At the New Zealand Herald, Holly Ryan writes Vodafone axes email services – NZ Herald
…Customers with a Vodafone email address will have to switch at the end of November, when the telco plans to axe its email services after 20 years.
Norton Wi-Fi Privacy — Easy, flawed VPN
Last year Symantec released an iOS version of Norton Wi-Fi Privacy. It’s a solid app that shields an iPhone or iPad against everyday risks with public Wi-Fi hotspots1.
This year Norton has expanded the product in two ways.…
Kiwibank wastes $90 million on software – Reseller News
At Reseller News, Rob O’Neill writes:
…Kiwibank has booked a $90 million impairment in its software assets and flagged a major change in its SAP core banking roilout.
“Although the strategic review has not yet concluded, a potential change to how we build the core ‘back end’ IT system (CoreMod) to match the demands of the ‘future front end’ has prompted a re-assessment of the value of the work in progress since successfully migrating our batch payments to SAP,” the bank said today.
Government broadband investment fills the gaps
The money earmarked for more broadband may or may not have been an election bribe. Either way is it a sound infrastructure investment.
— Bill Bennett (@billbennettnz) August 30, 2017
Cynics were quick to label the government’s generous broadband funding announcement as pork barrel politics.…
Duck Duck Go versus Google juggernaut
For the last month Duck Duck Go has been my default search engine on my computers, tablets and phone. It’s not the first time I’ve tried this experiment.
Unlike other search engines Duck Duck Go doesn’t track your searches.…
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 launch
Last year’s Galaxy Note 7 looked like a winner. My review described it as the best Android phone. Then we learnt about battery explosions and burning phones.
Yesterday Samsung unveiled this year’s model. The company’s Auckland launch was a tired affair set in a grim industrial bunker.…