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Heather Wright

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...

Spotlight shines on NZ’s quiet tech success: Healthtech
$1.9 billion and climbing… read more...

Tech big guns get chatty with virtual agent support
Covid-19 accelerating chatbot technology… read more...

Contact tracing apps vital for ending lockdown
NZ authorities under urgency to find right tech to fight Covid spread… read more...

Google taps location data for Covid lockdown maps
It’s got our data already, so why not use it for public good?… read more...

The case for digital goes stratospheric
Don’t waste a ‘good’ crisis… read more...