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May 22, 2012
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Sick of Googling ‘apple’ only to be shown Macs or
pictures of Gwyneth Paltrow’s baby? One Kiwi researcher is working on
technology to help fine-tune search engines so they understand what
users are actually searching for. And Daniel Crabtree’s work has caught the attention of Microsoft and Google.
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epay has applied to the Commerce Commission for clearance to acquire Ezi-Pay Ltd. The
buyout would include certain assets of Compass Communications and the
assets or shares of EFTDATA Holdings Ltd. Both epay and Ezi-Pay are involved in payment processing markets,
including for prepay phones, calling cards, gift cards and vouchers.
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Yesterday marked the first call for entries
for the 2012 CAANZ Media Awards, led by DDB’s Chris Hancock
and Chris Schofield, with a theme that
tongue-and-cheekily references the Mayan doomsday prophesy. While we may wonder about the future of mankind, CAANZ has taken the opportunity
to announce a host of changes to these and the other awards it runs.
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A 44 percent price reduction in any industry may sound impressive – but
unless it flows on to customers, end users couldn’t care less. Cable company Southern Cross says its network capacity has been boosted by 200 gigabits of
capacity from its latest upgrade, and announced a price reduction of up to 44 percent. Nonetheless, it’s unlikely punters will benefit any time soon.
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Many New Zealand franchisees are disappointed with
their business experience due to conflict with franchisers, a Massey
University study has found. The study found 25 percent of respondents said their franchising experience did not meet their expectation, and highlighted communication and conflict resolution as key areas of
improvement. However, a more pressing problem was that most franchisors
were in fact unaware of any issues.
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Forget I Can Has Cheezburger – making your own memes just got ridiculously easy. If you’re on Google+, all it takes is a couple of clicks to set its built-in text generator into action. Upload a photo into the share box, click “add text” and you’re away.
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