Mary Poppins reckoned a spoonful of sugar did the trick with unpalatable medicine. Now a bunch of students have applied the Mary P principle
By 2018, the planet will have about 8.2 billion mobile devices connected. Mobile commerce sales are predicted to hit $626 billion by 2018, almost
LanzaTech, the New Zealand-founded company working on commercialising a process to convert carbon dioxide into clean fuel, is now looking to C02 as a
A future incorporating the Internet of Things is closer than we think. Billions of “machines” will be talking to one another autonomously, without human
Facebook is the mightiest social media network in the world with monthly global users totalling 1.35 billion – close enough to match China’s population.
International Business Machines corporation (IBM) has recently announced a partnership deal with social media power Twitter in a move that will provide more analytics
Microsoft is continuing its wave of workforce restructuring, announcing on Oct 29 a cut of about 3,000 employees.
History has shown that when a business or industry comes under threat, migrating to a decentralised version often triumphs. Napster was brought down by
When Google snapped up Nest recently, more than a few people wondered how it planned to put ads on a thermostat. But the acquisition
Orion Health Group, the darling of New Zealand software space, is seeking to raise between $120 million and $150 m in a share sale
Surgical robots supremo Catherine Mohr, who was born in New Zealand but has spent her working life in the US combining science, medicine, computing
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg surely knows his way to the heart of the Chinese – he conducted a full half hour forum in Mandarin,
Up close and personal with mobile app developers – this is the new ambition for Twitter as it seeks to win over the hearts
New Zealand’s technology sector is no longer the exotic new kid in Silicon Valley, in New York or London. Far from being apologetic about
What does 1GB of data mean to a tweeter-holic? Well, a lot - 5000 tweets to be precise!
Prepare for a big shake up in search results, Google has just released the much-anticipated Penguin algorithm update. The online chatter reached fever
In 2012 when MyRepublic first dipped its toes in the Singapore market, it stirred the hornet’s nest quite a bit, setting cushy incumbents
The future of wearable technology has created a lot of buzz. But here comes the catch - in what is seen as a world
With the launch of Apple Pay last month, Semble last week and various other schemes, being able to pay with your mobile phone is
Pinterest isn’t yet five years old but it has already garnered an impressive army of followers with over 70 million users globally, and growing.
Tech entrepreneur Vaughan Rowsell (the guy with the memorable moustache) will this weekend launch his latest venture – a series of high-tech workshops for
Get a high-energy and forward looking principal. Add onto to this a clean-tech initiative, and lastly, a bunch of enthusiastic students. What you get
It’s here, the future of mobile payment using Apple Pay is up close, and getting closer.
If you have developed the comfortable habit of reading your iPad while watching television, and "twittering" on your iPhone, be a little afraid.
In the midst of the current mobile marketing mania, it is useful to know how to handle the exuberance of technology overkill. VMob tells
Our publisher and fearless leader, Vincent Heeringa, talked to Mark Sainsbury on his radio show last Sunday about the recent success of transport app,