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Dick Smith NZ posts best sales performance since acquisition

Dick Smith's Kiwi operations have had their best quarterly sales performance in years, but it's not enough to stop a downward revision for NPAT.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015

Fitbit

Garmin takes on Fitbit with new heart rate watches

Garmin challenges Fitbit with its new Forerunner series, featuring wrist-based heart rate tracking for NZ$429 to NZ$679, available late 2015.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015

Fintech

ANZ updates FastPay app to include Eftpos

ANZ extends its FastPay app to EFTPOS, allowing merchants to process smartphone payments. New card reader also introduced for faster transactions.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

EduTech

Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools

Managing Internet access at schools is a very hard job. Linewize's cloud-managed firewall which doesn't merely block all content that's nominally off-topic.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Network Infrastructure

Ruckus Wireless new acquisition to simplify Wi-Fi onboarding

Ruckus Wireless has acquired Cloudpath Networks, a privately held provider of secure Wi-Fi onboarding software.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Gaming

Armageddon Expo 2015 was another successful event

The Armageddon 2015 Expo was another successful event bringing out the best in gaming, comics and other geek culture.

By Damian Seeto • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Microsoft

Specialist Windows 10 training for Kiwi businesses

With Windows 10 landing, Auldhouse Computer Training is offering NZ businesses training courses to help their staff master the new operating system.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Oct 2015

Global Stories

Retail stories

Huawei

Premium releases on way as Huawei NZ claims 15% smartphone share

Huawei New Zealand garners 15% share of the Kiwi smartphone market, with New Zealand now among the top performing markets for the Chinese vendor.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Oct 2015

Chorus

Alcatel-Lucent signs new Chorus deal, opens NOC and eyes Kiwi growth

Alcatel-Lucent is eyeing up a bigger chunk of the NZ outsourced network operations market after signing a new deal with Chorus and opening a Kiwi NOC.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Huawei P8 Lite

Huawei has released its new budget phone, the P8 Lite. With solid performance and affordability, can it live up to its predecessor?.

By Patrick Pilcher • 5 min read • Wed, 28th Oct 2015

Data Analytics

Mobile advertising analytics company opens Sydney office

Marchex has expanded its Australian presence with a new office in Sydney, and has extended its technology facilities to support growing demand.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Power / Energy

The apps sucking the life out of your phone

The latest report from AVG Technologies reveals what the top apps are for draining battery life on Android devices.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Internet of Things

How the Internet of Things primes a new smart product economy

A slew of newly connected gadgets controlled through mobile apps and feed personal data into the cloud are driving a wave of interest in the IoT.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Norton Security 2015

In the bad old days keeping a PC secure was simple. Nowadays, a huge chunk of our lives exists online, and digital security issues have escalated.

By Patrick Pilcher • 6 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015

Network Infrastructure

Ruckus adds simplified onboarding, security with Cloudpath buy

Ruckus Wireless has acquired Wi-Fi onboarding software vendor Cloudpath Networks to simplify Wi-Fi onboarding and security for businesses and schools.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015