Alimetry: The Auckland startup that wants to digitise your gut
Patients suffering from gastric dysfunction may soon have an alternative to invasive endoscopies and diagnostic procedures, thanks to a wireless medical device designed by an Auckland-based startup.
Alimetry, a spinout of the...
Our ICT industry is pandemic-proof for now; can it remain that way?
“Australia and New Zealand were early entrants to the digital transformation journey,” says Mario Allen Clement, senior market analyst for IDC.
That head-start enabled our ICT industry to pivot quickly when Covid...
Subscription newsletters = new battleground for Big Tech
Newsletters, like oat milk in your coffee, are very 2021 - but their rise dates back to 2017 when Substack - a platform that enabled writers to easily monetise their content...
Creators in the driver’s seat (as YouTube pays out >$43 billion)
YouTube has announced that it has more than two million creators in its YouTube Partner Program and has paid more than $30 billion USD to creators, artists and media companies.
"YPP continues...
Meet Pavan Vyas – the man behind the NZ Covid Tracer app
Pavan Vyas is our quiet tech superstar. He arrived in New Zealand as an immigrant in the mid-90s, found he had a knack for coding and took computing at Auckland University....
The best high-resolution streaming services in NZ 2021
As today's headphones and speakers get better and Bluetooth connectivity makes advances, there’s a new desire for hi-resolution audio streaming.
The latest audio equipment is packed full of advanced features that allow...
VR, burgers and fungus: tomorrow’s techies are being nurtured up north
If you want to see how the tech workers of tomorrow are being trained, you’ll find it on a Thursday night in little old Whangarei.
As I enter Questionable Research Labs in...
Is Spatial Audio really a game changer for Apple Music?
“The next generation of sound on Apple Music begins now with the official launch of Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio” went the email from Apple’s PR team last week.
Audio enthusiasts will...
In praise of the library Makerspace: why accessible tech is more important than ever
In a time where we’ve been more online than ever, one thing has been made abundantly clear: access to technology isn’t just a luxury anymore, it’s a need. We’ve seen pushes...
Why did Apple just buy a classical music streaming service?
Unless you’re a classical music boffin you’ve probably never heard of Amsterdam-based Primephonic - a classical music start-up which launched in 2018.
It enabled users access to hi-res classical downloads in a...