2012-05-24 14:30:39 // Esther Goh
Two Ministry of Economic Development funds have been cancelled in the latest budget with both the Enterprising Partnerships Fund and the Transformational Initiatives Fund disestablished, bringing back $26.1 million over the next four years into the government fold.
2012-05-24 12:03:22 // Stephen Knightly
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FourSquare has a lot to answer for! Mitch Olson explains how to go beyond buzzwords and hype to create a business case for gamification for your brand.
2012-05-24 09:54:46 // Idealog
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The Huffington Post – scorned as a lowly content aggregator, yet admired for the traffic it pulls – is moving into helping brands become content creators themselves.
2012-05-23 15:13:52 // Josh Martin
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A burnt painting may not sound like your average person’s cup of tea, but a Kaikoura artist believes hers are a New Zealand first.
2012-05-23 10:13:44 // Josh Martin
A design straight off the Marlborough vineyards has scooped two European viticulture awards and looks set to make an impact on some of the world's oldest wine markets.
2012-05-23 09:22:40 // Esther Goh
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Microsoft has quietly opened up its experimental So.cl social networking service to the public – and been met with an underwhelming reaction.
2012-05-22 10:14:00 // Esther Goh
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Media Design School is introducing New Zealand's first game development degrees to its lineup of courses and is now taking enrolments for August, as industry insiders say there has never been a better time to consider a career in games.
2012-05-22 09:44:24 // Esther Goh
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We've been anxiously awaiting the announcement, and today it came: Spotify is officially available in New Zealand.
2012-05-21 13:41:33 // Idealog
Many an Apple fan might say the iPhone is the greatest invention ever. And indeed smartphone technology is nothing to sneeze at, as Massey University has proved in making the country's first telly ad using an iPhone.
2012-05-21 13:03:29 // StopPress Team
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Companies are focusing less on primary corporate websites and New Zealand’s news and media websites are the most engaging.
2012-05-21 10:50:06 // Esther Goh
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Paperless receipts are one of the least evolved aspects of retail, and it's about time things changed, say the duo behind Paperkut.
2012-05-17 17:14:16 // Esther Goh
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Collaboration is where it's at these days, and fledgling web app Loomio is betting on the trend picking up even more steam going forward.
2012-05-17 10:16:34 // Esther Goh
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Google is starting to roll out its newest search feature, Knowledge Graph, an enhancement that serves up extra info instantly in the sidebar of your search result.
2012-05-17 09:47:07 // Esther Goh
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Sky TV is pointing the finger at competitors after the Commerce Commission announced an investigation into its content contracts with ISPs yesterday.
2012-05-16 14:57:01 // Esther Goh
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Sky TV and TVNZ's joint venture, Igloo, has gotten the go-ahead from the Commerce Commission, and looks set to launch next month as planned – but a separate investigation is now underway into Sky's content contracts with ISPs.
2012-05-16 09:43:29 // Esther Goh
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How many emails would you send in the course of a normal day? Dozens? Hundreds?
And what exactly happens after you hit send?
2012-05-15 15:10:31 // Josh Martin
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Grasslanz Technology was thrilled to scoop the award for most innovative product in agritech at the Hi-Tech awards on Friday night – all by making birds feel queasy.
2012-05-14 10:40:40 // Idealog
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New ISP Fyx, a sub-brand of Maxnet, launched last week to fanfare about its 'global mode' setting that it said would allow Kiwi users to access services blocked to our region such as Hulu.
But it has pulled the plug on that particular service, citing matters that "require further consideration before continuing".
2012-05-14 10:24:53 // Esther Goh
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Its technology helps sort the best of our product for export, and with a massive new deal in California, the night belonged to Compac Sorting Equipment at Friday's NZ Hi-Tech Awards.
2012-05-11 15:16:56 // Esther Goh
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Getty's hated watermark is no more. At least not in its large, splashy incarnation that made it tough for anyone to get a good look at its images. But R/GA London, Getty Images' new agency, has brought the watermark into the digital age.
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.
2012-05-11 10:17:18 // Idealog
The University of Auckland has joined the MacDiarmid Institute's partner network, cementing a long-standing relationship between the organisations.
2012-05-10 14:49:36 // Design Daily Team
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Thought Semi-Permanent was just about soaking up inspiration from top designers, illustrators, artists, and other creative minds? Well, yes, it's all that, but it's also going to be home to what’s believed to be the world’s first art painted by Twitter-controlled bots.
2012-05-09 10:17:48 // Idealog
Gen-i, Vodafone and 2degrees have signed up to a deal that will slash the government's mobile bill by $60 million over the next five years.
2012-05-08 17:49:38 // Josh Martin
Frustrated web-junkies rejoice: a new age of ultra-fast downloading, streaming, playing and Facebook-stalking is upon us.
2012-05-07 10:09:50 // Idealog
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Challenger mobile network 2degrees is slowly gaining market share with innovations like the introduction of rollover minutes on Pay Monthly plans, and today, it's launching a new feature allowing users to share data allowances between multiple devices.
2012-05-04 12:40:46 // Simon Pound
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Online store host solution Dremus could be the next Vend-flavoured success story out of Aotearoa.
2012-05-04 09:42:36 // Idealog
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Last week a mobile wallet trial in Auckland was announced with certain retailers and the HOP public transport ticketing system, but mobile payments on buses and taxis are already underway in Wellington
2012-05-03 14:41:16 // Esther Goh
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Like many of the consultancies that sprung up in the wake of the social media wave, Social Kiwi has been hands-on helping businesses with their social efforts. But it hopes to increasingly hand over the reins to companies with the launch of Facebook DIY, a tool designed for SMEs to build and manage their own Facebook apps for a small monthly fee.
2012-05-01 11:22:34 // Idealog
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A custom Xbox Kinect game collaboration for Smith&Smith has snagged local creative agency Method Studios gold at the 2012 Communicator Awards.
2012-05-01 09:33:57 // Idealog
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A crowdsourced solution to assist blind Kiwis created by students from AUT and the University of Auckland has won the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup, impressing judges with its creativity and imagination.
2012-05-01 09:33:36 // Idealog
Competition among telcos is heating up, the Commerce Commission says, and consumers are getting better and more diverse deals as a result.
2012-04-30 17:41:08 // Idealog
Telecom, Auckland Transport and Westpac plan to start trialling a mobile wallet system from next month in collaboration with Gemalto, Thales and Paymark.
2012-04-30 16:46:19 // Esther Goh
New online service RealMe has a lofty goal: reducing the headache associated with dealing with multiple organisations across both private and public sectors.
2012-04-30 12:05:30 // Esther Goh
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Pippin Barr is spanning the divide between academics and gaming and bringing back the charm of 8-bit.
2012-04-30 09:53:59 // Esther Goh
Instagram's billion-dollar deal with Facebook has been the talk of the town since the news broke earlier this month, with pundits questioning its worth given its youth and lack of revenue. But it reportedly got a hefty leg up thanks to some careful manoeuvring on the part of cofounder and chief executive Kevin Systrom.
2012-04-26 15:39:14 // Penelope Whitson
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Instant messaging! We are so hip and cool right now. Like banjo-playing penguins.
2012-04-26 14:38:09 // Idealog
Microsoft New Zealand is offering Kiwi startups free cloud computing services through a new partnership with business incubators The Icehouse and Creative HQ as part of the BizSpark Plus programme.
2012-04-26 13:31:13 // Ben Fahy
The Webby Awards aim to honour general internet awesomeness, and fighting it out for gongs with big global beasts like Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest are local hopes Shift for Tourism New Zealand, Resn for Toyota’s Camry Effect, Xero and DDB/Rapp Tribal for McDonald’s. And they need your votes.
2012-04-24 12:07:46 // Idealog
Remember Revolution Fibres, the company hard at work creating fibres naked to the human eye with potential in the cosmetics, health and electronics markets? Well, now it has developed and produced a new ultra-sensitive air filter for HRV using nanofibre technology infused with the antibacterial properties of manuka.
2012-04-24 09:58:48 // Idealog
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Entrepreneur and developer Dan Milward is launching what he calls the world's first cloud-based open source game creator today – Gamefroot.
2012-04-23 12:40:58 // Chris Rawson
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Future generations may look upon literary agents and publishing houses as curiously old-fashioned.
2012-04-23 10:14:12 // Idealog
Biofuel company Aquaflow is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars globally global investors to build itself a refinery.
2012-04-23 09:42:44 // Esther Goh
Avos Systems, a company led by led by YouTube cofounders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, is setting up shop in New Zealand.
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.
2012-04-20 09:57:12 // Idealog
Video conferencing specialist Asnet Technologies has launched a new tool for medical professionals – the Practitioner Cart.
2012-04-18 16:03:34 // Esther Goh
Auckland company Precept Health has just inked a deal to put its medical software and equipment into 39 Thai hospitals, bringing its global total to 46.
2012-04-17 09:28:38 // Idealog
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Auckland War Memorial Museum has embraced social media to great effect and now has a global award under its belt as reward for its efforts.
2012-04-17 09:21:12 // Idealog
Chorus and Network Tasman have been named as the successful bidders in the government's remote rural broadband contract worth $14.4 million.
2012-04-16 17:38:22 // Idealog
PopAR books, which use New Zealand-made software, have taken the grand prize at this year's American International Toy Fair.
2012-04-16 10:04:38 // Peter Kerr
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The refreshingly upbeat Mark Stevenson breezed through Wellington just before Easter, giving his take on why the world’s NOT going to hell in a handcart.
2012-04-16 09:58:19 // Idealog
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The Nelson-based Cawthron Institute says it has cracked a new and lucrative export market with rare organic compounds derived from algae.
2012-04-16 09:47:08 // Idealog
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Trade Aid is bringing consumers and producers closer together this month with the help of instore touch screens.
2012-04-16 09:42:09 // Idealog
TradeMe and global e-commerce platform ChannelAdvisor have cemented a new relationship that will let online retailers sell their wares directly through the auction site.
2012-04-12 15:54:30 // Esther Goh
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It's a big bad dynamic media world out there, in which it's harder than ever to make a splash and those who put a step wrong are instantly pulled up. To that end, PRINZ is hosting Our Space Our Place – reshaping communities, a conference that's all about communicating with shifting audiences on-the-ground and online.
2012-04-12 12:41:59 // Idealog
Renaissance has been confirmed as an Apple computer supplier under the All-of-Government IT supply agreement, which will see it providing hardware, services and support for all of Apple’s product range to eligible government agencies, councils and schools.
2012-04-12 10:10:01 // Idealog
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Is it a bicycle, or a turntable?
Japanese interaction artist Toshiyuki Sugai has come up with a prototype, Turntable Rider, for a bike sharing company that turns bikes into a DJ console.
2012-04-11 11:19:41 // Esther Goh
Kiwi company ArcActive Limited has unveiled its new green battery technology at the recent CleanEquity Monaco awards, where it picked up a prize for excellence in environmental technology research.
2012-04-10 09:31:12 // Idealog
Pacific Fibre has signed up another foundation customer from the US, taking total sales to US$200 million and prompting it to announce a ribbon-cutting date on the cable.
2012-04-05 14:22:51 // Idealog
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SmallWorlds, Gameloft, Grinding Gear Games, NinjaKiwi, Runaway Play, Sidhe/PikPok, Cerebral Fix.
All these and more will be at this year's New Zealand Game Developers Association Conference on May 19 with leading game makers from New Zealand and Australia.
2012-04-05 14:11:05 // Design Daily Team
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The DeSForM conference is on in Wellington this month, the first time the event has been held in the southern hemisphere.
2012-04-05 09:59:18 // Esther Goh
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Business 2.0 is all about openness, people and collaboration. Right? But some are starting to question that philosophy. Is collaboration and transparency really the holy grail? Or is it in fact standing in the way of true innovation?
2012-04-04 14:08:44 // Idealog
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More than $370,000 of grants were given to Christchurch projects by InternetNZ in its latest Christchurch funding tound.
2012-04-03 11:32:14 // Esther Goh
A building of epic proportions is now underway at Christchurch's high-tech business hub, which will get $1.8 million of government funding over the next three years.
2012-04-02 15:39:22 // Idealog
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This week's Florence + the Machine’s charity gig will be broadcast live on YouTube – and users will be able to personalise their viewing experience through multiple angles and viewpoints throughout the stream.
2012-04-02 09:58:33 // Grant Jacobs
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While TED lectures are advertised as being for ‘ideas worth spreading’, some local/regional TEDx events offer what I would describe as at best questionable topics or speakers.
2012-03-30 10:53:46 // Idealog
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Come April Kiwis will have ported 800,000 phone numbers from one telco to another, according to the New Zealand Telecommunication Forum.
2012-03-29 15:22:05 // Esther Goh
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Less a biography then an extended Wikipedia entry, One Click dives straight into Amazon's seamless patented ordering method of the same name.
2012-03-29 13:39:34 // Hilary Jackson
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Rush Digital Interactive is doing big things. What can we expect next from them – and what advice have they got for fellow game developers?
2012-03-29 09:10:57 // Esther Goh
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Australian movie and TV subscription service Quickflix is now in the New Zealand market, and ISPs Slingshot and Orcon will be unmetering the new offering.
2012-03-26 23:28:57 // Esther Goh
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As a small country, New Zealand can’t do everything, let alone do everything well. It’s time to zero in on a few key sectors and throw our weight behind them, says MSI chief executive Murray Bain.
2012-03-26 10:35:46 // Idealog
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Jade Software's newest international business – Wynyard Group – is out to help public agencies fight crime and corruption and threats.
2012-03-23 09:23:49 // Idealog
Multiple companies from Cambridge, Palmerston North and Dunedin joined well over 30 finalists from the three main centres in this year's Hi-Tech Awards in what trust chairman Wayne Norrie is calling a true spread of New Zealand's high-technology industries.
2012-03-22 21:41:59 // Esther Goh
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Kiwi tech companies will be first in line to benefit from Facebook investor Peter Thiel and the NZVIF teaming up to form a $40 million New Zealand-based venture capital fund.
2012-03-22 17:08:19 // Owen Poland
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Imagine a leg of prime Kiwi lamb implanted with an edible Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag that has tracked its journey from pasture to plate. Imagine, too, if the consumer’s ‘plate’ could read the tag and thereby ‘pump out’ all sorts of information like calories or fat, details about the lamb’s ‘trading’ history and even food miles.
2012-03-21 12:27:38 // Idealog
New Zealand company SilverStripe is in line to benefit from Google providing university students worldwide the chance to enhance its web software, for the second time.
2012-03-21 10:36:44 // Idealog
3D city software provider Nextspace is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a move to Auckland's proposed Wynyard Quarter Innovation Precinct, the first technology company to set up shop in the area.
2012-03-21 09:00:12 // Idealog
The New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS) today released the draft of the New Zealand Cloud Computing Code of Practice – or CloudCode – for consultation following input from across the IT industry.
2012-03-20 17:17:35 // Anthony Doesburg
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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, get that broadband rollin’. The contracts have been awarded and now the rollout begins under New Zealand’s Rural Broadband Initiative. What is the view from the land? Depends on who you ask, says Anthony Doesburg.
2012-03-20 17:09:40 // Anthony Doesburg
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The fact it is even called rural broadband smacks of a “watered down” version of what the urban dwellers will receive. Is it true? Does it matter? Anthony Doesburg explains.
2012-03-20 17:09:13 // Dwight Whitney
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Cutting edge research by a group of New Zealanders is changing the way we think about diet and, more significantly, what the farmers of the future will be producing.
2012-03-20 15:40:19 // Esther Goh
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Internet Explorer is trying to reverse its fortunes with a new web campaign, The Browser You Loved To Hate.
2012-03-19 09:16:50 // Robert Hickson
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Gaming to entice public participation isn’t new, it’s just getting more sophisticated. And California is leading the way in getting citizens involved.
2012-03-15 16:10:16 // Toby Walsh
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Computers are in charge of many aspects of our lives and it’s probably too late to turn them off.
2012-03-15 15:59:30 // Idealog
As businesses struggle to manage the proliferation of consumer devices invading the workspace, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies are being viewed as one solution. But staff aren't so hot on the idea.
2012-03-15 10:35:10 // Idealog
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Every year a multitude of teams fight it out for the Microsoft Imagine Cup, competing to come up with technology solutions to solving the world's toughest problems, and 19 groups from around New Zealand are officially in the running for a shot at the supreme title this year.
2012-03-15 09:56:30 // Esther Goh
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Talk of the internet and how it's shaping our society never gets old. To that end, NetHui is back in 2012 – but if you can't make it, the event will also be video-streamed online.
2012-03-13 11:29:23 // Ben Kepes
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Biz Stone may be big on philanthropy but he failed to captivate SxSW audiences today.
2012-03-09 12:47:20 // Esther Goh
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From their first incarnations, drawing on video game culture, to Tumblr memes and beyond, the animated GIF has become almost an art form in its own right.
2012-03-08 16:13:57 // Idealog
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New Zealand-based PQ Blackwell is set to launch a website that will make it possible for anybody to create a tailor-made book – be it a life story, photo book or an ambitious art album.
2012-03-08 12:23:49 // Idealog
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Academy Award winner Mark Sagar is out to take computer animation to a new level by starting a new laboratory at the University of Auckland.
2012-03-08 10:01:21 // Esther Goh
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The third-generation iPad is upon us. And while it's due to go on sale in the US on March 16 with prices starting around US$499, the New Zealand launch date isn't until March 25 (pricing yet to be confirmed).
2012-03-05 13:08:15 // James Kevany & Richard Watts
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Very little gets the internet community fired-up as much as the notion of online censorship.
2012-03-05 12:26:56 // Ben Kepes
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SXSW is a mass extravaganza of technology, film and music. Or at least that's what the blurb says.
2012-03-05 10:10:45 // Idealog
Mako Networks has announced a new international deal with Phoenix Managed Networks in the US to distribute and resell its technology in the US and UK.
2012-03-05 09:47:46 // Idealog
Christchurch can't get enough of IT workers, with high demand for permanent staff over contractors underpinning employer confidence, according to the latest Absolute IT Employer Intentions Survey.
2012-02-28 17:11:40 // Idealog
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The venerable Smithsonian Institute has big plans to digitise its 137 million-piece collection – generating a new archive of 3D-printed models, exhibits, and scientific replicas.
2012-02-28 15:02:05 // Esther Goh
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Three-quarters of New Zealand businesses have up to 100MB of unused mobile data per connection left at the end of each month, and over half have up to an hour left of unused voice minutes.
2012-02-28 12:16:32 // Esther Goh
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Incubator Creative HQ has pushed the go button on its inaugural gaming bootcamp. Thumbs at the ready...
2012-02-27 15:31:45 // Siobhan Leathley
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A fresh new Kiwi startup is out to help the local food movement by taking admin hassles out of the equation so farmers can spend more time growing their tomatoes and less time sorting out receipts.
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.
2012-02-22 10:13:47 // Esther Goh
The first batch of new cell sites under the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) have been switched on by Vodafone, with more to come by the end of June.
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.
2012-02-21 10:13:25 // Esther Goh
The business case for UFB in New Zealand has just gotten a boost in the form of an Alcatel-Lucent study placing the economic benefits of high-speed broadband at $32.8 billion over 20 years.
2012-02-20 09:35:12 // Esther Goh
Bioscience-based organisations earned at least $677 million for New Zealand last year, with the majority of that coming from exports.
2012-02-20 09:02:32 // Esther Goh
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Google may dominate the search space, but it has dreams of emulating the Star Trek computer in coming years.
2012-02-17 09:11:53 // Idealog
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Kiwi telcos have written to communications minister Amy Adams slamming Crown Fibre and calling for it to be disestablished, a letter leaked to the Dominion Post shows.
2012-02-16 11:22:34 // Idealog
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Is there anything more frustrating than the struggle to obtain a decent wireless signal on your smartphone or tablet?
2012-02-15 10:36:09 // Esther Goh
Assuming the world does not, in fact, come to an end this December, the number of mobile-connected devices on earth will exceed the number of people on it by the end of the year.
2012-02-14 10:22:10 // Esther Goh
Google is disabling its prepaid cards for Google Wallet used in some NFC phones – for now – following the discovery of two hacks that leave users' cash vulnerable.
2012-02-14 09:47:31 // Idealog
The government is in talks with Google about providing cheaper and more efficient technology to the public sector, according to Prime Minister John Key.
2012-02-13 10:27:20 // Siobhan Leathley
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The EU is on a drive to recruit talented scientists from around the world, and three Kiwis are already leading the way.
2012-02-13 10:20:06 // Idealog
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More than a third of local CEOs are not involved in key IT projects and many CIOs are being denied strategic involvement, an IDC study has found.
2012-02-09 13:50:22 // Siobhan Leathley
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The vast majority of Kiwis say they're willing to pay a little extra for faster broadband, but businesses aren't as open to shelling out more for the privilege.
2012-02-09 10:35:58 // Esther Goh
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Alan Gibbs has unveiled his latest amphibious vehicle in Washington DC, which he says has potential for military use as well as emergency and humanitarian responses.
2012-02-07 13:42:02 // Siobhan Leathley
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Tweeting and checking emails may seem harmless enough – it's cheap, not fattening and won’t lead you to a life of crime. However, according to researchers, social media is more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.
2012-02-07 12:48:26 // Esther Goh
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3D printing has given an elderly woman a new jaw in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
2012-02-03 15:04:08 // Idealog
Focusing on the US is paying off for New Zealand software business Biomatters, which is reporting a 50 percent increase in sales revenue for 2011.
2012-02-02 14:03:07 // Martyn Pepperell
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Rich Fortune is setting the pace and vision for the newly formed Open Design Council.
2012-02-02 13:50:39 // Esther Goh
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Imagine a totally digitised house, creating a parallel home on the web. Everything in the house can be used to communicate; the interface is ubiquitous, controlling physical appliances and apps alike.
2012-02-02 12:31:55 // Esther Goh
Facebook has set the ball rolling on its hotly-anticipated IPO – the company has filed its preliminary prospectus and as rumoured, is seeking to raise US$5 billion.
2012-02-01 12:31:28 // Siobhan Leathley
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GrabOne is expanding its daily deal model with vouchers for real-time offers sent to consumers' phones based on their location.
2012-01-31 14:26:38 // Siobhan Leathley
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The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) has launched a database of national research projects, inventions and patents, with an eye to connecting businesses, entrepreneurs and investors worldwide.
2012-01-31 09:30:48 // Idealog
New Zealand-headquartered Gentrack has signed a deal to provide one of the world's busiest airports with its aeronautical billing system.
2012-01-27 10:54:32 // Esther Goh
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Wellington company Educa is one of the new wave of startups out to shake up education by improving communication between early childhood providers and parents.
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.
2012-01-25 13:56:26 // Siobhan Leathley
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US residents looking to ditch a phone or music player need only place an unwanted device into an ecoATM, which then values the item and offers a cash payment or donation to a charity of choice.
2012-01-24 13:28:17 // Siobhan Leathley
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Research in Motion co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned from the company following months of investor pressure.
2012-01-24 10:27:19 // Idealog
The health sector could see big benefits from the introduction of UFB, which will also open up opportunities for "innovative" methods of teaching.
2012-01-23 10:00:52 // Esther Goh
The Waikato Innovation Park is on the hunt for companies that want to research and develop new spray-dried food products.
2012-01-19 14:28:27 // Deirdre Robert
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With the likes of the Auckland Council and Melbourne's South East Water on the books, Nextspace is scratching the surface of a $2 billion market potential.
2012-01-19 11:56:02 // Siobhan Leathley
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The recession won’t stop consumers demanding record numbers of smartphones, tablets and wireless technology, according to Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2012.
2012-01-19 10:43:42 // Siobhan Leathley
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You’ll no longer have to worry about your ticket ending up in the wash with the launch of Ticketek's new mobile ticketing system.
2012-01-18 12:01:04 // Esther Goh
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Google and the World Bank are joining forces to improve disaster preparation and development efforts globally.
2012-01-18 09:52:33 // Idealog
Cable company Southern Cross has announced a price reduction of up to 44 percent. Nonetheless, it's unlikely punters will benefit any time soon.
2012-01-16 13:07:29 // Esther Goh & Siobhan Leathley
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There was no shortage of pundits this year proclaiming the downfall of CES, but the numbers paint a brighter picture.
2012-01-16 11:25:26 // Siobhan Leathley
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New Zealanders all over the world may soon have a new way to promote their Kiwiness online with a .kiwi domain name.
2012-01-16 10:54:09 // Siobhan Leathley
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New technology announced last week by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) just might herald a new era in virtual reading.
2012-01-12 10:19:38 // Esther Goh
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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.
2012-01-11 16:00:23 // Esther Goh
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Getting skilled people to work in the industry - and holding onto the ones we already have - is a major driver for the new CEO of NZICT.
2012-01-11 10:51:40
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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.
2012-01-09 14:38:41 // Siobhan Leathley
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Dreaming of working at the beach? Imagine working under a sunny sky – the next best thing created by researchers at the Fraunhofe Institute in Germany.
2012-01-09 13:54:43 // Esther Goh & Siobhan Leathley
The Kiwi founder of tech blog ReadWriteWeb says its buyout by SAY Media will take the website to the next level.
2012-01-06 16:25:44 // Idealog
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Vampire energy (so named as it stealthily sucks power when devices are plugged in at the wall but turned off) may be a first world problem, but it's a very real one. And it's one that electronics accessories manufacturer Bracketron is out to fight with its new line of batteries and chargers.
2012-01-06 11:38:36 // Esther Goh
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Only in Sweden. File-sharing, the scourge of Hollywood, is now an officially-recognised religion.
2011-12-23 09:58:50 // Idealog
Natural disasters, the royal wedding, a certain rugby tournament and Kim Kardashian were some of the top Yahoo! New Zealand searches for Kiwis this year.
2011-12-22 14:33:29 // Siobhan Leathley
Facebook has agreed to work on its privacy policy for users after a three-month investigation by Facebook Ireland resulted in the publication of a 149-page report detailing areas for improvement.
2011-12-21 11:41:21 // Siobhan Leathley
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Mind-reading a possibility, junk mail a priority and the use of facial and retina scans to access information – according to IBM, in five years not only will all of this be possible but it will also be the social norm.
2011-12-21 10:14:15 // Idealog
Is Apple's bright light waning?
The latest figures from IDC suggest this might be the case, with Samsung overtaking Apple's top position in the New Zealand smartphone market with a share of 28.5 percent.
2011-12-20 16:35:31 // Siobhan Leathley
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A network of farmers, engineers and volunteers has banded together to create an ‘open source ecology’.
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.
2011-12-20 12:01:57 // Idealog
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Not just the first country to see the sun, New Zealand will be the first to kick off the Global Game Jam too come January.
2011-12-20 10:14:29 // Idealog
UFB is supposed to usher in a new age of better business – but almost half of SMEs say the cost of rewiring their premises is a barrier to upgrading to faster broadband.
2011-12-19 14:54:36 // Idealog
Google's web browser Chrome has become the most popular web browser version worldwide for the first time on a weekly basis, analytics firm StatCounter says.
2011-12-19 10:02:44 // Kate Beecroft
Manuka Health has announced its arrival as a serious biotech player with the potential for multi-million dollar exports.
2011-12-14 10:48:02 // Kate Beecroft
Internet service providers PlaNet, Actrix and Inspire have topped Consumer NZ's customer service survey, with all three rating over 96 percent.
2011-12-13 12:59:07 // Idealog
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Ziln is bringing on-demand TV to Sony televisions, marking an expansion into a "full screen lounge room experience".
2011-12-12 09:48:14 // Siobhan Leathley
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TelstraClear head Allan Freeth says telcos must move toward providing tailored services as the data explosion gains momentum.
2011-12-09 16:00:28 // Idealog
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Facebook has captured the hearts (and time) of Kiwis – but MySpace has disappeared off our radars completely.
2011-12-08 10:22:59 // Esther Goh
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The NZ Hi-Tech Awards are branching out, with two new categories recognising the growing agritech sector and the contribution that companies based outside of New Zealand make to the local market. Fittingly for a technology competition, entrants will also now be able to lodge their entries online.
2011-12-08 08:44:46 // Kate Beecroft
TelstraClear’s weekend of unmetered broadband was an abject failure according to some (InternetNZ and many other irate customers) but a success by others.
2011-12-07 10:34:10 // Esther Goh
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Five years ago, Time magazine broke with tradition and named "You" its Person of the Year.
And now TED is making history by awarding its 2012 TED Prize not to an individual but to an idea – the City 2.0.
2011-12-07 09:14:35 // Esther Goh
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It’s been a tough year for Christchurch-based Smail & Co, but rounding off 2011 with $250,000 of free business software is a good way to go out.
2011-12-06 17:59:40 // Siobhan Leathley
Video conferencing just got easier with the innovative VGo, a robot, launched by Asnet Technologies at the recent Health Informatics NZ conference, that enables users to connect face-to-face with individuals in remote locations.
2011-12-06 15:08:54 // Kate Beecroft
Jade Software, New Zealand’s largest software company, has partnered with Australian financial services company ClearView Wealth via its mobile platform company JOOB.
2011-12-05 13:38:56 // Igor Portugal
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Voice Over IP is still far from the most common way for people to call each other in New Zealand, but it will be – sooner rather than later.
2011-12-02 09:24:12 // Idealog
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New Zealand businesses have proved they can hold their own internationally, with 37 Kiwi firms making the cut in the annual Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific index.
2011-12-01 09:55:29 // Esther Goh
IRL research engineer Marcus King has been named the 2011 New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards Engineering Innovator of the Year for his work in developing rehabilitation technologies.
2011-11-30 12:37:19 // Design Daily Team
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What are the tools of a modern designer's trade? BestVendor has surveyed 180 creative professionals and pulled together the results in this infographic. Not surprisingly, Adobe programmes still dominate, but designers are also embracing cloud apps.
2011-11-30 10:10:38 // Idealog
Tait Radio Communications has successfully implemented a new radio communications system for London Buses, completing a US$15 million ($19.7 million) contract.
2011-11-29 10:12:06 // Esther Goh
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It doesn’t matter how fast technology advances – there’s always someone at the end with a hand on the cable, according to Mike Walsh.
2011-11-25 15:33:44 // Cath Winks & Esther Goh
Sky and TVNZ have, at last, confirmed they are indeed launching a joint pay TV service – as predicted weeks ago over at our sister site StopPress.
2011-11-24 10:48:12 // Esther Goh
Kiwi biotech company Photonz has reached a new milestone on the path to commercially manufacturing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from marine microalgae.
2011-11-24 10:17:50 // Idealog
Brands have been swift to embrace Google+, but the fledgling social network has a long way to go to catch up to Facebook.
2011-11-24 09:59:53 // Idealog
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Four New Zealand tech companies have made it to the finals of the Red Herring Global 100 – a list of the world's top technology businesses.
2011-11-22 14:55:35 // Sarah Robson
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Ever wondered whether Twitter chatter reflects the mood of the nation? Wellington social media agency Catalyst90 has just released a Twitter Election Worm that analyses Twitter users’ reactions to recent election campaign goings on.
2011-11-22 10:28:03 // Cath Winks
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Hamilton company Print House has won the rights to introduce technology into New Zealand that allows a video screen to be placed within printed material.
2011-11-21 11:12:55 // Esther Goh
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Don't be a sheep this election – get informed and get voting.
If that all sounds like too much work, think again; a group of Massey University students from Wellington have launched a non-partisan tool to encourage young Kiwis to vote this week.
2011-11-17 14:46:54 // Idealog
New Zealand-owned IT firm Simpl has notched up a big win in the global health market, securing a multi-million dollar contract with the National Health Service in the UK.
2011-11-17 09:28:41 // Peter Kerr
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Perhaps the main ‘problem’ with the majority of the companies that make up the TIN100 is they fly beneath the general public’s radar.
2011-11-16 15:19:33 // David MacGregor
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Smartphones are no longer just for the upwardly mobile – and if you haven't figured out how to use them to your advantage, you need your head read.
2011-11-16 10:26:42 // Idealog
The global gaming industry shows no signs of slowing down and Kiwi developers are getting their share of the pie – the local game development industry grew by a whopping 46 percent this year.
2011-11-16 08:58:12 // Esther Goh
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There's plenty of room for 3D disruption in enterprise, according to Kiwi technology business Right Hemisphere, which was behind some of the technology used in the manufacture of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner.
2011-11-15 12:20:33 // Idealog
1.8 x 1.4 metres. That's the size of the world's biggest atlas, to be published next month – with the mark of Kiwi cartographers on every page.
2011-11-15 12:13:54 // Vaughn Davis
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Telecommunications user Vaughn Davis joins Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand chief executive Paul Brislen over an excellent breakfast pie served – as God is his witness – with chips.
2011-11-15 09:45:32 // Esther Goh
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Kiwi tech firm GeoOP has topped off a massive year with a win at the 2011 Consensus Software Awards, which reward the most innovative software in Australia and New Zealand.
2011-11-11 10:04:21 // Esther Goh
Otago Polytechnic student Alex Dong has just scored the break of his life – the creators of YouTube have acquired his online social network tool, developed with business partner Tim Bull.
2011-11-08 12:07:59 // Idealog
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After the week from hell – the redesigned Google Reader, Gmail's makeover and a hastily pulled Gmail app for iOS, Google could sure use a winner.
2011-11-08 11:43:49
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Trounced by the collective might of Firefox, Chrome and Safari, Microsoft has launched a desperate attempt to revive Internet Explorer's appeal, as ReadWriteWeb's Joe Brockmeier writes.
2011-11-07 17:10:20 // Idealog
Dunedin-based Pacific Edge has added to its suite of patents with new ones issued in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand for its technology for the detection of gastric cancer.
2011-11-04 13:07:13 // Sarah Robson
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A super high-tech business, Magritek exports its products all over the world, selling to a niche market – higher education, research, industry – and bringing profits back home.
2011-11-04 11:40:55 // Sarah Robson
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More funding will be injected into the science sector to transform Industrial Research Limited (IRL) into an advanced technology institute, Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday.
2011-11-04 11:16:53 // Idealog
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Google's going indoors – one of its latest features lets members of the public view the interiors of businesses found on Google Maps.
2011-11-04 10:10:02 // StopPress Team
Capitalising on the mobile and online movement, Reachmedia has released the next version of its catalogue viewing platform, which effectively takes catalogues, resizes them and publishes them in a Facebook environment and on mobile apps.
2011-11-03 15:56:29 // Vaughn Davis
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Once the white-collar criminal's weapon of choice, the London riots have democratised the Blackberry better than any ad campaign could.
2011-11-03 12:47:01 // Sarah Robson
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Christchurch-based Ena Solar has weathered the region's earthquakes and has its eye firmly on the UK and Europe.
2011-11-03 10:04:33 // Idealog
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Upstart mobile operator 2degrees has unveiled the world's first Te Reo Māori smartphone, an IDEOS X3 that will go on sale before Christmas.
2011-11-02 19:00:18 // Esther Goh
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The Kiwi-invented Greenkeeper – a system that helps companies reduce their carbon footprint, not a golf maintenance pro – has walked away from the Bright Ideas Challenge with a cool $25,000 to accelerate its growth.
2011-11-02 16:03:18 // Esther Goh
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Your phone is already your calendar, your camera and more – and soon it could be your wallet, too.
2011-11-02 16:02:40 // Sarah Robson
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We JAFAs are blessed to have high speed broadband internet, buses that are always late and humid summer rains – but not everyone is so lucky.
2011-11-02 14:20:31 // Idealog
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An NZ-first survey to measure IT improvement on an annual basis launches today, courtesy of the Getting IT Right Initiative and IDC.
2011-11-02 09:03:27 // Esther Goh
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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.
2011-11-01 15:40:29 // Deirdre Coleman
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For AUT University’s Kelly Sheerin, the Rugby World Cup experience isn’t quite finished.
2011-11-01 11:20:47 // Esther Goh
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Howick College's head of junior science Steve Martin believes students today aren't fully challenged in school. The Virtual Lesson project changes that.
2011-10-31 14:33:39 // Esther Goh
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Sony Ericsson has teamed up with surf label Billabong on the Xperia Active, a partnership that's fitting given it's billed as a phone for outdoorsy types.
2011-10-31 09:15:23 // Idealog
New Zealand's biggest tech exporters racked up more than $7 billion in revenue this year, despite a glum performance in 2010 and a gloomy worldwide economic outlook.
2011-10-31 08:27:56 // Deirdre Robert
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As much as vinyl records offer a warm nostalgic touch, if you’re a DJ, lugging them around is far from convenient.
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.
2011-10-28 13:19:57 // Esther Goh
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Green growth is gaining traction in Europe, and it's time New Zealand followed suit, the University of Auckland's head of economics says.
2011-10-27 15:05:52 // Deirdre Robert
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With petrol prices already on the sharp incline, coupled with a growing awareness of climate change, there’s no denying electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid alternatives are surging in popularity.
2011-10-26 17:35:54 // Idealog
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Great things can happen at the intersection of data and technology - like this dashboard that pulls in core UN population data and trends into a digestible digital format.
2011-10-26 12:29:36 // Esther Goh
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There's no shortage of great ideas emerging from New Zealand, but Kiwi companies need a stronger connection to the rest of the world, according to Alcatel-Lucent.
2011-10-24 09:01:56 // Esther Goh
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In the grand scale of things, New Zealand may be a mere speck at the bottom of the globe – but we’ve got a role to play on the world stage, if we’re prepared to seize the opportunity.
2011-10-19 18:01:44 // Esther Goh
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Gamification may be the new buzzword in digital marketing, but if you're hoping to ride the merry wave to the top, it pays to do your homework.
2011-10-18 10:10:32 // Idealog
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The interwebs is a veritable playground for the digitally-inclined, many of whom were tapped by the Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards last night for standout online initiatives that make our virtual and real lives a little bit better.
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.
2011-10-17 11:00:10 // Esther Goh
A government-run app store, a single regulator for telecommunications and broadcasting and priority for rural broadband are among the measures proposed under the Labour Party's IT policy.
2011-10-17 09:42:01 // Idealog
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Pixar. Weta Digital. Microsoft Studios. OpenFeint. Robot Entertainment. Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center. What else could it be but AnimfxNZ 11?
2011-10-14 10:08:28 // Idealog
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New Zealand's small group of 'technology evangelists' have the ability to powerfully influence the purchase decisions of more than a third of Kiwi consumers, according to an IDC consumer survey.
2011-10-13 11:34:12 // Esther Goh
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Feeling lucky? Win free entry to Social Media Club Auckland on Tuesday, where clever clogs from SmallWorlds, Microsoft, Snapr and more will gather to discuss all things gamification.
2011-10-12 11:26:58 // Esther Goh
Ahead of an upcoming election debate on IT next week, InternetNZ has issued a discussion document calling for a "shared, common vision" for New Zealand's digital future.
2011-10-12 10:02:39 // Esther Goh
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Here's the kind of know-how we need to help avert New Zealand's "worst environmental disaster", in the words of environment minister Nick Smith.
2011-10-10 16:22:12 // Esther Goh
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All Black Andrew Mehrtens was matched by a Massey University robot today in a man vs machine kick-off at Victoria Park.
2011-10-10 15:46:15 // Esther Goh
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How long does it take for John Paulson to earn my annual income?
Less time than it takes to get to work in the morning, apparently.
2011-10-10 15:20:35 // Esther Goh
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The New Zealand Film Archive has been bestowed with the 2011 Jean Mitry Award, an international prize that singles out individuals or organisations “distinguished for their contribution to the reclamation and appreciation of silent cinema.”
2011-10-10 12:48:20 // Idealog
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Wellington will have a brand new Apple concept store by Christmas thanks to Renaissance, which will be modelled after the recently-opened Yoobee outlet at Britomart in Auckland.
2011-10-07 09:53:02 // Esther Goh
Digicel Pacific and Auckland tech startup KlickEx have joined forces to offer international money transfers to a mobile wallet for the first time in the Pacific Islands.
2011-10-06 09:52:15 // Idealog
Cyclone Computers and Gen-i have been appointed as suppliers of Apple products to the All-of-Government desktop and laptop computer procurement panel, giving government employees access to Apple devices.
2011-10-05 10:27:56 // Esther Goh
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Apple put an end to all the rumours today, revealing the new iPhone 4S and announcing release dates for iOS 5 and iCloud.
2011-10-05 10:00:19 // Idealog
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Increased competition in the mobile market has contributed $2.24 billion to New Zealand’s economy, according to a report released today.
2011-10-04 14:32:06
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New e-readers present great opportunities for news media, says Frédéric Filloux, but flexibility will be paramount.
2011-10-03 16:46:01 // Esther Goh
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Data is great, but it's infinitely more powerful when distilled and given purpose than in its raw form.
Need proof? The Mix and Mash competition is brimming with creative mashups, in app, video and image form.
2011-10-03 09:57:24 // Brigid Gallagher
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GeoCities is being 'excavated' and preserved, revisualised as a city map with neighbourhoods and property sites.
2011-09-30 10:45:45 // Esther Goh
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While we generally start off the morning on the right foot, a new study has used millions of tweets from around the world to determine that our collective moods deteriorate over the course of a day, using software that Kiwis helped to develop.
2011-09-30 10:06:01 // Idealog
Thanks to multiple launches of Android-based devices, the Australia and New Zealand tablet market doubled in the second quarter of 2011, which will no doubt swell as other players including the Amazon Kindle Fire join the fray.
2011-09-29 10:42:14 // Idealog
Microsoft and Samsung have reached a cross-licensing agreement, a deal that means the company will receive royalties on every Android smartphone and tablet sold by Samsung going forward and potentially in retrospect.
2011-09-28 13:55:04 // Idealog
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SmartPay and Snapper have teamed up for a venture that will see the companies extend a contactless payment system across New Zealand's biggest Eftpos network.
2011-09-27 09:58:57 // Peter Kerr
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The main message from the Rutherford Innovation Showcase Digital Content Forum was that some weightless exports have a fair bit of profit margin attached.
2011-09-26 11:01:29 // Esther Goh
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After spending 35 years building a world-beating business, 67-year-old Bill Buckley is "still in his overalls" and loving every moment on the shop floor, as evidenced by his win at the Ernst & Young New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year awards last week.
2011-09-22 16:13:20 // Esther Goh
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Professor Sir Paul Callaghan has written a business plan for New Zealand – and it doesn’t include winning the World Cup.
2011-09-22 14:35:25 // Ben Fahy
Kiwi app Snapr's photo sharing game, Capture the Flag, has captured the attention of some major Kiwi brands. Will it capture consumers?
2011-09-22 10:02:41 // Idealog
A Kiwi nanotech company has cut the ribbon at its new US headquarters, located in the growing science and tech hub of Massachusetts.
2011-09-22 09:35:16 // Idealog
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In Auckland on Monday? Got nothing to do? Why not head along to the NZ Technology Trade and Investment Forum being held at the Langham Hotel as part of the Rutherford Innovation Showcase. It's the first in a week of Auckland-based events, and with high-level representatives from government and the private sector speaking and attending, it's the place to be for startups, entrepreneurs, software developers and others in the tech world.
2011-09-22 09:34:06 // Sarah Robson
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A Kiwi web application has hit the big time, with one of the most widely read CMS blogs naming Contegro as a new entrant on its Top 30 content management systems list.
2011-09-20 12:36:36 // Idealog
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A maturing startup scene and the recent success of several Kiwi software businesses are paving the way for local tech companies to go global, the head of Massey University’s business innovation centre says.
2011-09-19 16:56:23 // Esther Goh
Kiwi users have historically paid higher prices for broadband than our Aussie counterparts, and although costs continue to decline, we're still stuck playing catchup.
2011-09-19 11:29:56 // Esther Goh
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Educating the generation of the future – what more noble pursuit can there be? But while the teaching profession too often flies under the radar, the hunt is now on for New Zealand’s most innovative school teacher, with a professional development package worth more than $5,000 at stake for the recipients.
2011-09-19 10:29:15 // Esther Goh
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Research has revealed a major disconnect between what devices Kiwi employees say they use for work purposes and what employers think staff are, in fact, using.
2011-09-16 10:39:47 // Idealog
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Heidi Klum has apparently replaced Cameron Diaz as the most dangerous celebrity to search for online; those looking for the supermodel's latest photos and other media have nearly a one in 10 chance of landing on a malicious website.
2011-09-16 09:51:05 // Esther Goh
Kiwi gaming companies need a "piece of the action", according to the government, and online game developer SmallWorlds will be even better placed to capitalise on the fast-growing space with a $1.8 million cash injection.
2011-09-14 11:41:48 // Idealog
Putting consumers back in control is the driving force behind a new investment auction website that enables people to find, compare and invest in different term deposits from banks and non-bank institutions.
2011-09-13 13:48:38 // Brad McEvoy
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We need a service that automatically synchronises data across all of your devices, and also houses that data in the web where it can be accessed anytime
2011-09-12 10:18:28 // Idealog
From microsites to virtual memorial walls, the media is marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with all that digital technology has to offer.
2011-09-12 09:31:49 // Idealog
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The world’s top international agricultural biotechnology conference is heading to New Zealand in 2012, putting the spotlight on environmental, social, and economic change under the umbrella theme ‘Adapting to a Changing World’.
2011-09-09 10:34:49 // Idealog
As the crowds converge upon Auckland today for the grand launch of the Rugby World Cup, visitors can rest easy knowing they're well covered in the event of a medical emergency.
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.
2011-09-08 11:15:35 // Idealog
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Joining the wi-fi fray in Auckland are CallPlus and Slingshot, which this week announced they would be providing free internet in central Auckland for the duration of the Rugby World Cup.
2011-09-06 10:39:29 // Idealog
A group of four Northland schools is the first in the country to log onto the government's ultrafast broadband initiative, with a fifth set to be connected in the weeks ahead.
2011-09-06 10:30:19 // Idealog
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Information is everywhere. And if the New York Times has its way, that includes in the bathroom while you're brushing your teeth or washing your face.
2011-09-01 11:28:35 // Idealog
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Be awed and inspired – for free – by business heavyweights from Google, Movac, Z Energy, VoucherMob and more.
2011-09-01 09:55:18 // Esther Goh
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A team of Massey University engineering students is building software for New Zealand's first spacecraft, which could pave the way for a new generation of satellites monitoring climate change by measuring polar ice thickness and other environmental data.
2011-08-31 16:39:02 // Matt Cooney
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While most phone makers muddle around in the middle, there's one outstanding performer – and one in catastrophic decline
2011-08-30 16:38:04 // Vaughn Davis
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If LinkedIn is Facebook if Amway had invented it, then Google+ is Facebook if, well Google had
2011-08-29 10:00:10 // Brad McEvoy
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Taking Word and Excel files away from the average office worker and replacing them with some sort of online representation would be like taking guns away from Charlton Heston's "cold dead hands".
2011-08-26 17:06:55 // Esther Goh
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Wellington has won an international bid to host the 2012 Digital Earth Summit, which mayor Celia Wade-Brown says ties in perfectly with the city's bid to be recognised as a ‘creative digital capital’.
2011-08-25 14:24:01 // Idealog
Not content with merely helping consumers get the best deal on electricity with Powerswitch, Consumer NZ has launched a telecommunications comparison website to cut through the maze of packages on offer.
2011-08-25 10:01:38 // Esther Goh
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"Ten or twenty years from now it will be absurd to think of creating a book without a Booktrack, it’ll be like creating a movie with no sound," says Derek Handley.
2011-08-24 13:58:08 // Idealog
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Snow enthusiasts: how would real-time detailed stats on your ski and board runs help you sharpen those moves?
2011-08-24 10:51:32 // Ben Fahy
Direct and digital specialist Affinity ID has a proud history of boxing above its weight – both in its home market and internationally.
2011-08-24 10:47:04 // Ben Fahy
Online spending always seems to be on the up every time the IAB releases its quarterly year-on-year ad revenue reports and figures released for Q2 are no exception.
2011-08-23 11:35:05 // Esther Goh
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It was a dream prize for any tech startup, but ultimately there could only be one winner of BoosterSeat2011 – and that's IntuitionHQ, soon to be taking a free trip to San Francisco thanks to a group of Kiwi entrepreneurs paying it forward on the back of their own Silicon Valley success story.
2011-08-22 11:22:13 // Idealog
Vodafone has signed a 10-year deal with Pacific Fibre to supply international bandwidth on its undersea cable system linking the US to Australia and New Zealand.
2011-08-22 11:13:37 // Idealog
Low-value transactions are proving a winner with users of Snapper, an electronic payment method used as a replacement for cash.
2011-08-19 09:36:31 // Idealog
Hewlett-Packard is stepping back from the consumer market, discontinuing its line of webOS devices – specifically, phones and its TouchPad – and announcing a possible separation of its Personal Systems Group (PSG) from the company.
2011-08-19 09:15:12 // Idealog
Researchers at IBM have created a new generation of computer chips designed to emulate the brain’s abilities for perception, action and cognition.
2011-08-16 10:10:46 // Esther Goh
A second $50 million round of research and development grants has been announced by the government, benefiting a total of 19 tech companies in fields from manufacturing to biotechnology, electronics and software development.
2011-08-12 12:35:21 // Esther Goh
Vodafone has been fined more than $400,000 for misleading customers about charges related to its Vodafone Live! mobile phone internet service in what a judge says amounted to "extraordinary" mismanagement.
2011-08-12 10:25:40 // Idealog
Thousands of cryogenics research projects around the world will soon be using Kiwi technology now that New Zealand's Jade Software has signed MMR Technologies as a partner.
2011-08-11 17:26:39 // Idealog
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Our forests, pastures, rivers and cities will be mapped by a government research project collecting information for councils and industry organisations over the next four years.
2011-08-11 14:19:00 // Esther Goh
While eDay was a good start to getting on top of our electronic waste, expanding our network of recycling facilities and creating an everyday solution for households is the next step.
2011-08-10 13:53:19 // Esther Goh
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Remember Dot, the smallest-ever stop-motion animation? Riding high on the success of that short film, Nokia decided to give the N8 another workout and have a shot at creating the largest stop-motion instead.
2011-08-04 13:00:23 // StopPress Team
Auckland mobile marketing company Pocketvouchers has a bit of a spring in its step after signing deals with global payment processor ePay and local daily deal site GrabOne recently.
2011-08-03 11:13:21
Google's Android platform dominates almost 50 percent of the global smartphone market, with Asia-Pacific remaining its largest market.
2011-08-03 09:17:21 // Sarah Robson
// The Idealog Blog
It's a go-kart with sails. Or is it a yacht with wheels? A land sailor? Whatever it is, it's powered by the wind.
2011-08-01 10:52:04 // Esther Goh
Dr Dianne Gleeson has won the inaugural Women in Science Entrepreneurship Award, receiving $50,000 of venture development advice and access to an international advisory board with experience in science commercialisation.
2011-07-29 10:00:32 // Idealog
An IT centre has been given the go-ahead after the Christchurch city council approved a rent-free deal on one of its sites.
2011-07-28 15:40:05 // Idealog
A groundbreaking interactive water pollutant monitoring system has been launched in New Zealand, with the Māori sector in particular expected to benefit.
2011-07-28 14:54:24 // Lynda Brendish
// Idealog #34: interact
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Tangleball is the latest addition to the growing global trend of DIY makerspaces, born of a desire to get offline and create tangible objects in a community-oriented way.
2011-07-28 09:36:19 // Esther Goh
NZ broadband speeds are continuing to creep up—but we've still got a long way to go to catch up with the rest of the world.
2011-07-26 15:35:01 // Idealog
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Professional networking site LinkedIn has launched a new plugin designed to make the job application as easy as clicking a button.
2011-07-21 12:11:23 // Idealog
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Apple's much anticipated release of Mac OS X Lion coincided with the launch of its updated MacBook Air—and the discontinuation of its original entry-level laptop.
2011-07-21 10:01:23 // Idealog
Hawkeye UAV Limited, a Palmerston North aviation company, has been awarded $30,000 as the first successful applicant in a new government programme dedicated to the Manawatu.
2011-07-21 09:44:06 // Sarah Robson
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Touch an electric fence and you'll find you'll get a nasty shock. It's as simple as that.
2011-07-21 09:30:16 // Idealog
"Seek, and you shall find", the saying goes. And we're increasingly going mobile when it comes to search; the number of Kiwis using cell phones to look for jobs is up 60 percent, according to Seek.
2011-07-21 09:28:40 // Esther Goh
Wellington-based software company Aptimize has been bought by Silicon Valley-based Riverbed Technology in a move which will see its 10 employees relocate to San Francisco.
2011-07-20 16:59:53 // Idealog
It seems Apple can do no wrong; the company's stock has climbed above $400 on the back of record sales and profit for the quarter.
2011-07-19 11:34:46 // StopPress Team
Common sense would have it that, with just about everything moving online, the role of online video advertising too will only get bigger.
2011-07-18 14:40:32 // Idealog
// The Idealog Blog
Thinking local is paying off for Google in Africa: local content, local products, local marketing initiatives.
2011-07-15 09:17:41 // Idealog
Increased competition has improved broadband quality, with TelstraClear's cable service consistently providing the best performance, a report released by the Commerce Commission yesterday shows.
2011-07-15 08:00:00 // StopPress Team
As everyone knows, the internet is a wonderful thing to waste time on and social media is often singled out as the biggest cause of this timewastery.
2011-07-14 18:10:02 // Idealog
A team of experts have created a supercomputer cloud capable of solving the world’s toughest computing tasks. And what’s more, they can operate it from an iPad.
2011-07-14 17:38:19 // Vanessa Ellingham
New Zealand may be facing an e-waste crisis, with the imminent switch to digital TV posing a serious threat, according to a new study.
2011-07-14 11:53:01 // Esther Goh
// The Idealog Blog
For the second year running, Auckland University's Team OneBuzz impressed judges at the worldwide finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition as one of the top six finalists.
2011-07-13 15:50:43 // Idealog
The local startup with its sights set on running a fibre-optic internet cable under the Pacific Ocean to link to the US has just sealed its first supply deal for $91 million.
2011-07-13 15:19:11 // Vanessa Ellingham
A redesigned CPU cooling system dubbed the 'Sandia Cooler' could slash energy consumption, while speeding up your home computer and reducing fan noise.
2011-07-13 14:14:11 // Vanessa Ellingham
// The Idealog Blog
The latest social experiment film stars a Hollywood actress, Toshiba, Intel—and maybe even you.
2011-07-13 11:15:28 // Vanessa Ellingham
The Kiwi Innovation Network will help homegrown projects "excite and harness investor appetite", according to one of its founding members.
2011-07-12 16:38:10 // Idealog
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With our new copyright law only weeks away, it was announced today that ISPs will be able to charge rights holders up to $25 to process infringement allegations.
2011-07-12 09:20:23 // Esther Goh
// The Idealog Blog
US business consultant, speaker and author John Hagel has plenty of opinions on the state of the company, our changing corporate world and today's modern workforce.
2011-07-11 15:17:54 // Idealog
“Drive to the conditions, when they change, reduce your speed.” We might’ve had it drilled into us with the radio jingle, but a new online interactive tool aims to help young drivers hone all the necessary skills required to pass the restricted driver’s license test.
2011-07-11 10:00:11 // Vanessa Ellingham
The billion-dollar Square Kilomatre Array radio-telescope project takes a giant leap forward this week with a major annoucenment in Banff, Canada.
2011-07-11 08:00:00 // Vanessa Ellingham
// The Idealog Blog
Finally, a pair of mind-reading glasses! Well, not quite, but Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab has developed a pair of “social X-ray glasses” that are designed to decipher emotions via facial expressions and could change the way we relate to one another.
2011-07-05 11:20:00 // Idealog
Gaming for a good cause: New Zealand’s largest online social gaming company SmallWorlds has raised $38,000 by selling limited-edition virtual goods to thousands of players.
2011-07-05 10:23:13 // Idealog
Turns out the average pleb can do all sorts of things on the web these days, and if you've done anything particularly cool lately to enhance the online experience for fellow Kiwis (and Aussies) here's your chance to reap the rewards.
2011-06-30 09:00:00 // Esther Goh
Litmos' American-centric business strategy has paid off, from setting up a Californian phone number to making its products look and feel as Americanised as possible. This month the The Devonport-based e-learning company was acquired by a large US software firm and will be moving to Silicon Valley—just “as soon as the visas come through”.
2011-05-17 08:51:39 // Rowan Simpson
// The Idealog Blog
These days most of the people I talk to think just their idea alone is worth more like a million dollars. This is crazy.
2011-05-06 09:47:51 // Rowan Simpson
// The Idealog Blog Idealog #33 includes an essay by Rowan Simpson on ‘the mythical startup’. He introduces a series of blog posts expanding on his essay.
2011-01-12 11:47:11 // Deirdre Robert
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Polaroid has just unveiled its original, rather nifty and innovative new product line called Polaroid Grey Label, enlisting the help of none other than Lady Gaga who, as “creative director”, helped to create sunglasses that act as both a Polaroid camera and functional sunnies.
2010-10-20 17:27:49 // Lynda Brendish
// Idealog #29: now
With a global water crisis looming, Digital Water thinks we should be managing the planet’s most precious commodity with something a little more sophisticated than an on/off tap.
2010-10-15 10:42:43 // Mitchell Hall
// Idealog #29: features
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Derek and Geoff Handley created The Hyperfactory, a high-tech Kiwi business that competes with the world’s best, and in July they sold it for megamillions. Mitchell Hall asks what they’ve learned about entrepreneurship and dreaming big—and why New Zealand needs more like them. Plus: An investor speaks.
2010-09-21 16:51:31 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog
Get your 3D glasses out (it's amazing what you can find in an office when you look hard enough) and if you don’t have any, watch anyway. Augmented (hyper)Reality: Augmented City, is an impressive film produced by Keiichi Matsud as part of a larger project that addresses the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality. Watch it here.
2010-09-10 09:36:58 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #29: now
Eighteen thousand kilometres from home, wandering through the 2,000-year-old ruins of a Roman city, Glen Barnes had a vision of the future.
2010-09-09 10:39:18 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #29: interact
Mark Pesce is a longtime Apple user and a dedicated futurist and technologist, so you’d think he’s seen it all. But the iPad, he reckons, is something altogether different.
2010-09-06 16:24:13 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog
Buy this device for your partner and you risk forever loosing the ability to converse and socially engage with them. The name says it all: The Ultimate Gaming & Gadget Chair. Among its features are built-in games consoles, a computer, TV/PVR, video and music player, and should all that entertainment prove too much of a strain, there’s also a back massager. All of these features are aimed at transporting users to a zone “ far away from the outside world”.
2010-08-30 15:06:19 // Design Daily Team
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Dina Krunic is from “everywhere and nowhere.” The Belgrade-born architect is ordinarily based in Los Angeles, but has recently been enjoying a brief stay in Auckland as a guest lecturer at Unitec. Her internationally oriented lifestyle seems to parallel her research interests in the field of architecture and digital technologies. Network culture, global world, temporality and impermanence are some of the descriptors used to explain her unorthodox approach to architecture.
2010-08-24 12:28:00 // Design Daily Team
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US Company Zebra Imaging has brought architecture planning to life with their innovative holographic pop-up buildings. In this video, chief technology officer and co-founder Michael Klug, gives us a hands-on demonstration of the technology at work.
2010-08-13 09:27:49 // Esther Goh
// The Idealog Blog
CreativeTech, a forum devoted to all things Apple, is heading to Auckland next month—and we have a brilliant prize pack to give away including a one-day pass.
2010-07-26 16:15:20 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog
Here’s a novel approach to parking your car when space is at a premium. Cardok is an automated parking solution that doubles your parking space and provides more security than a locked garage.
2010-07-20 11:48:01 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog
In this video, German industrial designer Dieter Rams (central to the design behind the Braun brand), shares his crafty insights on everything from record player design to the trusty shaver.
2010-07-06 12:09:16 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
Digital artist Alex Varanese posed the question: “What would you do if you could travel back in time?” If it were him, Alex says he’d grab today’s modern technology (an mp3 player, a laptop, a mobile phone and a handheld video game system) and redesign them as if they were designed in 1977. The results are very cool indeed. Check them out here.
2010-07-02 15:03:27 // Sam Eichblatt
// The Idealog Blog
It is named after the deities of Greek mythology and is referred to as the “space age metal” – and industry experts are predicting it could kick the New Zealand economy into a higher gear. Say hello to titanium
2010-07-01 12:55:23 // Design Daily Team
// The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
New Zealand is becoming known as much for its Hobbits and hairy directors as it is for post-production work. And it's not all from Weta either
2010-04-23 11:48:21 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #27: interact
Eric Ries has watched promising companies burn, accidental ideas succeed and bad products turn good. Working out why has led him to his own methodology, the Lean Startup. But will Silicon Valley’s rules work in Enzed?
2010-03-04 14:10:33 // Vincent Heeringa
// Idealog #26: features
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Catch those upstart Aussies by 2025. That’s the aim of John Key and his young Turks. Dream on, John. Government inaction and the biggest recession in 70 years are conspiring to bring us level with the home of Borat by 2025. Vincent Heeringa reckons we need a better plan to avoid becoming New Zealistan.
2010-02-15 10:41:07 // James Hurman
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Many of the speakers at TED touch on their lack of education or conventional intelligence. But there's one thing they all have in common.
2010-02-15 08:31:52 // James Hurman
// The Idealog Blog
Today we heard from Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, David Rockwell, Natalie Merchant, David Byrne and Chris Anderson (the Wired one, not the TED one), yet despite such an auspicious roster, the ‘wow’ moment today came from a humbler corner.
2010-02-12 16:03:54 // James Hurman
// The Idealog Blog
My ‘wow’ moment of today was the discovery of an American barista who knows how to make a flat white. The ‘wow’ moment for everybody else was ex Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold.
2010-02-11 18:29:16 // James Hurman
// The Idealog Blog
It’s bloody difficult to choose a standout from the 18 speakers and performers we experienced at the first day of TED’s 2010 event, themed ‘What the world needs now’. But here’s the biggest collective ‘wow’ and the quote of the day.
2010-01-27 12:49:27 // Matt Cooney
// The Idealog Blog
It’s one thing knowing where the nearest pizza joint is ... but when augmented reality has becomes the norm, it’s going to get intense. Witness this concept video, complete with mode switches, Basic Life Skills tuition and even computer-assisted encouragement for those whose self-image needs some augmentation too.
2010-01-14 10:44:00 // Amanda Cropp
// Idealog #25: features
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While the gaming industry works out how to draw yet more pixels faster, a Dunedin company is using its backyard invention to bring the real world to screen in picture-perfect quality. Amanda Cropp meets the snap-happy team behind Areograph
2009-12-03 13:40:00 // Juha Saarinen
// Idealog #24: workshop
IT manufacturers are competing to reduce their environmental footprint with some carbon-neutral smoke and mirrors.
2009-11-27 09:36:46 // Amanda Cropp
// Idealog #24: features
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Reality TV is old-school: Natural History New Zealand has been doing it for decades, bringing the weird, wild and wonderful into our living rooms. They’ve learned what viewers like, how to build happy relationships with US media monoliths and proved there’s more to New Zealand than birds. Amanda Cropp meets NHNZ’s wild things. Plus upping the wow factor and an outsider’s view.
2009-11-16 09:53:13 // Mark Roach
// Idealog #24: workshop
Apple turns consumers’ attention back to the album format. We still have an attention, right?
2009-08-15 20:35:28 // Deirdre Robert
// Idealog TV
He’s very tall and filled to the brim with creative prowess. Weta Digital’s visual effects supervisor Matt Aitken tells us why Hollywood loves New Zealand
2009-06-18 16:21:52 // Stephen Jewell
// Idealog #21: now
Author Cory Doctorow is a merciless critic of the mega-corporations that seek to control creative content—and he’s happy to give his own work away for free
2009-06-06 17:07:46 // Simon Young
// The Idealog Blog
From squealing t-shirts to flashing cycle gear, there's a lot going on in the world of paper, scissors, glue ... and microprocessors. And it's not just fun, crafty stuff either. Find out the very serious implications this creative technology has for business.
2009-05-23 13:46:42 // Jason Kemp
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Very few of the ideas at the Entrepreneurial Summit seemed that interesting at all to me. Perhaps its the different tech focused world that I live in but I did think asking the "usual suspects" for surprises was a tough thing to do.
Open Table is a start-up that raised US$70m earlier this week by fulfilling the simple task of making restaurant bookings easy to do. I couldn't help thinking that NZ could do plenty of projects like this.
2009-05-22 14:07:32 // Andy Kenworthy
// Idealog #21: now
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Meet the Kiwi helping Barack Obama with his alternative fuels plans—and take a peek at hydrogen heaven
2009-05-06 14:29:47 // Deirdre Robert
// Idealog TV
Imagine your car breaks down and you need a new part shipped from Europe. Or your tooth breaks and you have to wait for a new crown to be crafted. Don’t panic, says Professor Olaf Diegel of AUT University: simply print a new one.
2009-02-19 09:57:34 // Ben Kepes
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McGonigal is a game researcher at the institute for the future. Her ethos is that in game-design the human experience is perfectly optimized—we feel we have purpose, we feel we are collaborating and we feel we have a meaning. Why then are other aspects of our online (and for that mater offline) experience not fulfilling all these needs?
2008-08-15 11:35:20 // Vincent Heeringa
// Idealog #16: features
Kevin Roberts: is he God or just a good talker? Vincent Heeringa talks to the world’s most irrepressible optimist and New Zealand’s biggest booster about love and rugby, blue as the new green, snail porridge and the new simplicity. Plus the Eagle vs Shark quiz
2008-06-11 08:39:48 // Gena Tuffery
// Idealog #15: now
AIS WatchMate will let you know when you’re in line to hit another boat—leaving you free to keep an eye out for Jaws
2008-04-29 16:34:53 // Kris Herbert
// Idealog #15: now
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Many have tried to build a better mouse, but a Christchurch startup has built two—and computing may never be the same
2008-04-07 11:58:36 // Melanie Cooper
// Idealog #14: now
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New Zealand’s mobile-phone marketers are getting international traction—but they’re held back at home.
2008-03-14 12:19:36 // Jake Pearce & Simon Young
// Idealog #14: features
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In 2006, Idealog introduced Generation C, the creative, connected generation that is remaking the way we buy, sell and communicate. Now Jake Pearce and Simon Young look at the impact Gen C is having on the music industry—and what it portends for the rest of us
2007-10-03 20:23:34 // Gena Tuffery
// Idealog #11: now
Holding the balance of life and death in your hands isn’t a game—except when it is. New Zealand-based GoVirtualMedical has finally replaced the medieval med-student practice of practicing on a prone body with a professional multimedia version of the battery-powered board game, Operation
2007-10-01 20:23:09 // Simon Young
// Idealog #11: now
A Wellington-based startup is making product design and production as easy as pressing ‘print’. Ponoko—a variation on an early name for Wellington—lets people design physical objects in any 2D drawing program. They can then send the design through to Ponoko’s network of laser cutters and 3D printers
2007-09-28 11:46:02 // Lauren Bartlett
// Idealog #11: now
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Want to live like a Jetson? Professor Olaf Diegel may be building your next home
2007-09-14 06:00:04 // Bette Flagler
// Idealog #11: features
Hospitals aren’t just fun and games, and medical professionals are very particular about the equipment they use. Bette Flagler discovers why more and more of their gear is designed and built in New Zealand
2007-07-26 23:00:00 // Mic Dover
// Idealog #10: features
The future’s bright, the future’s a personalised smoothie—just tap your genetic code into the virtual grocer. Mic Dover meets the Kiwis who are reinventing what we eat
2007-02-27 16:41:44 // Gena Tuffery
// Idealog #8: features
That ‘Big Idea’ can take half a lifetime to arrive, so it deserves a bit of fanfare when it does. Hamish Edwards and Rod Drury planned to launch Xero, a breakthrough software accounting system, five years ago. Then they waited. Now, reports Gena Tuffery, their number is up
2006-12-13 01:00:00 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #7: now
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Rod Drury just doesn’t know when to stop. This year he sold his email management company, AfterMail, to US-based Quest Software for US$45 million, and in November he won the Entrepreneur of the Year title at the 2006 Hi-Tech Awards. Time to relax? No way—Drury is investing in a string of local IT startups and blogging up a storm too. Just what is it that he wants to prove?
