Internet
Skewing our news - and screwing the business?
More and more of us have news fed to us from Facebook or we get it via Google. While they're making it easy to find what we want, they also influence which news and views we get - and the ones we…
AudioNomadic lifestyle increasinly appealing to many people
More people are choosing life on the road than settling down in one place as a lifestyle. Audio
Give facts a chance
False claims can spread faster than ever in the media these days - far faster than the truth about them can be established. Journalists make things worse "behaving like young people online", says one… Video, Audio
Give facts a chance
False claims can spread faster than ever in the media these days - far faster than the truth about them can be established. Journalists make things worse "behaving like young people online", says one…
Video, AudioGive-a-little becomes take-a-little with a new fee
Crowd-funding website Givealittle will soon charge fundraisers a 5 percent fee to help cover administrative costs. Audio
Tweets cause employment row
The Meatworkers' Union and Talley's-owned meat processing company AFFCO are caught up in a stoush over the Union's tweets, which AFFCO says are untruthful, derogatory and breach the duty of good… Audio
Teenagers' tech use
Professor Sonia Livingstone of the London School of Economics and Political Science has been conducting a year-long study that's followed a class of 13 year olds in the UK to see how they're using… Audio
Misadventures in tech startup land
Dan Lyons was a senior tech journalist who lost his job and joined a tech startup run by people half his age. As well as helping his work as a comedy writer on the hit TV series Silicon Valley, his… Audio
Way Wiser
Brittany Jordt is CEO of new website Waywiser, connecting people with similar interests, skill levels and schedules to get out in the great outdoors. It's a one stop shop if you want company to go… Audio
Twitter accused of inaction over on-line hate campaigns
Twitter is under fire for not doing enough about on-line harassment following another targetted campaign of racial and sexual abuse, this time against a black US actress and comedian. Leslie Jones… Audio
Qandeel Baloch killing
Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been killed by her brother in a so-called honour killing. Audio
Big media names in play as news goes social
Three recent studies of media habits have sobering conclusions for big names in publishing and broadcasting - but also for newer digital-age outlets on the rise. Video, Audio
Big media names in play as news goes social
Three recent studies of media habits have sobering conclusions for big names in publishing and broadcasting - but also for newer digital-age outlets on the rise.
Video, AudioThis Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 2)
The Hum is described as an 'an anomalous sound heard around the world', a low frequency noise documented by thousands of people since the 70's, including hundreds of reported cases here in NZ. Then… Audio
Pokemon Go takes over the world
Simon Morton meets the many people stumbling about as they play Pokemon Go, and tries to find out why this blockbuster app might change gaming forever from New Yorker writer Om Malik. There's a visit… Audio, Gallery
This Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 1)
Simon Morton meets the many people stumbling about as they play Pokemon Go, and tries to find out why this blockbuster app could maybe change gaming forever from New Yorker writer Om Malik. There's a… Audio
Peter Bale: Panama Papers, and the state of the media
Kim Hill talks to Peter Bale, CEO of The Center for Public Integrity. He has a long career in journalism that includes 15 years as a correspondent and editor for Reuters, then positions as online… Audio
School Hack
36 Schools have had their domain names stolen and put up for sale online. Jeremey Nees from the goverment owned educational IT service N4L explains. Audio
Viewing with Duncan Grieve
Duncan discusses This is Piki, a new Maori TV teen drama and the dumping of Sex Box by TV2 after a public outcry. Audio
Who's ruining the internet?
Cory Doctorow is a world famous digital activist, science fiction author and co-editor of the website Boing Boing. He stands among those who'd like to see big changes in how we use the web. Audio
