Apps
Are you a Thanks! or Thanks. type of person?
If you use Google's Gmail app, you may have seen something new pop up on your screen this week: suggested responses for your emails.
Google shifts focus to AI
Google ramps up their AI with the ability to identify images and locations through the phone's camera.
Uber raising NZ fares
Company hikes prices after drivers complained short-distance rides don't make enough money.
Instagram adds selfie filters
Instagram has souped up its camera with quirky face-tracking filters, adding another feature similar to Snapchat.
Low bar for fatherhood
OPINION: A new app that text messages dads shows how low the bar for fatherhood is set.
Siri saves man's life
A man has thanked Siri for saving his life after he was injured in an explosion.
How Snap can elude Facebook
Facebook has been bent on copying Snapchat ever since it tried unsuccessfully tried to buy the app.
Windows 10 on 500m devices
The company has aggressively pushed Windows 10, encouraging customers to take advantage of a free update.
Uber faces criminal probe
Software scandal heaps pressure on company already struggling with business and legal road blocks.
Three months, US$3b profit
Nearly 2 billion people now use Facebook, and it's benefiting from big gains in digital ad spending.
WhatsApp back after crash
The popular messaging service is getting back to business after a global outage.
Warning over Google Docs scam
Internet users are being spammed with malicious invitations to log on to their Google accounts.
All a twitter about new news service
Twitter and Bloomberg Media to create a service streaming news produced solely for Twitter.
Why teens love Musical.ly
Ever seen your kids lip-sync in front of their smartphone? It's a good chance they're on Musical.ly.
Selfie app in racism storm
A new app that alters selfies has been criticised for lightening skin while in "hot mode"
Uber got caught tricking Apple
Apple chief executive Tim Cook threatened to kick Uber out of the powerful Apple App store.
MetService app ads 'annoying'
Advertising has become a 'key revenue generator' for weather forecaster, but not everyone is satisfied.
Auction app's baseball pitch
Dropit reverse auction goes live during Major League Baseball pre-season.
Apple launches Search Ads in NZ
Apple's new Search Ads now available for developers but won't show up on the App Store until next week.
Messenger to get more bots
Messenger will now have a tab highlighting businesses that people can connect with.
Snapchat releases 3D messages
The new feature involves lenses that change not people, but the environment around them.
Will Netflix raise prices?
Analysts wonder how long Netflix will be able to hold the line on price as its programming costs rise.
Te Reo app proving popular
An app helping young children learn Maori has already been downloaded 7000 times.
Microsoft kills Windows Vista
Microsoft has finally put down Windows Vista, its troublesome operating system that was released over a decade ago.
Apple blocks drone strike app
Apple apparently thinks users of its iPhone are so sensitive that it needs to shield them from a news app.
Spotify to restrict some albums
Restricting the newest albums could encourage more people to pirate music.
What Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard
Let 'Stan' the robot park your car
Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox for original video shows
Microsoft nears AR future with glasses display prototype
Need cash? Facebook expands personal fundraising tools
China blocks online broadcast of computer go match
Serena Williams accepts a new challenge - in Silicon Valley
Surface Pro returns as Microsoft unveils a third option in its laptop lineup