Spark to Offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Special Edition

Spark today announced it will offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition, the new generation of iPhone in a stunning red finish. Both phones sport a beautiful glass enclosure, now in red, with a matching aluminum band and a sleek black front.

Vodafone to offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus RED special edition

Vodafone today announced it will offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition, the new generation of iPhone in a stunning red finish. Both phones sport a beautiful glass enclosure, now in red, with a matching aluminum band and a sleek black front.

Heart screening could protect hundreds from stroke

Testing Māori and Pacific people for an irregular heartbeat earlier could spare hundreds of people from stroke each year, a University of Auckland study has found.

111 mobile caller location extended to iOS

MBIE Deputy Chief Executive Brad Ward today announced New Zealand has gone live with Advanced Mobile Location (AML) for iOS, which is an important extension to the successful Emergency Caller Location Information (ECLI) service, and has been deployed as part of Apple’s global release of iOS 11.

Waikato alumna’s rainbow connection

There’s something magical about rainbows. The mere sight of one on an otherwise drizzly horizon is enough to unleash a child’s imagination. We may be used to kids searching for the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, singing a rainbow or visualising faraway lands over the rainbow.

WiFi calling comes to Apple devices

Following the successful launch of WiFi Calling on Android devices late last year, 2degrees is pleased to offer WiFi Calling on iPhones, starting immediately. This brings the total number of customers on 2degrees who can take advantage of WiFi Calling to over 350,000 and growing.

Spark calls for entries to inaugural Tall Shorts Film Festival

Kiwi film icon Taika Waititi will judge the entries, with the winner taking home $10,000.

Spark and Facebook have joined forces to create the Tall Shorts Film Festival, flipping the traditional landscape film format on its side with a vertical-format film festival for the mobile age.

Hamilton council name-change idea fails to fly

On Thursday, Hamilton mayor Andrew King dropped his plan to get the city council to consider changing the name of the council to the Kirikiriroa City Council.

'Noise Destroys' theme for hearing awareness week

New Zealand Hearing 2018 Awareness Week occurs between the 3rd to the 9th of March with the theme of Noise Destroys! The intention of this week is to encourage all New Zealanders, both young and old alike, to turn their attention to the health and longevity of their hearing.

Hard to consider a world without Uber ... what next?

As the nation considers how New Zealand will look as a digital society in 2030, Kiwis need to take a moment to look back the equivalent period of the last 13 years, a prominent tech expert says.