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Social media companies want us to like them... so they're having a crack at a public relations campaign.
Plus, privacy is important, which is why British Airways will have to cough up $NZ357 milli…
Trump opens the door to Huawei, but only a fraction
US President, Donald Trump, has offered Huawei a chance at a "get out of jail free" card at the G20 meeting in Japan, suggesting the company's position on his blacklist may be reviewed.
Brislen on Tech
Simon Moutter's departure from Spark marks the end of an era and on Monday we will wake to a new world order. What will come of our telecommunications sector?
Shopping. It's something we do, we put…
The Commerce Commission wants you
While you're on hold with your telco, why not take the time to fill in the Commerce Commission's quick survey on what you'd like and dislike about your telecommunications providers. It'll help pass th…
Brislen on Tech: Budget edition
The Budget is finally here but what a warm-up act that was. We take a closer look at the story of the week, and then at the actual Budget itself.
And then... Do you remember where you were when the…
Huawei vs the US Govt: is this a knock-out blow?
Huawei's problems with the US administration have turned from bad to worse following the US President's decision to sign an executive order banning the use of telecommunications equipment from Chine…
Brislen on Tech
Predictions are tricky, especially when they're about the future, but we have a look at where to next for the telecommunications network providers and frankly, the writing is on the wall.
Plus Face…
Embedded SIM cards come to New Zealand
Spark has launched the first embedded SIM cards on the New Zealand market but does this move us a step closer to the "dumb pipe" network model?
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It looks like it's the end of the line for Pond, the government's resource sharing service for teachers.
Part of Network for Learning (N4L), Pond was supposed to be a leading-edge social network wh…
NZ research boosts internet capability
Data is often thought of as weightless but that doesn't mean it doesn't leave a carbon footprint. Scientists at the University of Otago/Dodd-Walls Centre point out that the internet is one of the sing…
Report into Chorus subbies finds fault
The UFB has been held up as a shining example of how best to build fibre to the home on a national scale, but underneath the accolades have been accusations of worker exploitation and shoddy build pra…
Brislen on Tech
The departure of Simon Moutter from Spark's biggest seat spells the end of an era in New Zealand telecommunications. And Facebook takes a puff on Big Tobacco's finest product - a PR campaign designed …
All change at Spark: CEO resigns
Simon Moutter has resigned as CEO of Spark and will leave his post on 30 June after seven years in the role. His successor is Jolie Hudson, currently the Customer Director at Spark.
Huawei's woes continue
Huawei's woes continue despite offering to build a network and then not run it.
The Chinese telco equipment maker is red faced following a report from the oversight board of the UK's Huawei Cyber S…
Brislen on Tech
There's a rhythm to decision making inside corporates whenever there's a crisis on that I've been privy to on a few occasions.
If it's a genuine external unexpected crisis, generally you're all cau…
Businesses uptake of fibre accelerates
The rate of fibre broadband adoption continues to increase, with Stats NZ reporting today that more than half of New Zealand businesses employing six or more employees now have fibre-optic connections…
Tech giants fail to stop spread of Christchurch video
The failure of social media giants to prevent the video taken by the alleged gunman during the Christchurch mosque attacks on Friday from going viral has been strongly condemned in New Zealand and aro…
Telcos write open letter to Social Media giants
New Zealand's three largest telcos have written an open letter to the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google after the horrors of last week were uploaded and shared around the world.
Brislen on Tech
I fought long and hard, tooth and nail to get a comments section up on Computerworld back in the day. It happened, eventually, after I'd gone but I was delighted. They had comments on all the stories …
Chris O'Connell
Chris O'Connell, the stalwart of rural broadband, has died suddenly in Wellington.
