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Apple unveils major accessibility updates across its platforms
Wearables

Apple unveils major accessibility updates across its platforms

Apple will launch new accessibility features this year, including Accessibility Nutrition Labels, a Mac Magnifier app, Braille Access and an Accessibility Reader.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Wed, 14th May 2025
Apple unveils new accessibility features & nutrition labels
Wearables

Apple unveils new accessibility features & nutrition labels

Apple will launch new accessibility features, including Magnifier for Mac, which enhances device use for people with disabilities, later this year.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Wed, 14th May 2025
Vorwerk launches Thermomix TM7 in Australia & New Zealand
Customer Experience

Vorwerk launches Thermomix TM7 in Australia & New Zealand

Vorwerk has unveiled the Thermomix TM7, a cutting-edge kitchen appliance featuring AI support and voice control, priced at AUD $2,649 and NZD $2,849.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Feb 2025
Dematic named Voice Partner of the Year at Honeywell awards
Supply Chain

Dematic named Voice Partner of the Year at Honeywell awards

Dematic helped to integrate or upgrade voice-guided workflow technology to improve supply chain processes and customer service.

By Tom Raynel • 2 min read • Thu, 25th May 2023
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from Sennheiser
Unified Communications

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from Sennheiser

Jason Grbevski joins us to discuss how the company is working within the business and education communication markets.

By Mitchell Hageman • 6 min read • Thu, 27th Oct 2022
NZ companies ill-prepared for new digital marketing era
Marketing Technologies

NZ companies ill-prepared for new digital marketing era

Kim Voon claims New Zealand companies need to get off their bums and get on with adopting new marketing tech or face being left behind by their global peers.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 15th Jan 2019
New rapid voice cloning tech could spell end for voice authentication
Biometrics

New rapid voice cloning tech could spell end for voice authentication

Baidu unveiled a new system that can clone your voice using just 3.7 seconds of audio, a scary thought in the era of voice biometric authentication.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 10th Mar 2018
Number of APAC manufacturers with 'smart factories' to triple by 2022
Manufacturing

Number of APAC manufacturers with 'smart factories' to triple by 2022

In a world-leading effort, almost half of APAC manufacturers will have fully connected factories by 2022 with tech use among them expected to surge.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Sep 2017
1,069 synchronised robots danced their way into the Guinness Book of World Records
Robotics

1,069 synchronised robots danced their way into the Guinness Book of World Records

WL Tech's Dobi robots have danced their way to a Guinness World Record, with 1,069 synchronised machines performing in Guangzhou, China.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 28th Aug 2017
Icelandic language at risk due to voice command tech
Voice Control

Icelandic language at risk due to voice command tech

Fewer than 400,000 people speak Icelandic, and linguists are hypothesising that this is how the language dies.

By Alex Crossan • 2 min read • Mon, 24th Apr 2017
Wavelink enables voice support, enhancing productivity for warehouses
Productivity

Wavelink enables voice support, enhancing productivity for warehouses

Voice capabilities helps support Android as a next-gen mobility solution, along with the suite of mobile enablement to accompany a hardware refresh.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 16th Jun 2016
Voice Control: Why Apple, Google and Microsoft need to fight back
Gaming

Voice Control: Why Apple, Google and Microsoft need to fight back

Digital platform providers are competing to find the next big method to grab consumers' attention: voice control and monitoring.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 8th May 2014