The economics of freemium
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. More …
First RBI cell towers go up
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. More …
How to maximise that caffeine buzz
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. More …
Study: UFB will more than pay for itself
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. More …
Stephen Fry bags Kiwi broadband – and Telecom
4Actor and prolific tweeter Stephen Fry has let loose in a rant about the speed of Kiwi broadband, calling it "probably the worst" he's ever encountered. More …
Bioscience brings in the bucks
Bioscience-based organisations earned at least $677 million for New Zealand last year, with the majority of that coming from exports. More …
Google’s Star Trek search dream
Google may dominate the search space, but it has dreams of emulating the Star Trek computer in coming years. More …
Broadband speeds on the up – Truenet
Vodafone has again topped Truenet's broadband charts in January, remaining the ISP with the best ADSL performance. More …
Do telcos want to see the end of Crown Fibre?
1Kiwi 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. More …
Military firm demonstrates spray-on wifi booster
1Is there anything more frustrating than the struggle to obtain a decent wireless signal on your smartphone or tablet? More …
2012: More mobile devices than people
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. More …
Every Apple design ever (almost)
2Yep, even the forgotten ones. More …
Google puts the brakes on its virtual wallet
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. More …
Plant & Food Research establishes seafood portfolio
Plant & Food Research is setting up a new portfolio for seafood research to be run by Danette Olsen, previously the group manager for aquaculture and biotechnology at the Cawthron Institute. More …
Google could provide IT services to government
The government is in talks with Google about providing cheaper and more efficient technology to the public sector, according to Prime Minister John Key. More …
