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Kiwi Stories

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Google

Mapillary maps out NZ plans – look out Google Maps

Kiwis are being asked to get their smartphones and cameras out and join an ambitious project to crowd map the world.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Mar 2015

Apps

Durex releases app to help people turn their phones off

The Durex Connect app masks users' home screens, effectively putting the handsets to sleep and removing all distractions.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2015

Global Stories

SmartPhones stories

Hyperscale

HP NZ reports $16 million loss, despite improving sales

Despite a 6.6% sales boost to NZD $592.3 million, HP New Zealand faced a significant NZD $16 million loss in 2014, hampered by high expenses.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2015

Cybersecurity

Connector Systems secures SecurEnvoy distribution

Connector Systems has inked a deal to exclusively distribute SecurEnvoy's range of two-factor authentication products across ANZ.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 31st Mar 2015

Marketing Technologies

New Zealand's first mobile wallet is officially here

From today, close to 1million smartphone users around the country will be able to download Semble to make secure payments using only their smartphone.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Mar 2015

Unified Communications

Applications continue to dominate the enterprise space

Enterprise apps surge as key business drivers, with focus on user experience and heavy reliance on mobile technologies for growth.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 31st Mar 2015

Wearables

Apple Watch to propel growth in wearables market, says IDC

The wearables market continues to grow at a rapid rate in 2015, driven by new vendors, end-user awareness and new devices such as the Apple Watch.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Mar 2015

Gaming

Apple snubs NBC for upcoming TV streaming service

In the past few weeks, rumours have been floating around that an Apple-branded streaming television service would launch this year, with 25 channels.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2015

Wearables

Australia's smartwatch market to exceed $400M by 2018

Australia's smartwatch market to exceed $400M by 2018 as wearable computing takes hold alongside nearly 17M smartphones.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2015

Gaming

Android App Review: Little Alchemy

For such a simple premise Little Alchemy is a delightful, absorbing game, and one that I would happily recommend for kids or adults.

By Eddie Monotone • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2015

Marketing Technologies

Startup teaches children strategies for resisting ads and in-app purchases

In 2009, almost half of the top selling apps targeted young children, and 80% of top-selling educational apps in the iTunes store target children.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2015

Email Security

More than a million lost to online scams during March

The national cybersafety organisation has recorded more than $1m lost to online scams during March and is seeing smartphones and tablets increasingly.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2015