We’re witnessing the beginning of the end of Facebook

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Yes, you read that right - it may take a decade or so - but I’m calling it.  Facebook - the social media platform du jour for many, the one that helped...

Amazon’s $160m rebate from NZ Govt is VERY shortsighted: Here’s why

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Do you want to be in the film business? Well, you already are - New Zealand taxpayers money has been subsidising the industry for decades. Nothing new there.  But is the memorandum...
Meet Mitchell Pham

Meet Mitchell Pham: The man responsible for helping the government “understand digital”

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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,...

Is Kanye’s Donda Stem Player more than just a money-grab?

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Music writer Charles Holmes nailed it - “being a Kanye fan is akin to being a frog carrying a scorpion across the deepest body of water. If the venom doesn’t get...

Is Spatial Audio really a game changer for Apple Music?

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“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...

Shopify’s Shaun Broughton – on innovating in a pandemic, the future of shopping and...

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For the uninitiated, Shopify isn’t a consumer-facing app you can shop through - although Shopify does have one of those Shop (but more about that below) - but an immensely-powerful commerce...
Is Hatch or Sharesies better?

Is Hatch or Sharesies better?

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Is Hatch or Sharesies better? It's all dependent on how much you want to invest. Sharesies is cheaper for investments $500.

The high-tech stocktake New Zealand Police didn’t want you to see

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The high-tech stocktake New Zealand Police didn’t want you to see New Zealand policing is playing catch-up with a fast-moving tech world, but privacy campaigners are concerned over the pace of the...

Q&A with Hamish McKenzie (the Kiwi co-founder of Substack) on how writers can make...

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Michael Moore joined Substack the other day. So did Dan Rather, Alison Roman, and even Edward Snowden. They join Andrew Sullivan has joined Substack as have Glenn Greenwald, Cheryl Strayed, Patti...

Ollie Hill has worked at HP for 20 years…now he’s in charge (and he...

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Most international tech companies exist in the abstract; big, sleek organizations removed from the New Zealand community. Yet Oliver Hill, the Country Manager of HP New Zealand, has a vision for...