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Has TradeMe become just another corporate cog? Kiwis frustrated with the site's rising fees, among other things, are taking to an open Facebook group named What's Wrong with Trademe?! to voice their anger. More …
IntoNow, Shazam, Twitter and YouTube have managed to successfully merge the offline and online worlds. More …
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Idealog and Auckland’s largest art gallery Toi o Tāmaki are tight like this. More …
Developers are in hot demand almost everywhere, so it's no surprise Codecademy and its DIY lessons have taken off. Codecademy founder Zach Sims tells Fast Company why learning how to program is the best job security you can have. More …
Few things irk me more than a greengrocers' apostrophe (banana's anybody?). Except perhaps the perennial "free reign" that has infected our lexicon ... or a split infinitive.
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