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Tablet slowdown tipped
Global sales of tablet computers are likely to slow this year, hurt in part by saturation and adoption of large-screen smartphones…
Apple bites into music streaming
Apple's US$3 billion ($3.52 billion) purchase of headphone maker and music streaming company Beats Electronics sheds light…
Medical records head online
A plan to modernise the sharing of patient records nationwide between healthcare providers has passed an early check-up…
Video
The All Whites, missing five first choice players…
Back rower Jake Schatz's second try of the night two…
Being there
Just over a week into his big OE, Jake Green is having the time of his life.
App seeks to connect neighbours
The internet has made the world smaller, but sometimes it seems like our neighbours have never been further far away.
10 top things to do online
This weekend in our things to do online list, we share where to buy products for geeks, challenge you to take a two-minute…
Apple's streaming a worry
Musicians are worried that Apple's push into streaming music will pay far less in royalties and will turn music buyers into…
Technology
Beacon rescues NZ man in California
A Blenheim man has been rescued in California, thanks to his New Zealand-registered personal locator…
Bitcoin grabs Dutch fancy
While big banks in China and the US are reluctant to do business with ventures focused on virtual currency, the Netherlands…
YouTube to be restored in Turkey after ban
Turkey's highest court has ruled that the country's two month-old ban on YouTube violates constitutional rights to freedom…
Telecom cleared to buy last 4G spectrum lot
Telecom, the second-biggest mobile phone operator, has been cleared to buy the final lot of 700 megahertz radio spectrum…
Tech Universe: Friday 30 May
WANT YOUR EARTH TV?: Do you have broadband at home? What say you were living or working on the Moon…
Success: Export sales in company's DNA
Clever New Zealand technology will soon be on tap to help doctors around the world diagnose and treat serious illness.
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Google to Build Prototype of Driverless Car
Google will build a car without a steering wheel. It doesn't need one because it drives itself. The two-seater won't be…
Waiters, teachers left behind in Silicon Valley housing gap
The heart of Silicon Valley and home to two of the three most valuable companies in the world, has a shortage of almost…
Apple hacking attack reaches NZ
A spate of hacking attacks on Apple electronic devices in Australia has now reached New Zealand, Netsafe says. Users of…
Facebook listens in to your life
Technology Archives
Now Facebook wants to make your public diary even more detailed with a feature that uses your phone's…
Compute
Apple Watch: WWDC dub-step
More Compute
A couple of years ago I talked about Judit Klein, a very clever student following the Creative Technologies…
Wired
Glass bar clash part of tech wars
It has been billed as a clash of cultures between tech workers and their fellow San Francisco residents. But now the tensions…
Apple Watch
Apple Watch: Med School's flipped classroom
More Apple Watch
Dr Colin Lumsden is a paediatrician and the academic lead for eLearning at the Manchester Medical School…
Gadgets
Hands on: LG Hybrid TV
Back in the day we were one of the first on our street to get a colour TV. It caused quite a commotion. Neighbours' kids…
Games
First review: Watch Dogs
It's one of year's most-hyped games, but is it an epic techno fable for our times, or just another wobbly open world adventure?…
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