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...
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...
Digital Provenance – what it is and why it’s important to you…
Many will be familiar with the idea of provenance in art; the provenance is the documentation that authenticates a particular piece of art. Digital provenance is the same for digital objects.
With...
Is Facebook really “killing people”?
“They’re killing people ... the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they’re killing people.”
That was President Biden speaking to a NBC reporter on the weekend.
It seemed a spontaneous...
Now Meta wants to teach our news organisations to “develop better business models”
After a decade of Facebook and Google hammering news organisations globally by effectively taking over the mobile advertising space while using its news content on its platform for little recompense, the...
1/4 of New Zealand’s SMEs have been a victim of a cyberattack
While cyber attacks on large corporations, like the recent ransomware attack on the Waikato DHB, make the headlines, smaller businesses are also in the sights of hackers.
Almost a quarter of New...
About Parliament’s cryptocurrencies inquiry…
Yesterday the Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee announced an inquiry into the nature, impact and risk of cryptocurrencies.
The committee will examine how cryptocurrencies are created and traded - including the environmental...
Streaming wars: NZ broadcasters face-off in battle for viewers
This month Netflix gave us an insight into how dominant it has become in the streaming-video-on-demand (SVOD) space, releasing a weekly report that details the time people spent watching its top...
Jobhop: “Tinder for jobs” employment app reaches v2.0
Occasionally described as “The Tinder of jobs” or “The Uber of employment”, Jobhop is an app that lets users “hop on” and “hop off” paid work, one hour at a time...
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...