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The Commerce Commission analysed broadband performance monitoring data since 2007. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

The city with the fastest broadband is...

5 Jul, 2018 11:13am
3 minutes to read

The Commerce Commission analysed broadband performance monitoring data since 2007.

ALAN (Artificial Light At Night) is in our houses and outside as city street and highway lighting. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

NZTA's blue LED lights raise concerns

3 Jul, 2018 12:08pm
6 minutes to read

Artificial Light At Night is a growing concern.

Google decided in February to stop sending revenue earned in New Zealand to low tax jurisdictions.

BUSINESS

Tax-shirking multinationals face action

28 Jun, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

New legislation is a welcome first step, but one that should've been taken some years ago.

Vodafone is asking that people who have been subject to the sales to contact the telco so it can investigate and take further action if necessary. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Broadband wars: We were tricked, internet users complain

23 Jun, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Customers say they were 'slammed' when their service provider changed without consent.

The US Supreme Court will decide if the legal action by a group of App Store customers can go ahead. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Happy birthday, App Store... see you in court

20 Jun, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Apple, Google and Microsoft decide who plays in the app store and who doesn't.

Sometimes you want to be tracked and served relevant ads, other times you don't. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Inching towards post-surveillance capitalism

12 Jun, 2018 8:28pm
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: Apple's new updates to protect user identification is just one small step.

Apple's Safari will be more careful about what it tells websites on the internet about itself. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Apple and Facebook start an arms race

5 Jun, 2018 2:04pm
4 minutes to read

Apple draws a line in the sand on privacy-intrusive business models.

Take the GDPR intentions seriously and realise that privacy matters. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

GDPR warning shot shows privacy matters

30 May, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

The GDPR privacy rules have really rattled the cages of site admins all over the internet.

Email will live on like the impossible to kill zombie it is. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Efail security scare fails to kill off email

23 May, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

COMMENT: Despite email being abused by every cyber miscreant, we still continue to use it.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

Comment: What's the fuss about Google's AI?

15 May, 2018 7:10pm
4 minutes to read

What a time to be alive, the age of AI.

Freshness of thought and keenness are just some of the things juniors bring to a tech company. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Comment: Why you should hire that young, bright coding thing

9 May, 2018 1:48pm
4 minutes to read

Industry experts want the technology sector to build talent from the ground up.

Young tech workers are more likely to be attracted to Google because they have endless cash reserves to pamper their workers. Photo / Bloomberg

BUSINESS

No bright young coding techies for hire

1 May, 2018 8:43pm
4 minutes to read

Not much to attract 20-somethings to the traditional workplace, unless you're Google.

The issue stems from Stats NZ using a third-party provider, Incapsula, to act as a protective gateway into its network and servers. Photo / Bevan Conley

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Security flaw alleged in Census website

25 Apr, 2018 10:00am
5 minutes to read

COMMENT: Researchers say there's a critical flaw in how Statistics NZ set up its website.

Spark will have to move with the speed and agility of Beauden Barrett to get things bang-on for the Rugby World Cup. Photo / Brett Phibbs

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Getting online rugby ready for kick off

17 Apr, 2018 8:29pm
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: There are some parts of the country where internet could be better.

If machines will rule us, we need to know how they work. Picture / 123RF

BUSINESS

Comment: We need to know what makes robo-taxman tick

10 Apr, 2018 5:08pm
3 minutes to read

New IT systems kick in as part of the tax department's $1.9 billion transformation.

Apple boss Tim Cook gives an educational overview at the event. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: iPad homes in on school sector

3 Apr, 2018 6:51pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Why do schools have to pay for iPads and Chromebooks though?

Personal data exploration isn't a great feeling, but that's life when you're the product. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Find out what Facebook knows about you

27 Mar, 2018 2:20pm
4 minutes to read

Personal data exploration isn't a great feeling, but that's life when you're the product.

Social networks have shot themselves in the foot by losing user trust. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Balancing act unwinding Facebook mess

21 Mar, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

COMMENT: Cambridge Analytica mess will change how people think about and use social media.

Cisco CPO Michelle Dennedy is passionate about data privacy.

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Privacy regulations spawn new execs

13 Mar, 2018 8:42pm
4 minutes to read

COMMENT:CPOs to become increasingly important with legal, business and financial skill set

One of the great things about attending deep-geek technology conferences is that you get early insights into what's to come. Picture / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Changes to internet could byte your business

6 Mar, 2018 5:49pm
3 minutes to read

A fundamental change is coming to how the internet will work.

Thousands of people were killed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake and millions were left homeless. Photo / World Vision

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Post-disaster connections need internet

27 Feb, 2018 9:30pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Nepal chaos points to getting IP networks going rather than phones being the key.

AI innovations like smart speakers will proliferate as Google and others experiment with the technology. Photo / Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Has AI got you curious? Have a play

22 Feb, 2018 6:00am
3 minutes to read

It will soon be everywhere so it's time to ask what it can do for you.

The miscreants use your computing power, and your electricity, to make money. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Unwitting 'miners' earn crims cash

14 Feb, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: NZ government and private sites also served up malicious code.

Applying a technological restriction at the source - putting limits on the power of algorithms - and not the end point would work. Picture / 123RF

BUSINESS

Time to unfriend social media in schools

6 Feb, 2018 1:12pm
3 minutes to read

Social media companies have one thing to sell and that's you

Hacking groups are getting a taste of their own medicine.

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: When hackers get hacked themselves

31 Jan, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Technology can be dual-edged sword as Pentagon learns.

Amazon Web Services has bought capacity on the Hawaiki Cable. Photo / NZME

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: The rapid growth of subsea cables

24 Jan, 2018 5:02am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Internet giants are sinking in plenty of cash.

Virtual currencies - most notably bitcoin - have risen rapidly over the past year. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Is the rise of bitcoin legitimate?

17 Jan, 2018 3:00pm
3 minutes to read

Virtual currencies - most notably bitcoin - have risen rapidly over the past year.

I wouldn't be surprised if computer buyers stand back until the chip makers have solved the problem. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: A new year, a new monster security threat

10 Jan, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Impact on technology sales while chip makers sweat over solution could be huge.

New Zealand's official privacy watchdog has taken the unusual step of filing an independent legal brief with the United States Supreme Court. Picture / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Why NZ intervened in a US court case

18 Dec, 2017 3:51pm
4 minutes to read

Existing law struggles with trans-national internet data flows

It's easy and fast to undetectably scan networks connected to the internet to find vulnerable devices. Picture / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Watch out for hackers when you head on holiday

12 Dec, 2017 12:49pm
4 minutes to read

Router that connects you to the internet just sits there forgotten as long as it works

The internet in 2017 is a very different beast to how lawyers envisage the network. Picture / 123RF

BUSINESS

Why Sky's demand to block websites won't work

5 Dec, 2017 2:34pm
4 minutes to read

Asking ISPs to block bits of the internet is a fool's errand.

Stinging people for sending images is surely bad public relations on the part of telcos. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Telcos should see bigger picture on MMS

29 Nov, 2017 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Best to avoid using costly service by changing settings.

Storing an organisation's really important data in the cloud has its pitfalls. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Beware the leaky cloud

21 Nov, 2017 1:14pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: If your organisation uses the cloud, read this.

One of my best runs up the steep hill and I had the Fitbit Ionic in Workout mode, not Running. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Review: Getting sweaty with Fitbit Ionic

20 Nov, 2017 2:21pm
6 minutes to read

OPINION: Juha Saarinen reviews the Fitbit Ionic.

Autonomous cars need close guidance and the SBAS technology aims to do that. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

How to keep hands-free cars on the road

14 Nov, 2017 9:08pm
3 minutes to read

OPINION: Self-driving vehicles are the future and everyone agrees.

Aadhyan Vaka, 6, of Plainsboro, New Jersey, reacts while playing with the animoji feature of the new iPhone X. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

iPhone X: A glimpse into the future

7 Nov, 2017 3:02pm
4 minutes to read

Despite the high price, the iPhone X has become an object of desire - but is it worth it?

Compared to how messy state-sponsored broadband rollouts in other countries have been, ours has gone really rather well. Picture / Glenn Taylor.

BUSINESS

Getting the most out of UFB

31 Oct, 2017 3:12pm
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: You need to think about the set up inside your home.

The dreams of rapid growth by acquisition at Vocus look shattered. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Selloff of NZ firms in Vocus

25 Oct, 2017 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Internet providers like Orcon and Slingshot are up for sale.

Clever KRACK notwithstanding, an attack isn't easy to pull off and requires proximity to the WiFi access point. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Watch out for the KRACK hack attack

17 Oct, 2017 7:18pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Luckily, it's not Doomsday for WiFi yet.

Google, Tesla and Facebook are among the tech giants who are aiding Puerto Rico. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Disaster turned experiment lab

11 Oct, 2017 6:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Tech companies come to the rescue where the Government should.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said he was wrong to dismiss fake news on the social media website. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Social media subversion attracts political fury

4 Oct, 2017 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Managing 1.2 billion users has turned out to be beyond computers and people.

If you have the money for one, the iPhone 8 Plus won't disappoint, writes Juha Saarinen. Photo / Apple

BUSINESS

iPhone 8: AR and what's inside the case

30 Sep, 2017 3:48pm
6 minutes to read

OPINION: If you have the money for one, the iPhone 8 Plus won't disappoint.

Bar climate change, it's hard to think of anything having such a wide-ranging and lasting effect on society than technology. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Is tech getting out of control?

27 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: A new government ministry could steer the inevitable and rapid change.

BUSINESS

Gear Friday: The Samsung Frame

22 Sep, 2017 1:00pm
4 minutes to read

OPINION: Juha Saarinen reviews the Samsung Frame.

Equifax didn't have the technical competence to hold the data that it did. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

The Equihax nail in the privacy coffin

19 Sep, 2017 1:53pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Equifax didn't have the technical competence to hold the data that it did.

Bluetooth seems simple on the surface, but it's really obscure and convoluted under the hood. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Blueborne, the massive security Bluetooth-ache

15 Sep, 2017 1:51pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Bluetooth seems simple on the surface, but it's convoluted under the hood.

It'd be silly to be too harsh with AT over this because they've done their level best to manage it. Photo / Sarah Ivey

BUSINESS

60-day expiry has users HOPping mad

13 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: Debacle of vanishing online top ups is an irritation for travellers.

Logitech Slim Combo. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Gear Friday: Logitech Slim Combo iPad case, HP Sprocket

8 Sep, 2017 11:52am
4 minutes to read

REVIEW: Logitech makes some great input devices, but the Slim Combo isn't quite right.

Kill logins sooner rather than later, please. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Juha Saarinen: Let's kill logins

5 Sep, 2017 2:42pm
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: Kill logins sooner rather than later, please.

Vodafone's Smart V8 and N8 phones. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Cheap smartphones can still be capable

1 Sep, 2017 7:43am
4 minutes to read

REVIEW: Vodafone smartphones are cheap and capable, and we have two to giveaway.

Investors are here and they're hungry - but the bar's been raised. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Aussies on prowl for NZ entrepreneurs

30 Aug, 2017 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Now's the time to seek venture capital if that's what you're after.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Gear Friday: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 first look

25 Aug, 2017 11:32am
5 minutes to read

COMMENT: The Note 8 tries to be best-in-class in every single area.

BUSINESS

Tough job managing internet of hate

23 Aug, 2017 6:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Is this the slippery slope towards the end of free expression online?

Microsoft has honed the Surface Pro design; it now feels balanced and stable. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Gear Friday: Microsoft refines Surface Pro

18 Aug, 2017 11:54am
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: Microsoft has honed the Surface Pro design; it now feels balanced and stable.

Would it not be in the national interest to use, or build, similar cloud facilities in NZ? Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

NZ Govt data in Canberra's cloud

16 Aug, 2017 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Microsoft won't even own the data centres our info will go into.

BUSINESS

Gear Friday: Spark wireless broadband

11 Aug, 2017 6:00am
5 minutes to read

It's not the cheapest service, but it's a convenient one.

Marcus Hutchins has denied he wrote Kronos. Picture / AP

BUSINESS

The bizarre arrest of WannaCry hero

9 Aug, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: Case raises issue of what tech journalists are safe to investigate.

Unfortunately, Google WiFi has some limitations that might annoy.

BUSINESS

Google WiFi arrives in NZ

1 Aug, 2017 8:28am
5 minutes to read

REVIEW: Unfortunately, Google WiFi has some limitations that might annoy.

Simply walking past a Wifi could infect your phone soon. Photo / 123rf

BUSINESS

Apple and Google: don't wait for the Broadpwn worm to turn

1 Aug, 2017 6:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Your phone could soon be hacked by simply walking past a Wifi access point.

Criminals have started to sell or rent out their code. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

The ransomware money trail

28 Jul, 2017 12:41pm
4 minutes to read

COMMENT: Victims of ransomware during the past two years paid $33.2 million.

A pile of Bitcoin slugs sit in a box ready to be minted. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Software money? We're not ready for that

26 Jul, 2017 6:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are worth about $135 billion.

Unless you really need new features, the first generation MacBook Pro will be just fine. Photo / Juha Saarinen

BUSINESS

Gear Friday: 13-inch 2017 MacBook Pro 'Kaby Lake'

21 Jul, 2017 2:53pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Unless you need new features, the first generation MacBook Pro will be just fine.