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Top 5 celeb technology blunders

From Bateman's queue jump to Prince calling the internet 'over', here are the top 5 celeb tech mishaps that had fans buzzing.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Sat, 1st Oct 2011

Customer Relationship Management

If you build it, will they come?

The next paradigm shift for the contact centre industry may well be how to engage with customers through social media.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sat, 1st Oct 2011

Unified Communications

The rise and rise of UC

Unified Communication (UC) is revolutionising how businesses communicate, with growth to $212.2m by 2017 powered by demand for collaboration tools.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Sat, 1st Oct 2011

Google

Massive jump in Google+ users

Google+ sees massive increase in users after invitation-only restriction is lifted, with 50 million now on the site. Analyst predicts huge growth.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2011

Microsoft

Microsoft rolls out Mango

Microsoft has begun upgrading Windows phones around the world with its new Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, aka Mango.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 28th Sep 2011

Plantronics

Doing more with voice commands

Plantronics introduces Vocalyst, a voice command service, aiming to revolutionise headset use with hands-free email, news, and social media updates.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Sep 2011

Unified Communications

Fibre Watch: Let me be the first...

Another week, another announcement of a UFB 'first'. This time it's the first schools to be connected to the embryonic Government-funded network.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Sep 2011

Wireless Networks

Is your customer's business tablet ready?

As mobile workforces grow, businesses must adapt to support tablet and smartphone use securely, balancing productivity and data protection.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011

Edge Computing

Touchpads and Twitter - the good, the bad and the ironic

Exploring the digital age's pitfalls and paradoxes, from Orewa College's iPad initiative to Obama's Twitter faux pas and the HP TouchPad review.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011

Edge Computing

Save $$$ with Skype

Skype is becoming more and more popular as a trendy, convenient, innovative and (most importantly) free way to communicate.

By Staff Writer • 13 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011

iOS

JailbreakMe developer lands Apple internship

Hacker behind JailbreakMe, Nicholas Allegra, bags Apple internship, turning his knack for bypassing iOS restrictions into an opportunity.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Mon, 29th Aug 2011

Gaming

2011 Web Awards finalists announced

The voting has now finished and finalists decided. Check out who has made it into the top five in each category.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Aug 2011

Entrepreneur

The business lunch question

A Kiwi entrepreneur is bringing LetsLunch, a US networking site for business lunches, to New Zealand, creating unique opportunities for corporate professionals.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Aug 2011

Microsoft

Office 365 suffers outage - Updated

The outages are frustrating for technology companies trying to convince IT professionals that cloud services are reliable.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 18th Aug 2011

Stories from Other Regions

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Marketing Technologies

Twitter hacked lessons learned and bring on the cup fever!

This month, the team from Social Media NZ looks at the important lessons you can learn from a hacked twitter account.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Sat, 1st Oct 2011

Gaming

Book review: Learn Marketing with Social Media in 7 Days

Navigate the social media jungle with 'Learn Marketing with Social Media in 7 Days'—a must-have guide for SMBs stepping into the digital age.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Sep 2011

Hyperscale

The privacy laws behind facebook

Websites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have become so commonplace in the last few years that it is easy to cast aside the age-old fears of identity theft.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Thu, 1st Sep 2011