Internet
Dr Pimple Popper- Sandra Lee
Dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee - aka Dr Pimple Popper, has millions of online fans hanging off her every squeeze. We talk soft pops and hard pops and ask why so many people love watching pimple popping… Video, Audio
Aroha Bridge
A second online series which show cases the more multicultural side of New Zealand is being launched this week. Video, Audio
Tech: Facebook news feed and Airbnb
Bits and bytes from the world of technology with Peter Griffin. This week the online accomodation rental service Airbnb sues its home city of San Francisco over plans to crackdown on its services. We… Audio
The internet of cars
China's car industry seems to be calling all the shots in the race to put the internet into more vehicles in the future; bad news for US tech giants like Apple and Google. Also a slump in demand for… Audio
Kevin Mitnick: hacking and security
Kim Hill talks to security advisor Kevin Mitnick, who in the 1990s became the FBI's most wanted hacker and social engineer. He is visiting Auckland in August to present Cyber Threats: Insights from… Audio
Lionel Carter: Oceanography
Lionel Carter is an oceanographer at Victoria University who's tasked with protecting the undersea cables which underpin virtually all global communications and commerce. Audio, Gallery
Werner Herzog: reveries of the connected world
Director Werner Herzog has a new documentary screening at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival. In Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, Werner Herzog enters cyberspace to… Audio
Online privacy
If Mark Zuckerberg and the head of the FBI are putting tape over their laptop webcameras, should we? Audio
Insurance broker seeing little digital disruption
A New Zealand insurance brokerage is confident the industry can survive a tide of digital technology and new business methods such as mobile apps and interactive websites. Audio
Less intelligent nations are worst culprits for software piracy
Research shows that country's where the population has a lower IQ level are more likely to be involved in software piracy. Audio
NZ facing digital explosion over next three years
The country is facing a digitial explosion with demand, internet usage, mobile devices, and broadband speeds all set for double digit growth.
NZ facing digital explosion in just three years
The country is facing a digital explosion with demand, internet usage, expansion of the Internet of things, mobile devices, broadband speeds all set for double digit growth and more in the next three… Audio
In the middle of a media mega-merger
Sky TV wants to merge with giant telco Vodafone. Mediawatch asks Sky's long-serving leader if today's broadcasters are destined to end up as divisions of big telecommunications companies. Audio
In the middle of a media mega-merger
Sky TV wants to merge with giant telco Vodafone. Mediawatch asks Sky's long-serving leader if today's broadcasters are destined to end up as divisions of big telecommunications companies.
AudioTech news: Microsoft buys LinkedIn
Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with reaction to the news that Microsoft's paid US$26.2 billion for the professional networking website LinkedIn, one of the biggest tech deals in history. Also Apple… Audio
Ashleigh Smith: Sticks n' Stones
Otago Polytechnic student Ashleigh Smith, from Naseby in the Maniototo, is joint leader of Sticks n' Stones, a student-led anti-cyberbullying group providing practical support and guidance to young… Audio
Facebook - "will be probably all video"
Facebook's Nicola Mendelsohn vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa has just told a big conference that in five years, Facebook "will be probably all video". Audio
Is the internet making us less intelligent?
The internet is making us feel more intelligent than we are and we are actually not getting smarter. Audio
Facebook's suicide prevention tool: blue thumbs up?
It's been blamed for increasing anxiety in some users, but now the world's largest social network, Facebook is launching a suicide prevention tool to offer support to at-risk users. From today, people… Audio
New Facebook features to support with mental ill-health
Facebook is rolling out features aimed at helping people who might be suffering mental ill-health. Audio