Archives
Heather Wright
Facebook struggles to stem Covid-19 misinformation flow
AI falters with Covid, but sees success with hate speech… read more...
Gartner’s Kost plots path to IT savings
Knee jerk cancellation of projects needs close analysis… read more...
HBR: Empowering frontline staff with data-driven decision making reaps returns
Report quantifies the benefits of frontline tech… read more...
Wearables take on social distancing
Bracelets for port and industrial workers… read more...
Cloud shifts ‘challenging’ company budgets
The move to opex isn’t a winner for all… read more...
Contact tracing: One OS update to rule them all
Apple, Google API provides ‘enormous boost’ for tracing… read more...
Motorsports takes to the skies
Racing may have turned to esports to fill the Covid void, but change is in the air… read more...
Microsoft announces Kiwi Azure
Azure hits Aotearoa, finally… read more...
Manufacturing boost as 200 SMB manufacturers receive modernisation funds
2,600 jobs and the return of a beloved choccie treat… read more...
Coming to a business near you: Workforce contact tracing
Can private contact tracing solutions help ease lockdowns?… read more...
The Covid-free weekly wrap
AU to sue Facebook, Canty Uni beams up 3D printing, CDR reprieve and money, money, money… read more...
DX: From business optimisation to business continuity
Automation, cloud and connectivity in a Covid world… read more...
Zoom makes a splash with Otter transcription
Forget Disney backgrounds, here’s a Zoom feature we can really appreciate… read more...
As Anzac Day goes virtual, the spirit remains
Virtual poppies, online donations and driveways at dawn, lest we forget… read more...
The weekly (non-Covid) wrap
Slack gets local, too much O365, NEC helps ID lost differs and AWS helps save Devils… read more...
Mary Meeker turns focus on post-Covid business world
The rise of tech, DX and the on-demand economy… read more...
E-com up but headline figures don’t tell the full story
A/NZ e-commerce sales climb but confusion costs Kiwis… read more...
Australia joins France in platform content crackdown
Mandatory code to make Google and Facebook pay for content… read more...
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...
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...