An online tool that tests accountancy technical competency was launched last week at the HR Game Changer Conference, giving those hiring accountants a reliable way to measure technical ability for the first time… read more...

The launch of Apple Pay, which will turn the new iPhone6 and Apple Watch into tap-and-go digital wallets, can’t take place in A/NZ before 2015 because part of the security framework is missing… read more...

BNZ has released the results of its latest Online Retail Sales Index and the results show that traditional local retailing is under mounting pressure… read more...

In a battle for the ‘sexiest’ tech company you’d be forgiven for not even considering that Microsoft could be in the running, but after the last couple of days, things could be about to change… read more...

Global research firm Frost & Sullivan recently announced the winners of its inaugural New Zealand Excellence Awards, preceded by its Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Congress 2014… read more...

Only one organisation based in Australia has made the cut for Gartner’s annual list of the most effective supply chains in Asia Pacific – and New Zealand fails to rate a mention… read more...

Salesforce has released software templates that allow organisations to build communities of customers, resellers or employers so they can interact and collaborate in the cloud including from mobiles and wearables… read more...

An after-school computer code writing programme for intermediate and secondary school Kiwis will officially kick off at ITx, New Zealand’s conference of IT, in early October. IITP’s Techblog editor Simon Eskrow reports… read more...

Electioneering focused on the tech sector this week with a political debate in front of the country’s top high-tech companies where politicians aired their science, technology and innovation policies… read more...

New Zealand’s science, technology and innovation policies have been under scrutiny in the lead up to this month’s election, iStart’s Australian correspondent, Beverley Head, reports from across the ditch… read more...

Ovum forecasts that the M2M market will reach $US66 billion by 2019 and urges operators to invest in their own capabilities if they want to gain share in the much-hyped but equally important IoT market… read more...

The laws and legislation surrounding email disclaimers are tightening all around the globe with the prospect of significant fines for non-conformists… read more...

The local online advertising market saw healthy growth in the latest quarter but the star performer differs from international trends. read more...

Organisations experimenting with internet of things deployments, wearables, cryptocurrencies or big data could be in for a long wait before they bear real fruit. Beverley Head reports… read more...

Amongst the current focus on manuka honey authenticity and traceability, one 100-year-old Kiwi honey-maker has turned to technology to prove its quality and provenance… read more...

The New York mobile money management start-up is taking a different approach to the way people interact with money and is going global starting with an exclusive deal in New Zealand… read more...

Electronic payments processor Paymark has announced that it will be launching online EFTPOS early next year… read more...

City-wide wi-fi networks could be harnessed by enterprising organisations that want to deploy internet connected sensors or devices – but is business ready to seize the nettle?… read more...

Analysis which will identify in near real-time the underlying technology skills being sought by enterprises across A/NZ could also be used to shape the nations’ immigration and education policies… read more...

The financial technology company is setting up to profit from the next wave of digital disruption in banking with the acquisition of Sush Mobile… read more...