Technology

Breaking in with a buzz

Social networking websites continue to grow in use, application and size and in doing so are creating opportunities for new players in the market. The genre of... Read More

Building better search engines

Tauranga man Ross Bendall is looking for investors to make his internet search engine called Kissit2 a success. The point of difference for the December 2008 launched... Read More

Phones for life

One of the main catalysts for the advance of technology is traditionally military application. The advancement of flying technology is a prime example of how the... Read More

Time for a tablet?

The computer market is immensely competitive and the next product to roll off the technology conveyor belt is likely to be equally as demanding when Apple produces... Read More

A changing time online

Recession is one of the words that will be forever associated with 2009. Recession adversely affected most, if not all, of the sectors in the New Zealand economy... Read More

Who gets fooled the most?

People aren't learning too quickly about online scams and the good old fashioned ‘Nigerian letters', ‘marriage proposals' and ‘person needed to... Read More

Watch out for that plane

Tim Holland and Ross Crawford had fans watching their every move as they flew two new light aircraft from Australia's Gold Coast to Tauranga. The flight's progress... Read More

Bay business tackles Google

Bay of Plenty based technology business Pingar is moving closer to obtaining a share of the search market after a public launch of its newest product. Pingar has... Read More

Tech spark for Bay teen

Aquinas College student Daniel Collins has proved himself one of New Zealand's top young inventors after he won the supreme award in the Bright Sparks national competition. Daniel... Read More

Telecom mobile network to go down

Telecom's CDMA mobile network will be down for up to an hour early sometime Tuesday morning. Telecom says the CDMA network will be down for 30-60 minutes between... Read More

Tga broadband speeding up

Chorus, Telecom's network access business, has completed a third of the work to enhance the broadband network in Tauranga. New roadside cabinets containing faster... Read More

Social searches online

The big news in technology this week is the release of Microsoft's Windows 7. Its release has been well received, with its main premise focused on simplicity. The... Read More