I posted a few months ago saying that while TradeMe is undoubtedly a super success story, it isn’t a fantastic example of web 2.0 (not that it needs to be given that it has around 75% of NZ’s total…
Sitting at breakfast this morning, my wife an I were discussing Facebook and email. My wife is a bit of a late technology adopter, not being really “into it” the way I am. She takes a while to get…
After the recent comments regarding Telecom New Zealand’s plans for the roll out of cabinetisation of fibre, which in turn started an avalanche of comments some of which were pretty vitriolic in their demonisation of TNZ, Ernie Newman from…
Reports in a Spanish newspaper that a 3G iPhone is due for release early 2008. It was only a matter of time – question is if someone else releases something with iPhone sex appeal AND good data speeds before…
Telecom just completed an upgrade of the CDMA network to increase data speeds, Vodafone have just announced an HSDPA upgrade that will give 2-5mbps download speeds. This raises two questions; Why is everyone moaning about wired broadband when mobile…
One of my readers has decided to set himself up as a consultant helping with the deployment of various Web 2.0 products and services. Dan lists some of his offerings as; Google Apps for your Domain Xero accounting Google…
This is cool. Indian software entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia has created Live Documents by ripping of MS Office 2007. And, unlike Zoho and Google Apps which are Office alternatives, Live Documents seems to copy the Office UI in its entirety…
An interesting opinion piece here by Joan Withers, CEO of Fairfax. Fairfax is an ineresting media company to question as it is deeply involved in both traditional and new media. While she discusses the fact the Fairfax are platform…
Papers inadvertently released today tell the complex and inefficient story behind ICT-NZ the government set up industry group tasked to further the aims of the ICT industry here in New Zealand. ICT-NZ is funded via a complex chain of…