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Gadgets: Appy days

As much of Auckland went without power Chris Schulz luxuriated in the city's most wired abode.

Trio's brainchild joins war on pests

The Department of Conservation and other pest management bodies will have an extra tool to battle rats, stoats and possums with Ohiti - a new trap sensor system.

Siobhan Keogh: Virtual insanity

Will the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift live up to the hype? Siobhan Keogh gives it a try.

Apple watch threat to Swiss timepieces

Swatch Group's Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar watch has a compass, tells the altitude and runs on solar power.

Is the watch industry scared?

Watchers of the big watchmakers are beginning to worry that the good times for "dumb" watches are running out.

Juha Saarinen: Apple leaks correct, pay the big news

Most of the leaks turned out to be correct so the Apple launch event didn't contain very many surprises.

Fans mourn as Apple quietly kills off the iPod Classic

There was no announcement, no solemn ceremony to mark its passing, but Apple has finally killed off its longest-serving gadget, the iPod Classic, just seven years after it was launched but what seems a lifetime since it made the Walkman obsolete.

Tech giants still using danger chemicals, says Greenpeace

Technology giants including Samsung, Sony and Panasonic are among the firms still using hazardous chemicals that are contributing to a "growing environmental crisis", a major new report has found.

Clever ways to make life a little easier

Some of NZ's most innovative products have been commended at the Innovation Excellence Awards. We look at what was on offer to make your life easier.