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Week in review: The biggest stories that went down this week on NetGuide

24 Feb 2017

Shannon Williams

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It was a busy week for the NetGuide team - there were High Court decisions, a telco war, a whole lot of reviews to be done.. Phew. We thought we'd make it easy for you and pick out our highlights of the week in the land of consumer tech.

Spark and InternetNZ asked for a pause on the Vodafone+Sky merger, but turns out the Commerce Commission decided the merger was a bad idea.

Apple crafted a masterpiece and we all got to take a look at a real workplace of the future.

Our very own PC-mad Sara took a stab at being an Apple user – Was she converted?

Weta Workshop made a boardgame and people are loving it.

Gareth Morgan’s political party made some bold education statements.

Kiwis realised they needed to up their digital skills game.

And we didn’t talk about Trump.

Vodafone enables 5G roaming in hope of future international travel

Apple reveals four new iPhones with 5G capability

Hands-on review - Apple iPad 8th Gen 2020

Vodafone NZ completes international optical network upgrade

Commerce Commission tells telcos to improve consumer choice

Apple unveils two new iPads, including new iPad Air

Vodafone Sky Apple Weta Digital Commerce Commission NetGuide Techday

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