Written by Philip Roy | 11 June 2008
Posted in NZ

UPDATE  Confusion has developed over the past 24 hours since the announcement that the iPhone 3G is on its way to New Zealand, with one version of the official Press Release being edited to remove the term "prepay". Vodafone New Zealand have now confirmed (despite conflicting with two other Press Releases) that the iPhone will only be available "on account" within New Zealand as each country tailors its offering to customers.

Written by Philip Roy | 10 June 2008
Posted in NZ

Vodafone, the world's leading international mobile communications group, and Apple today announced that the highly anticipated iPhone 3G will be available in Australia, Italy, New Zealand and Portugal on July 11, and in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, South Africa and Turkey later this year. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.

Written by Philip Roy | 08 June 2008
Posted in NZ

The MovieFest Charitable Trust is now accepting registrations for the 2008 MovieFest Short Movie competition and invite you to enter this exciting and worthwhile competition.

Written by Philip Roy | 04 June 2008
Posted in NZ

The University of Otago today launched Otago on iTunes U, making it the first New Zealand university to deliver free education content through the iTunes Store.

Written by Philip Roy | 29 January 2008
Posted in NZ

In a fairly standard announcement required to NZX, Renaissance today revealed the ever-evolving relationship between themselves and Apple. Most notably, the announcement indicates the ability for some retailers to now be able to "multi source" - meaning that larger companies may be able to source stock from either Renaissance or Apple directly. This is quite common in other countries and begins immediately within New Zealand.

Written by Philip Roy | 06 December 2007
Posted in NZ

MacNN is reporting the conclusion of a web prank that appears to have backfired, carried out by a number of sites including the personal site of the web editor of New Zealand Macguide, Glenn Wolsey. In what appears to have been a poorly considered prank intended to then base a promotion off, a number of sites suggested that they had been hacked and that in the midst of the claims, one of those involved invented an explanation pointing to a nonexistent issue with the open source Wordpress software.

In reality the hacker known as Malcor (who claimed responsibility for the site attacks) was a creation of the group. They appear to have had little regard for the impact their claims of site hacking would have, including fruitless investigations by the hosting company and those that develop the Wordpress software.

Written by Philip Roy | 20 November 2007
Posted in NZ

Peter Mellow, Flexible Learning Advisor at AUT has become an Apple Distinguished Educator and was presented with his award at a ceremony at the AUT yesterday.

The Apple Distinguished Educator Program identifies and rewards excellence and leadership in innovative uses of educational technology with the wider teaching community - across the globe. Apple Distinguished Educators are today’s pioneers in incorporating the latest technology into their educational projects or teaching activities. Peter is only the second such tertiary educator to receive this award in New Zealand and also won a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award this year.

Written by Philip Roy | 23 September 2007
Posted in NZ

Mark Webster, former editor of Macguide magazine, is pleased to announce a new tailored Mac training service. It is now available for bookings from www.mac-nz.com

Let Mark take the pressure off harassed staff with his Mac training sessions. Mark runs Professional Development for groups of Mac users, relieving pressure on IT staff. He can supercharge the Mac experience of almost any level of Mac user to help them get a lot more out of their lovely Apple Macs, from SeniorNet:Mac to User Groups.

Written by David Empson | 23 September 2007
Posted in NZ

For Macintosh users in New Zealand, this is a problem. Apple has failed to release a system update which includes the new rules, and it is looking very unlikely that they will do so before the new rules kick in, at 2 a.m. on Sunday September 30th, 2007 (NZ Standard Time).

Written by Jo Booth | 03 August 2007
Posted in NZ

The Apple Division of Renaissance have confirmed they will be exhibiting the latest New Zealand Apple innovations and Lee Herbet will presenting at the upcoming Unlimited Potential Gadgets, Games and Geeks evening on 8th August in Wellington.

Unlimited Potential in association with NZWireless is again hosting the evening to highlight Wellington's innovation and technology success stories. A wide range of technology exhibitors will be present, allowing for hands on demonstration of the latest gadgetry and games. Wednesday 8 August 2007 4:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Wellington Convention Centre, 111 Wakefield Street, Wellington. In the Renouf Foyer on the first floor of the Michael Fowler Centre RSVP essential at http://up.org.nz/gadgets-games-geeks-07. The event is free and food, drinks and Unlimited networking are provided. Bring your business cards!