2013-05-14 09:15:46 // Vaughn Davis
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Is simple DIY animation the next big thing? A Kingsland-based company, its high-profile investors and a handful of Hollywood studios think it could well be. Vaughn Davis pokes his nose into the calm but busy world of Trigger Happy.
2013-04-03 09:57:34 // Design Daily team
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Making tablets more friendly to creators as well as consumers is an ongoing process. But an app named Sticky Storm is out to change that, taking inspiration from no less than the humble Post-It note.
2013-01-23 11:02:48 // Sim Ahmed
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For the first time, developers for Mozilla's fledgling mobile operating system, Firefox OS, will be able to test their apps on a phone custom built with the platform in mind.
2013-01-14 13:00:01 // Sim Ahmed
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In only three days, Dave Frampton's latest iPhone and iPad game surpassed one million downloads on the Apple App Store.
2012-12-14 11:23:50 // Idealog
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Five Kiwi apps have floated above the rest in Apple's pick of this year's best in the New Zealand App Store.
2012-11-27 12:25:24 // Esther Goh
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mycarM8 describes itself as a digital garage, taking care of most, if not all, the admin hassles involved in owning a vehicle.
2012-11-22 09:49:23 // Esther Goh
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One app, 480 pages, 1,500 photos, 17 road trips. New Zealand Journeys ($13.99) visually profiles 17 routes through the heartland of New Zealand, with journey illustrated with top-end photography. Integrated Google Maps with directions and links to third-party websites offer additional information, creating a guide of sorts for travellers equipped with an iPad.
2012-11-14 15:10:28 // Design Daily team
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Resene does some pretty innovative things in the name of brand-building, from pop art murals to the annual Colour Awards. And now it's launched the Colourmatch app, further extending its reach into consumers' lives.
2012-11-12 10:24:04 // Idealog
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Last week The Next Web published a list of 25 "inspiring" Windows 8 app designs – and lo and behold, a couple of them hail from little old New Zealand.
2012-11-12 10:14:51 // Idealog
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Want to start developing Apple apps and get in on the action, but don't know quite how to go about it?
2012-10-24 16:58:48 // Idealog
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A group of senior students from the University of Waikato, with a hand from homegrown success story MEA Mobile, has developed a phone-based photo printing app for the biggest pharmacy chain in the US, Walgreens.
2012-10-16 17:13:24
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Kiwis can now sink their teeth into a new free app each day thanks to the launch of App of the Day in New Zealand.
2012-10-16 13:56:21 // Idealog
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Building or selling mobile apps? Dev? Designer? UX? Marketing? iOS coder? Web designer? Windows 8 entrepreneur? Android expert? Then you are devmob, and welcome to join the party next month at New Zealand's first conference for mobile developers of all stripes
2012-10-02 10:01:50 // Idealog
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GrabOne steps out as the first New Zealand company to integrate with Passbook, a new feature in iOS6 that enables the storage of coupons, loyalty cards, tickets and more on your iPhone.
2012-09-28 13:47:31 // Josh Martin
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The founders of Wellington tech conference Webstock have their sights set on a slice of the $439m pie annually spent on corporate events.
2012-09-10 10:42:20 // Rachel Ramsay
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Quitting smoking may have just gotten a tiny bit easier thanks to a free iPad game aiming to help smokers stub out their cigarettes for good.
2012-09-07 15:36:03 // Esther Goh
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Messy, stressful and nasty, car prangs are a reality of modern life, and dealing with the aftermath a necessary evil. So it's not entirely surprising that Tower says the response to its Claim4Car app, launched in late July, has been "really positive".
2012-08-21 16:11:30 // StopPress Team
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Sush Mobile hopes it can reduce the number of sweaty palms, dull thuds in the chest and embarrassing stutters with a new iPhone app called Speak Like a Pro.
2012-07-24 10:05:42 // James Robinson
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Carnival Labs, a mobile app development company, is taking flight. James Robinson checks in with co-founder Guy Horrocks.
2012-07-03 15:05:31 // Esther Goh
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Get a Room relaunches as Stay Today, a mobile-only discounted same-day hotel booking service across Australia and New Zealand.
2012-06-28 10:18:47 // Esther Goh
Telecom has launched a new music store app specifically for its Android customers, enabling users to download songs and albums to their mobile devices.
2012-06-27 11:04:45 // Esther Goh
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Up-and-comer Moa Creative, along with its second fledgling company App La Carte, is designing killer apps for some of the world's top brands.
2012-06-21 10:47:39 // Esther Goh
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Fresh from its crowning as New Zealand's best online bank, ASB is set to unleash its latest innovation: enabling users to make payments directly to their Facebook friends.
2012-06-13 16:38:35 // Esther Goh
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iPad menus are slowly but surely being rolled out at local restaurants and across the ditch and the digital media outfit driving them has high hopes of shaking up the hospitality industry.
2012-06-11 17:06:26 // Esther Goh
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It's been quite a ride for PaperKite, the Wellington company behind two of the more high-profile apps recently launched – one for the MetService, and the Budget 2012 app.
2012-05-11 10:49:57 // Ben Fahy
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Countdown's upping the customer experience ante with the launch of its iPhone app that features a digital shopping list and barcode scanning technology, as well as the ability to check prices, find recipe ingredients, collect loyalty points and shop online.
2012-05-10 10:10:20 // Josh Martin
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Unless you’re a proud member of the beige brigade you may not have heard about the Kiwi cricketing app that's knocked the world for six.
2012-05-09 10:19:46 // Elise Sterback
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Elise Sterback from the BizDojo tries out Donate Your Desktop – blazing the way for social ‘appreneurism’ – for herself.
2012-05-01 13:32:50 // Elise Sterback
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Yet another trio-matching game – but this one is flippin’ cute! The latest in our series with the BizDojo.
2012-04-27 10:04:11 // Idealog
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TSB Bank's new mobile service incorporates a customisable user interface packed with widgets and Bump technology.
2012-04-20 16:20:22 // Josh Martin
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An app that tracks aftershocks in Canterbury has taken off with users, surprising even its developers.
2012-04-11 16:51:23 // Esther Goh
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A brand new Kiwi-developed app promises to keep taxi drivers honest – so even if your final fare induces a minor panic attack, at least you'll know you weren't ripped off.
2012-04-04 10:44:30 // Elise Sterback
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Pipe up! Air Pipes lets you unleash the sound of history’s most annoying instrument - the bagpipes - on unsuspecting strangers and loved ones alike.
2012-04-02 14:30:15 // Esther Goh
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Full disclosure. I have no children. But if I did, this would definitely be on their bookshelf.
2012-03-08 09:37:32 // Esther Goh
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Geo-tagging, photosharing app Snapr is well placed to carve out a niche in this burgeoning space.
2012-02-22 12:59:05 // Idealog
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The new app economy is all about freemium – the majority of App Store revenue is derived from freemium social and mobile games, with in-game purchases driving sales.
2012-02-21 16:48:46 // Siobhan Leathley
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Much like Ritalin for dreamy children, controlled levels of coffee consumption can make you work harder, faster and better then ever before. And, guess what, there’s a new app to help you do it.
2012-01-31 11:47:39 // Siobhan Leathley
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As Brancott Estate rolls out a contemporary new look across its entire wine range, it's also releasing a new app bringing together the worlds of wine and entertainment via QR code.
2012-01-27 14:50:19 // Ben Fahy
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MediaWorks has jumped on the social TV bandwagon with an app, Pluk, that uses audio recognition technology to deliver content from the TV straight to a user’s phone.
2012-01-26 19:30:53 // Siobhan Leathley
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Sick and tired of punks leaving their seat and sidling their way to the end of the row, disrupting your movie?
2012-01-25 17:34:59 // Siobhan Leathley
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With government and corporates alike onside, nonprofit Kiwipedia is out to make learning about New Zealand’s animals more fun.
2011-12-20 12:37:40 // Siobhan Leathley
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The Tintin experience just got even better for fans – HarperCollins Publishers, Weta and Moulinsart have collaborated on an app to let viewers immerse themselves into Hergé's rich fictional world.
2011-11-07 13:33:20 // Nick Churchouse
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Local startup uSnap.us, which provides a mobile and web application for guest-sourcing wedding photos, has been crowned winner at Startup Weekend Wellington.
2011-11-01 15:13:20 // Cath Winks
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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.
2011-10-28 13:44:43 // Esther Goh
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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 today.
2011-10-26 10:32:41 // Idealog
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The Tongariro Crossing has become the first national park to get its own interactive smartphone app, just in time for the summer swell of keen hikers and walkers.
2011-10-21 11:34:17 // Sarah Robson
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Better to get in first with the good idea, savings and all, than to be beaten to it, says Veronica Nobbs.
2011-10-19 11:15:19 // Esther Goh
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Soft-launching a game in New Zealand is a strategic move for game developers Hidden Variable Studios.
2011-10-17 11:22:48 // Idealog
The stuff.co.nz mobile team has triumphed at the 2011 W3 Awards in Los Angeles, bringing home not one but two commendations from a pool of 3,000-plus entries.
2011-10-06 16:27:51 // Esther Goh
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Struggling to find motivation to lace up those shoes and hit the pavement? Would you run faster with a horde of bloodthirsty zombies in hot pursuit?
2011-09-09 10:18:10 // Esther Goh
Ovum is tipping app downloads in the Asia-Pacific market to grow by almost 200 percent this year, with Android's dominance forecast to soar to new peaks in the near future.
2011-09-06 09:09:09 // Ben Fahy
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When it comes to making successful branded apps, there are generally two rules: either make it useful or give it some novelty value. And, if possible, combine elements of both.
