Jannat Maqbool: My career in tech

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The technology industry has grown exponentially in the last few decades, however, only 26 per cent of employees are females. With this in mind, Techwomen was developed in order to encourage...
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Exclusive: Bitdefender antivirus is so good ‘even our competitors use us’

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Bitdefender's Director of Threat Research Bogdan Botezatu explains the need to educate everyone on even the simplest cyberattacks, dealing with up to 550 new threats a minute and how a baby...

Enlighten Designs’ Damon Kelly – on creating technology that has a positive impact on...

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Software and design companies come and go - few have been around as long as Hamilton-based Enlighten Designs which was formed in founder and CEO Damon Kelly’s caravan in 1998; today...

Exclusive: James Dyson talks about talented Kiwis, embracing failure, and what happened to the...

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For someone who has earned billions over a lifetime of design and engineering, at 75, Sir James Dyson is very willing to accept that not everything he touches turns to gold....

Q&A with Pav Hundal – Love it or hate it, Swyftx makes it easy...

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There’s no more divisive word in tech at the moment than “cryptocurrency”. Either you see crypto as a giant Ponzi scheme or the future of money - or perhaps a bit of...

Interview with IGEA CEO Ron Curry – on gaming’s gains during the pandemic

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The gaming industry in New Zealand is worth an estimated half-a-billion dollars and is one of our fastest growing tech success stories. Indeed, 96 percent of local creators’ income comes from...

Annie Taunga – Behind the scenes at Weta Digital

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The Lord of the Rings holds a special place in Annie Taunga’s heart; it was her first visual effects project and the first time she saw her name in credits.   The series...

Veteran Kiwi writer Simon Sweetman tried Substack – here’s his verdict

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Since March 2021, music and pop culture essayist Sweetman has been publishing on Substack multiple times a week – often nearly every day. He told theBit it all began when a...

BizPay’s David Price – on how BNPL is “empowering SMEs to better manage their...

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BNPL - Buy Now, Pay Later - is how an increasing number of Gen Z and Millennials are paying for their goods. See something you like? Buy it now with a small...

Rewardhub and Linkshop’s Michael Fuyala on connecting publishers, charities and brands: “That’s where the...

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After eight years establishing successful digital lifestyle brands for leading NZ media companies, Michael Fuyala handed in his notice and concentrated his energies on two start-ups. Rewardhub - co founded with...