Everything MOH is willing to tell us right now about the upcoming My Vaccine...
The most anticipated app in recent memory is the upcoming Covid Vaccination passport app which it seems will be called My Vaccine Pass. That’s the app we’ll need to download on...
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...
Why our government should make paying ransoms to cyber criminals illegal
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has been in the headlines lately defending the proposed new hate speech laws. The laws sparked opprobrium from both the left and right, critics citing the limits...
Aussie crowdsource study targets Google’s secret search algorithm
We use it everyday, depending on it for quick, accurate information - around 38 million queries a minute - but what do we really know about the inner workings of Google’s...
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...
Meet Mitchell Pham: The man responsible for helping the government “understand digital”
Mitchell Pham is chair of the Orwellian-sounding Digital Council for Aotearoa.
Appointed in December 2019, the 49 year old tech entrepreneur leads a now six-strong group of ‘well-connected experts’. One founding member,...
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...
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...
Waiting with 25,000 others in MIQ’s hotel lobby
As an ex travel writer I’ve spent more time waiting in hotel lobbies than I care to admit.
To be honest I rather enjoyed the experience; the time provided good people watching...
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...