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Heather Wright
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Manufacturing boost as 200 SMB manufacturers receive modernisation funds
2,600 jobs and the return of a beloved choccie treat… read more...
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Coming to a business near you: Workforce contact tracing
Can private contact tracing solutions help ease lockdowns?… read more...
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The Covid-free weekly wrap
AU to sue Facebook, Canty Uni beams up 3D printing, CDR reprieve and money, money, money… read more...
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DX: From business optimisation to business continuity
Automation, cloud and connectivity in a Covid world… read more...
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Zoom makes a splash with Otter transcription
Forget Disney backgrounds, here’s a Zoom feature we can really appreciate… read more...
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As Anzac Day goes virtual, the spirit remains
Virtual poppies, online donations and driveways at dawn, lest we forget… read more...
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The weekly (non-Covid) wrap
Slack gets local, too much O365, NEC helps ID lost differs and AWS helps save Devils… read more...
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Mary Meeker turns focus on post-Covid business world
The rise of tech, DX and the on-demand economy… read more...
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E-com up but headline figures don’t tell the full story
A/NZ e-commerce sales climb but confusion costs Kiwis… read more...
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Australia joins France in platform content crackdown
Mandatory code to make Google and Facebook pay for content… read more...
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A tale of two countries’ contact tracing paths
Privacy, surveillance creep to the fore in vexatious issue of Australia’s contact tracing apps, while NZ avoids straight answer… read more...
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The figures behind ‘an extraordinary time in internet history’
Global internet traffic up 30 percent, A/NZ business hour traffic soars 70 percent + – but we’re not about to break the internet… read more...
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Spotlight shines on NZ’s quiet tech success: Healthtech
$1.9 billion and climbing… read more...
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Tech big guns get chatty with virtual agent support
Covid-19 accelerating chatbot technology… read more...
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Contact tracing apps vital for ending lockdown
NZ authorities under urgency to find right tech to fight Covid spread… read more...
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Google taps location data for Covid lockdown maps
It’s got our data already, so why not use it for public good?… read more...
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The case for digital goes stratospheric
Don’t waste a ‘good’ crisis… read more...
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IBM Watson serving up Covid info
Dr Watson on call to take strain off overloaded help lines… read more...
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Preparing for business after Covid
The tech to experiment with now to hit the ground running, post-Covid… read more...
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Aussie online retailers capitalise on Kiwi lockdown
It’s not a level playing field – it’s El Capitan… read more...