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Safety app for dark city streets
Tech Universe: Wednesday 23 April
GIVE BACK THE LIGHT: There's a 500 metre stretch of highway near Oss in the Netherlands that has no streetlights. Instead…
Cat app top priority for Abbott officials
The Australian government used up more than 130 pages of correspondence talking about a viral web plug-in that replaces…
Tech staff take Silicon Valley giants to court
A group of technology executives are suing Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe for alleged collusion to suppress their wages.
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Rugby: Benji Marshall - 'It didn't work out'
New Zealand Rugby and the Blues have today agreed…
Nike exiting wearable tech might be good for field
Getting out of the wearable hardware game makes sense for Nike - it has perfected manufacturing clothes but isn't exactly…
Fast-growing Netflix to up prices
Netflix is preparing to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more internet video programming…
Broadcasters battle internet TV threat
Thirty years after failing to convince the Supreme Court of the threat posed by home video recordings, US media companies…
Express emotions through digital eyes
Can't be bothered to show anyone what you're thinking? A Japanese scientist has the answer - a pair of digital eyes that…
Technology
LinkedIn reaches 300 million mark
The career-focused social network LinkedIn says it's reached 300 million members, with more than half…
US tech company buys NZ software developer
New Zealand software developer Optima has been sold to a United States technology firm for an undisclosed sum.
Five novel features an Amazon smartphone could offer
Rumours of an Amazon smartphone have reached a fever pitch, with several tech blogs speculating that the device could be…
David Spencer: The case for a shorter work week
In a world of iPhones and drones, people are right to wonder why they are still working so hard.
Note to self: stop drinking
You're in a bar having a few drinks - and then you get a text message from yourself saying it's time…
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Meet Honda's latest humanoid
It walks and runs, even up and down stairs. It can open a bottle and serve a drink, and politely tries to shake hands with…
PlayStation partners with Kiwi school
Kiwi students will soon have the chance to develop their own games using the Sony PlayStation platform.
Fired exec gets $58m for 15 months work
Yahoo's recently fired chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, left the Internet company with a severance package of…
Apple Watch: Help!
Once upon a time, every Apple product shipped with a big manual (well, some were bigger than others). Even software - I…
Tech Universe: Thursday 17 April
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LET THE INK RUN: An inkjet printer generally makes a print head run back and forth across a piece of…
Compute
Hands on: Logitech Bluetooth Audio Adapter
More Compute
Back in the day, music meant round spinning things that played just over an hour of music if you were…
Wired
Glass bar clash part of tech wars
It has been billed as a clash of cultures between tech workers and their fellow San Francisco residents. But now the tensions…
Apple Watch
Apple Watch: Microsoft - it's the Word
More Apple Watch
And it's on iPad. Often threatened - or should I say promised - over the last couple of years, former…
Gadgets
After Glass watch for Google Contacts
Forget Google Glass, the next wearable technology trend could be Google contact lenses.
Games
Keogh: When TV and games play nice
Video games have always been influenced by other mediums. Books, movies, and music have been stamping their names on video…
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