Internet
Cloud storage options - what's best?
Peter Griffin reviews the best deals on the market for safely storing your data and photos. Who are the main players, who protects your security and privacy best, and why does Apple keep sending… Audio
US to repeal 'net neutrality' law
In a move that promises to recast the digital landscape, the US has decided to repeal landmark 2015 rules that prohibited internet service providers from impeding consumer access to web content.
One in three NZ women harrassed online - survey
One-third of New Zealand women have been subjected to online abuse and harassment, with half of the victims fearing for their personal safety, a new survey says.
A creative solution to a common digital problem
More than a billion original works are now available to anyone to use thanks to Creative Commons, a global movement dedicated to legal online sharing. Mediawatch asks its global leader: is this… Audio
A creative solution to a common digital problem
More than a billion original works are now available to anyone to use thanks to Creative Commons, a global movement dedicated to legal online sharing. Mediawatch asks its global leader: is this…
AudioTech Talk with Paul Brislen
Tech commentator Paul Brislen tells us about PowerbyProxi which says it's "on a mission to provide real world resonant Wireless Power solutions to the market and unplug the last cable". Audio
Tell me about your thesis
Doctoral candidate Hamid Shahbaznezhad from Auckland University joins Jesse in our Auckland studio to tell us about his thesis, which looks at how companies and customers interact on social media. Audio
Are video games encouraging children to gamble?
The Problem Gambling Foundation and a number of psychologists concerned over what they say is an alarming new trend of video games that encourage children to gamble. They're called pay-to-loot… Audio
Leon Sterling: why tech developers need to get emotional
Professor Leon Sterling says software developers need to take into account our emotional reactions when we use technology - but seem reluctant to. Sterling says if developers thought more about users'… Audio
Reconsidering the rights and wrongs of copying
An original work can now be copied and shared with anyone online in a matter of moments - thanks to the internet and digital technology. But that wasn't the case when our main copyright law was… Audio
Reconsidering the rights and wrongs of copying
An original work can now be copied and shared with anyone online in a matter of moments - thanks to the internet and digital technology. But that wasn't the case when our main copyright law was…
AudioDead kiwi cat goes global
Comedian Billy Connolly once joked that a cat stuck in a tree could make the headlines in New Zealand. This week a Kiwi cat killed by a car made news around the world. Audio
Dead kiwi cat goes global
Comedian Billy Connolly once joked that a cat stuck in a tree could make the headlines in New Zealand. This week a Kiwi cat killed by a car made news around the world.
AudioTurning a fan’s passion into a modern media business
Andrew Mangan started a blog about English football team Arsenal 15 years ago. Now it’s a go-to source for scoops about the club and a thriving small business hosting one of the longest-running sports… Audio
Turning a fan’s passion into a modern media business
Andrew Mangan started a blog about English football team Arsenal 15 years ago. Now it’s a go-to source for scoops about the club and a thriving small business hosting one of the longest-running sports…
AudioClare Curran: plans for our digital future
The new minister of broadcasting, communications and digital media has done nine years of what she describes as her digital apprenticeship. This week in Clare Curran's speech at NetHui she outlined… Audio
New chat bot designed to scam online scammers
Online scammers are now getting scammed themselves by an artificially intelligent chat bot invented by New Zealand's internet watchdog, Netsafe.
The Paradise Papers: tech tax revelations
Tech commentator Peter Griffin delves into the Paradise Papers, the disappearance of US$300 million of the cryptocurrency Ether, and Google's new driverless taxis and mail accounts for under-13s. Audio
Angering kiwi twitterati
A New Zealand columist has aused a stir on twitter for a piece he wrote for the Washington Post saying the country is being taken over by the far-right via Winston Peters. Some have slammed the piece… Audio
Humanising behemoth websites
Who's got time to mess around in a 100 page website? Design director for web design agency DNA Charlene Turei tells Kathryn Ryan how making unwieldy websites less frustrating and easier to use has… Audio
