If you are frustrated as hell at the ponderous pace of broadband adoption and speeds in New Zealand, then the New Zealand Institute report: DEFINING A BROADBAND ASPIRATION: HOW MUCH DOES BROADBAND MATTER AND WHAT DOES NEW ZEALAND NEED? is essential reading. The presentation is in classic McKinsey style, which is an acquired taste, but …
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Shipbuktu has been going along since 20 November last year, and in spite of a few complaints on this blog about slow service, they are the best way, short of flying there, to get your US-address only goods delivered to NZ. Today* I notice that they now have competition – BuyUSA.co.nz has launched. They use …
Pitched as the world’s first web 2.0 listing service, Throng’s tv-guide uses tag cloud technology to show the interesting stuff – as chosen by Throng fans. It’s not really useful yet – only showing today’s listings, and while the listings are clickable, they link to site sections (e.g. ‘movies’) only. The longer term answer is …
Credit David Kirk for pushing the side of reason – especially while doing his other job as Rugby correspondent and blogger. ..afr.com, will be relaunched for the second time this year in “a matter of weeks” with more content likely to be made freely available after months of criticism The decision by Fairfax chief David …
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{update – From July 11th2008 you can now just go to a Vodafone store and get an iPhone 3G. And a contract.} Want to buy an iPhone in NZ? Well – the quickest way to get your hands on one is down on Queen street at Parallel Imports. You can also buy them online from …
Amazingly I had not been to the Waitakere Regional Park before yesterday. Count one for Auckland – a stunning array of yomping tracks which we explored for a few hours. (yes – I need to get fitter)
Rugby viewing basics is making sure that the two team have clearly distinguishable uniforms. That was not the case this morning with Scotland vs the All Blacks. The game was almost unwatchable in the panned out views, and tough at times in the closeups.
NBC, idiots that they are, withdrew from selling programs on iTunes, and instead is launching its NBC Direct service, which will be free. But there are a few catches. First, the shows will be riddled with unskippable ads. Second the shows will be playable on Windows only. Third, they’ll only last for 7 days before …
If you are looking for news on the Apple 4th generation “N90 iPhone” then try: A Chinese employee committed suicide after one of 16 prototypes dissappeared: mystateline.com China Stakes has the best article. Sun graduated from university just last year, that the iPhone is called the iPhone N90, that Sun was in charge of transmission …
I’m not a lawyer – but has an unhealthy precedent been set by the Mediaworks vs Sky TV ruling? If so then Mediaworks strategists and lawyers should be taken out and shot. The ruling was very strict, and allows competing Sky to use 2 minute clips from the World Cup just 3 times in a …
So many rugby games, so little time. So I, err, invested in some Apple products to help me manage my Rugby watching. They also helped to boost my AAPL shareholding value. That’s the new iPod Classic (160GB) on the left and the new iPod nano on the right, along with the not so new but …
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So as Sophie points out, Stuff confirmed the Trade Me policy on “no iPhones” this morning. Adam also helpfully points out that perhaps I was behind the times – oh the horror. But yes – Trade Me has recklessly decided to arbitrarily ban sales of the absolutely essential and patently legal to sell iPhone. This …
So the iPhone is in the UK – with O2. The interesting thing is that, like the USA, the iPhone is not coming with any 3G high speed mobile internet. Instead Apple and O2 have signed a deal with The Cloud, giving iPhone users free WiFi access at 7,500 UK locations. We don’t have that …
Google is expanding the adwords product to websites designed for mobile phones. web page providers can simply choose wether to accept the ads, much like adwords does so now. With the limited screen real estate on mobile, Google recommends 2 ads per page. It’s tough though, on mobile devices where you pay so much for …
The New York Times has realised that internet advertising will generate more revenue than subscriptions, and abandoned the TimesSelect subscription service. TimesSelect held archives, their highly rated columnists and other material. Apparently TimesSelect made $10m per year, but I would think the NYTime columnists alone should be able to generate that value in increased ads …
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Lance Wiggs 