Technology

Searching simplified

Bay based IT business Pingar, is the only New Zealand company involved in the Microsoft show in Las Vegas this week. Pingar has developed a new way for a search... Read More

Rain threatens e-Day

A steady stream of cars has turned up at Baypark Stadium for Environment Bay of Plenty's annual e-Day. Volunteers helping with the project expected the rain to... Read More

I can see my house from here

The Bay of Plenty has recently leaped into higher definition on Google Earth thanks to a little known committee called the joint GIS committee. ... Read More

Tauranga 3D on Google Earth

The home of SunLive at No 1 The Strand is one of only two Tauranga buildings able to be viewed in 3D on Google Earth. The modelling is by David Johnson from VisualCAD... Read More

Young Bay science buffs on show

Students from twelve Bay schools are showcasing their talent at the Bay of Plenty Regional Science & Technology Fair. The fair is being held August 20 to 21 at... Read More

Hospital goes digital

Tauranga Hospital's x-ray department has entered the digital world as it replaces monitor screens and x-ray film with computer technology. The system is being launched... Read More

Blu-rays revolution, you ve gotta be kidding

Perhaps New Zealand is on the cutting edge of a revolution that isn't really happening. Blu-rays are now trickling into New Zealand but are we behind or in front... Read More

BOP company leading technology light

When writing about CRMs earlier this month, I realized I needed to find out what local offerings we had in the Bay of Plenty. It only took an email to discover the... Read More

Learn about CRMs

I ask a lot of people if they use a CRM? The answer is invariably no. CRM is Customer Relationship Management - a tool for tracking interactions with customers... Read More

The IT word

Computers, internet and mobile phones all count as information technology or IT, to use the buzz initials. But paper and pen are still valid IT tools. They may... Read More

OS wars hot up

The OS wars between Microsoft and Apple remind me of the car rivalry between Ford and Holden. It's an ever present debate. When it comes to upgrading which operating... Read More

Tech talk in the Bay

This week the SunLive newsroom asked for my technology predictions. Apart from Robert Scoble, nobody seemed to predict how big Twitter would become. That aside,... Read More