Lenovo created a stir when a Superfish visual discovery software was preloaded onto Lenovo consumer notebooks since the beginning of September 2014. It has only brought to light the security and privacy concerns just over a week ago. The Superfish visual discovery software alters your search results to show you …
I have been invited to Samsung NZ’s launch event of the Samsung UNPACKED 2015 “Next Big Thing”, this coming Monday morning. Because Samsung NZ will be piggybacking on the live feed from Barcelona, where the actual event is taking place, I will have to get up quite early to get to …
Cloud storage is getting popular these days. They allow you to store your files securely online (well at least to a point), so that you may retrieve them whenever you want, wherever you are, if you have an internet connection. This means that apart from having a good internet connection …
Samsung has recently beamed in the spotlight again, regarding how its voice recognition software on its Smart TVs do. Today’s issue is not the first to happen; Samsung has been criticised before on how they handled customers’ voice data. It seems this time, the mainstream media has taken wind of …
[Update 4/2/2015: Added my trial feedback in the last paragraph..] Auckland Transport is finally on their way to modernizing their public transport buses for commuters by releasing a “Track My Bus” app for Android and iOS! This app actually tracks your bus in real-time, with all the map markings and so on, …
Spark has withdrawn its complaint about Vodafone having the “largest 4G network” in NZ, well, probably because it doesn’t like coming out second best. I mean, who does? Therefore they are now both advertising that they have the “largest 4G network” in NZ! You May Also Like… [News] trans-Tasman …
There is a rumour that the first official Apple store in New Zealand may be heading to Auckland’s Queen Street soon! A member of Geekzone posted that a source had told him Apple had just bought a property on Queen Street, and that they may be opening an Apple store there! …
Two days ago, Microsoft brought to us an updated Windows 10 briefing on what changes had been made to Windows 10. There were some impressive changes that were made! After the break, you will find a summarized list of changes made to Windows 10, that were discussed in the media session …
Uber in New Zealand (and around the world) has been under the heat lately. But it’s not afraid to take on this heat! Just today, Uber NZ posted out an article detailing on how their system works and what type of certifications are required before taxi drivers get to pick …
A new survey by Colmar Brunton has shown that a large proportion of NZ youths (16 – 29 year olds) stream and download movies and television shows illegally off the internet. Almost half of those surveyed had apparently streamed television movies, and a third of them had pirated movies. You …
