Amazon

The online shopping giant, Amazon, is launching a service aimed at New Zealand consumers offering payment in New Zealand dollars, with improved support and shipping options. Audio

Voice-activated ‘smart speakers’ now on the market mean you can get news online without lifting a finger. Our big media companies are all on board, but will this change the nature of our news? Or will… Video, Audio

Why is Google blocking ads in it's popular web browser Chrome, and yet in gmail there are plans for more dynamic, interactive, dancing and singing ads that will blink and flash in your inbox? Plus… Audio

Online retailer Amazon is expected to cut hundreds of jobs in Seattle as it focuses resources on developing its popular work like voice assistant Alexa.  Audio

Amazon has opened a supermarket in Seattle with no checkouts. Customers scan an app on their phones as they walk in and shop as they like.  Audio

Alphabet (Google) tightens up YouTube advertising rules; the future of smart speakers; Simon and Peter test out wireless home audio systems; and why has Facebook changed its algorithm? Audio

Writer and journalist Jon Ronson has made a career out of investigating unusual characters. He explores the porn industry in his podcast series The Butterfly Effect. Audio

Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google aren't just four of the biggest companies on the planet, they are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, according to Scott Galloway, Audio

Business commentator Grant Cleary explains the Amazon business model and highlights its strengths and weaknesses. Audio

Apple buys a New Zealand company that's developed an efficient way to move power around without wires, Amazon works on a way to deliver when you're not home and Facebook experiments with the display… Audio

Amazon is introducing a new delivery system which will allow packages to be delivered directly into your home even if you are not there. Audio

New Zealand retailers are genuinely concerend about the "Amazon effect" as the online shopping giant looks to start trading out of Australia. Audio

The imminent arrival of online giant Amazon has local retailers spooked, according to a survey just released. Audio

Executive Director of the Open Markets Institute, Barry Lynn, talks to Kathryn Ryan about his concerns over Google's growing power as a monopoly. Barry says he lost his job as senior fellow at the… Audio

Facebook tries to bolster its ad revenues to meet Wall Street's expectations.Also Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos has just overtaken Bill Gates to become the world's richest person. It's all down to Amazon's… Audio