Technology

Councils slammed on facebook

Councils stand accused of spending nearly half a million dollars on propaganda branding exercises by the taxpayers union which is asking why ratepayers funds are... Read More

Innovative Bay businesses up for awards

Four Bay of Plenty companies have been nominated a massive 13 times across nine award categories in this year's New Zealand Innovation Awards. The recently announced... Read More

Papamoa power cut

Powerco is still investigating the cause of the power cut on Sunday night that stopped power to about 1000 properties in Papamoa. It was a fault on Powerco's network... Read More

MBIE advice over phone recall

Samsung Note 7 owners are being encouraged by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment's Consumer Protection team to become familiar with the Consumer... Read More

Note 7s banned by Air NZ

Air New Zealand is issuing a total ban on fire-prone Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on all of its flights from 5am today, Sunday. The airline strongly advises... Read More

Kiwis hooked by online fishing

A KPMG test on the cyber security of New Zealand businesses as part of Connect Smart Week has revealed one in ten Kiwis could fall for a phishing attack. Phishing... Read More

‘Sad’wich photo goes viral

A Mount Maunganui sandwich has gone viral on the internet, all because of the sandwich's deceit. What appeared to be a chocka-block lunchtime sammy was actually... Read More

Mapping expedition underway

Scientists are embarking on a voyage of discovery today to map a previously uncharted section of the Colville Ridge, a large and mountainous seafloor structure about... Read More

Gamer glasses advocated

Children as young as five years old and high numbers of teenagers are going to optometrists with eye damage as a result of heavy digital device use. A nationwide... Read More

Innovative Bay companies impress MP

Innovative Bay businesses are one of the major reasons why the country's economy is growing healthily, says National MP Gerry Brownlee. With Bay of Plenty MP Todd... Read More

Spark caught up in Yahoo hack

Spark is advising its Xtra customers to change their password and security questions following the revelation its email partner Yahoo was hacked in 2014. The multinational... Read More

Planned outage for Vodafone service

Vodafone users are being warned to expect a planned outage on Friday morning. The mobile network will be carrying a network upgrade between 1am and 6am. A planned... Read More