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Twitter versus trolls: Are they doing enough?
Social Media

Twitter versus trolls: Are they doing enough?

Twitter intensifies battle against trolling with new safety measures, but is it enough to curb the rampant online abuse that haunts the platform?.

By Darin Stewart • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Feb 2017
Aruba's ANZ partners and resellers converge for Atmosphere 2016
Internet of Things

Aruba's ANZ partners and resellers converge for Atmosphere 2016

The 2016 ANZ Atmosphere Conference comprises of Aruba's technology partners and resellers as well as customers and prospects.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Dec 2016
New tools to keep your comments safe on Instagram
Instagram

New tools to keep your comments safe on Instagram

All different types of people - from diverse backgrounds, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and more - call Instagram home.

By Kevin Systrom • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Sep 2016
#Spamnomore: Twitter's new features hand quality control back to you
Spam

#Spamnomore: Twitter's new features hand quality control back to you

Twitter is handing control back to its users with new two features that will screen out unwanted content - and unwanted users.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Aug 2016
Web filtering for business: Keep your secrets safe, and keep your employees happy
Malware

Web filtering for business: Keep your secrets safe, and keep your employees happy

Bottom line: The open internet sounds wonderful, but there is content that simply should be blocked by every organisation for its own protection.

By Alan Zeichick • 10 min read • Mon, 15th Aug 2016
New senior VP/CIO for Adobe as it pushes cloud business
Marketing Technologies

New senior VP/CIO for Adobe as it pushes cloud business

Adobe appoints Cynthia Stoddard as SVP and CIO to lead its cloud strategy and develop scalable technology infrastructure.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 25th May 2016

Stories from Other Regions

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Cyberbullying affects many Kiwi kids, how can you help?
Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying affects many Kiwi kids, how can you help?

This week, Netsafe is reminding people that bullying isn't just a playground issue, as it receives hundreds of complaints of online bullying.

By Matthew Bain • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd May 2017
Who made the cut? Microsoft NZ announces 2017 Partner Awards finalists
Partner Programmes

Who made the cut? Microsoft NZ announces 2017 Partner Awards finalists

Digital transformation has been one of the central themes around Microsoft New Zealand's finalists this year - here is a full list.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 16th Mar 2017
Positives outweigh internet risks, survey finds
Netsafe

Positives outweigh internet risks, survey finds

Despite fears, 89% of Kiwis find the internet's boons top its banes, InternetNZ survey reveals on Safer Internet Day.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Feb 2017
We made it: The biggest Educator stories that shaped 2016
EduTech

We made it: The biggest Educator stories that shaped 2016

​As far as years go, 2016 was without question a turbulent one for those in the education industry - here are the biggest stories of the year.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2016
Adams says Netsafe to play key role in curbing online harassment in NZ
Netsafe

Adams says Netsafe to play key role in curbing online harassment in NZ

Netsafe steps up as NZ's authorised agency to combat rising tide of online harassment, Minister Adams announces.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd Nov 2016
Netsafe launches new service in fight against cyberbullying
Cyberbullying

Netsafe launches new service in fight against cyberbullying

Netsafe launches free service to tackle cyberbullying and online abuse in New Zealand. Over half of Kiwis worried about online safety.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 21st Nov 2016
Vodafone Foundation awards three new tech grants to help Kiwi youth
Cyberbullying

Vodafone Foundation awards three new tech grants to help Kiwi youth

The Vodafone Foundation will fund three technology development grants to Zeal, Gamelabs and Sticks'n'Stones in order to help NZ youth.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Oct 2016
New investigative tool helps Kiwi businesses uncover cyber crime
Cybersecurity

New investigative tool helps Kiwi businesses uncover cyber crime

CheckIT tool by Computer Forensics offers a new line of defence for NZ firms against rising cybercrime, quickly exposing digital wrongdoing.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 19th Aug 2016
What is wrong with New Zealand? Cyber harassment against women has reached epidemic levels
Cyberbullying

What is wrong with New Zealand? Cyber harassment against women has reached epidemic levels

What is wrong with New Zealand? Three quarters of our Kiwi women under 30 and more than half of all Kiwi women have experienced online harassment.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Jul 2016
Do we really need bots and apps to say no to strangers?
IT Automation

Do we really need bots and apps to say no to strangers?

When there comes a need for auto-responding bots that can take harassment by its thorns and turn it back on the perpetrator, it makes you wonder.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Jun 2016
New app sends last known locations
Data Privacy

New app sends last known locations

The app sends out notifications of last known locations once a battery goes flat, with the developers choosing tech friendly NZ to make their debut.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 31st May 2016
Feedback sought on proposed new approach to .nz domain name privacy
Marketing Technologies

Feedback sought on proposed new approach to .nz domain name privacy

The Domain Name Commission (DNCL) is seeking feedback on a proposed new WHOIS privacy option for .nz domain name registrants.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 23rd May 2016