UK’s Financial Times has set itself free, in a half-baked kind of way. You get ’30 views’ per month, which I suppose is meant to suit bloggers linking to articles, but not much else, such as reading other articles. Not enough for me – I’ll keep them off my list until they get it. Guys …
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Shipbuktu apologises and will refund for slow shipments
This was sent to me by Paul Ryan, and is about to be posted on to Shipbuktu’s website – on the control panel which is registered members only. It’s a pretty impressive response to the customer service issues they have been having, some of which have been reported here. Bolding is mine. Some customers are …
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NZInstitute BB report: Telepresence growth benefits are limited
That’s the second part of the tree on page 7 of the NZ Institute report. It shows total annual benefits of $165-$335m in increased exports from decent broadband allowing better telepresence. Telepresence I guess is defined by the authors as basically video conferencing with big screens and higher resolution. To work it out the authors …
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The NZ Institute report – the benefits of broadband
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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BuyUSA.co.nz tries to clone Shipbutu
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 …
Throng’s TV listing cloud
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 …
Good AFR.com news – but will they finally get it?
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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How to buy Apple iPhones in NZ
{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 …
How and how not to broadcast TV online
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 …
Please sell me iPhones Trade Me. or not.
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 …
UK iPhone – what to do in NZ?
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 …
Coming to your mobile phone: Google ads
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 is now set free – what next AFR?
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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Dot Mac Gallery, and old motorcycle Trip photos
Apple, at the same time as the new iLife launch, launched a very overdue upgrade to the dot mac product. I sent some photos from the new iPhoto to a new feature – dot Mac Web Gallery. The process is to select your pictures in iPhoto, and, err, push a button (or click a menu …
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Stop banning the internet
A nice column by Deborah hill Cone on ACP’s decision then reversal of the decision to ban Facebook use by staff. It was an uninformed move as Facebook is quite the weapon for journalists. Deborah also lets slip that NZ Herald also bans Facebook, and no doubt have all sorts of other sites on the …
Lance Wiggs 