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Sony targets mid-range market with Xperia M4 Aqua
Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony targets mid-range market with Xperia M4 Aqua

Sony dives into mid-range waters with the Xperia M4 Aqua, featuring top-end camera and two-day battery life at an affordable price.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
Samsung ups its game with two new smartphones
Payment Technologies

Samsung ups its game with two new smartphones

Samsung unveils new flagship smartphones, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
How Lumia phones can help Kiwi businesses
Microsoft

How Lumia phones can help Kiwi businesses

Microsoft isn't just software. Microsoft's Steve Lewis outlines how the company's Lumia phones can potentially help Kiwi businesses.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015
While you were sleeping: Oil checks global equities
Apple

While you were sleeping: Oil checks global equities

Wall Street was mixed as a decline in oil prices weighed on energy shares, offsetting optimism about a strong US economy and a supportive central bank.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015
Myth buster: Mobile phones don't give you brain tumours
Gaming

Myth buster: Mobile phones don't give you brain tumours

New research from the University of Auckland shows the risk of brain tumours cannot be linked with with increased mobile phone use.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2015
Statistics NZ using iPad Minis for data collection
Apple

Statistics NZ using iPad Minis for data collection

Stats NZ turns to iPad Minis, revamps centuries-old data gathering, heralding real-time shop pricing analysis for key inflation indexes.

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

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Best bang for your buck with Microsoft's Lumia 640 and 640 XL
Microsoft

Best bang for your buck with Microsoft's Lumia 640 and 640 XL

Microsoft has unveiled the latest offerings in its budget Lumia smartphone range, complete with promises of an upgrade to Windows 10 later this year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
Galaxy S6 launch signals wireless power going mainstream
Samsung

Galaxy S6 launch signals wireless power going mainstream

In one of the strongest signals yet that wireless power has entered mainstream adoption, Samsung has built wireless charging into its new smartphones.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
The Apple Watch will replace your keys and health coach
Gaming

The Apple Watch will replace your keys and health coach

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, has said the Apple Watch will replace car keys, fuelling rumours that Apple will enter the automative industry.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
War of the wearables comes to the enterprise
Wearables

War of the wearables comes to the enterprise

Businesses brace for the 'BYOW' shift as wearables in the workplace are set to surge, with a £14bn market forecast by 2019.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2015
Time for new security resolutions
Data Loss Prevention

Time for new security resolutions

There's no time like the present for customers to take a good look at their security says Mark Shaw, Symantec Pacific region technology strategist – security.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015
Entry level mobile plan misses out on Spark's new upgrades
Unified Communications

Entry level mobile plan misses out on Spark's new upgrades

Spark has announced that it is packing more value into its pay-monthly mobile plans, excluding its entry level plan.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015
CA Technologies embraces apps, urges enterprises to follow suit
DevOps

CA Technologies embraces apps, urges enterprises to follow suit

CA Technologies is focusing on helping businesses succeed in the 'landscape where the app is everything' with an updated portfolio of products.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015
Samsung's mobile payment move poses more challenges to Google than Apple
Marketing Technologies

Samsung's mobile payment move poses more challenges to Google than Apple

Mobile payments are not yet a driver of handset sales. Few people will be basing their phone purchasing decisions on mobile payment functionality.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2015
Smartphones: Could bigger screens herald the end of tablets?
Apple

Smartphones: Could bigger screens herald the end of tablets?

The concomitant move towards bigger screens in smartphone handsets may be about to throw a further spanner in the works.

By Donovan Jackson • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2015
Samepage challenges Evernote at its own game
Unified Communications

Samepage challenges Evernote at its own game

Samepage launched earlier this month as 'the world's first contextual engagement platform' and has already announced new features.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2015
Android and iOS inch toward world domination
iOS

Android and iOS inch toward world domination

Android and iOS are continuing to move toward total domination of the worldwide smartphone market following results from 2014.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2015

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