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...

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...

We all know that cloud computing improves efficiencies, but subject matter specialist Craig Deveson says that is only the case if it is done right, and if hosting and managed service providers access the right tools they are the ones to do it… read more...

Need to track your vehicles? Or monitor water? The internet of things delivers an extraordinary opportunity to connect and network all manner of things, but how?… read more...

Security analytics, biometrics and behaviourmetrics seem kind of Doctor Spocky, but are rapidly migrating from sci-fi movies into the real world. Clare Coulson looks at the complex world of security and crime prevention…[View as PDF] 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...

The Australian print and electronic media has harboured a flurry of stories recently about the vexed issue of online copyright infringement and how to fix it. Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton outlines his thoughts on what needs doing… read more...

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

Driverless cars, wearable computers, location-based intelligence; they all rely on what has become known as the ‘internet of things’. And it certainly has people talking as Anthony Doesburg discovers… read more...