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...
Dell Concept Luna still lives, and it continues to impress
Dell's fully modular laptop pops up again, with Concept Luna promising simpler repairs and upgrades with sustainability in mind.
Sharesies vs Hatch fees comparison (…for US shares)
Sharesies and Hatch offer Kiwis largely the same service: the ability to invest in US companies from their smartphones and laptops. The biggest difference between the two companies - apart from...
Meet Fruitometry – the Kiwi AI imaging startup helping NZ grow better kiwifruit
In the early 2000s, software and electronics engineer Christopher Miller was developing world-leading imaging technology to help Emirates Team New Zealand win the America's Cup.
By 2018, he had sold his St...
NZ vs Big Tech: How can little New Zealand regulate Facebook and co?
Announcing a new review of our internet and publishing regulations, under the headline Govt acts to protect NZers from harmful content , Minister of Internal Affairs, Jan Tinetti, says that New...
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...
Q&A with Hamish McKenzie (the Kiwi co-founder of Substack) on how writers can make...
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...
What Spotify’s live audio app Greenroom is really like…
Spotify joined the live audio game last week with Greenroom.
It’s done via a reskinned Locker Room app that Spotify bought in March for an estimated $50 million USD.
It now joins Twitter...
Interview with A/NZ Zoom head Michael Chetner – “putting people at the forefront of...
The pandemic and the overnight move to hybrid working has meant enormous growth for Zoom - whether it be for business, education, entertainment or just catching up with family and friends...
NZ first nation to join Smart Cities programme
New Zealand has become the first nation in the world to have all of its local Council’s join the Smart Cities Council (SCCANZ).
This means that councils across the country will be...