launching into the US with
its $500,000 prize from the 2011 University of Auckland Business School
Entrepreneurs’ Challenge.The
tourism company plans to build the Jucy brand in California starting in
January before spreading into other parts of the US, beginning with 100
Chrysler Town and Country vans it will convert into Jucy campervans.
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The Herald’s TimeOut section has been
reinvented as an interactive print product, leading APN to claim to be
the first New Zealand publisher to launch an
augmented reality app. Using the new
TimeOut App, readers are able to bring content to life by accessing 3D
images, video and audio tracks, plus the latest
entertainment news, reviews and a ‘Near Me’ events guide.
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Research officer Kelly Sheerin has been following
the Rugby World Cup more closely than most Kiwis, tracking data on
injuries from all 600-plus players from 20 teams. Now that it’s over, it’s back to business as usual for most of us – but not for him.
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Howick College’s head of junior science Steve Martin believes students today aren’t fully challenged in school. His
mission to address this led him to develop the Virtual Lesson Project, a
model that fully integrates teaching with technology.
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A good idea becomes better with age, but unlike wine, only if you
open it up and share it with people now. So, Dave Allison reckons, your nugget of brilliance needs to be shunted into the light of day and beaten to a pulp by everyone you know.
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Put some thought into your business name, please. If, as Penelope Whitson points out, you’re planning on having a company
name that ends in an s, brush up on your apostrophe
knowledge – you’re going to be using a lot of them and there’s a good
chance you’ll screw it up.
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If you can get past the snore-inducing title, the Atlas of Economic Complexity is pretty awesome. Most
likely you don’t have time to comb through the 300-odd pages, but
that’s okay – economists Ricardo Hausmann and Cesar Hidalgo have jacked
up an online visualiser that’s as vibrant and colourful as its print sibling.
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