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Australia’s Covid-19 app gains traction
Health authorities say they are expecting about half the population to download the new app… read more...
Zoom makes a splash with Otter transcription
Forget Disney backgrounds, here’s a Zoom feature we can really appreciate… read more...
Let’s talk about contact tracing
InternetNZ online event serves up food for thought on the use of technology for contact tracing… 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...
A/NZ retail trends down as lockdown impacts
The data reveals an economy in upheaval… read more...
Can our startup scene survive Covid-19?
While elements of the tech sector are in high demand, the startup community wonders where the next round of funding is coming from… 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...
Zoom scrambles to recover security cred
Zoom adds security enhancements to cap off its no good, very bad month… read more...
Can thermal imaging help stop the spread of Covid-19?
At the border and on the street, thermal detection offers a way to identify the sick – but it’s no magic wand… 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...
IBM Watson serving up Covid info
Dr Watson on call to take strain off overloaded help lines… read more...
