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Online Shopping Safety tips

Ben — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:45:29 +0000

TechDay has tips for helping to make sure shopping online is a safe and secure experience.

Some of the top tips are,

Look for signs that the business is legitimate. Buy from reputable stores and sellers.
Look for signs that the website protects your data.
Create strong passwords. A strong password is an important protection to help you have safer online transactions.

You can read more about the tips above, along with other handy information over at techday.co.nz

Are you connecting with your customers?

Ben — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:38:29 +0000

Customers today have an expectation that they can contact companies via social media, most commonly via Facebook or Twitter. Successfully communicating with your customers is an important tool in building up a relationship between you and your customers.

Setting up a Facebook or Twitter account is easy, but the real key is maintaining it. Making sure you keep an eye on it and regularly posting updates about your business can all be very beneficial to driving new business and satisfying your existing customers.

You can read more over at techday.co.nz

Warehouse looks to internet for sales boost

Ben — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:05:09 +0000

The Warehouse has revealed it has seen a rise in online sales over the first half of its financial year.

The company has announced internet revenue was up by 60 per cent compared to the 6 months prior to January 29 2012.

You can read more over at nzherald.co.nz

Trade Me adds touch site

Ben — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:31:58 +0000

Trade Me has released a touch screen version of its website.

Users are able to “search, bid and buy, ask and answer questions, and view their account details and ‘My Trade Me’ pages.”

In future, Trade Me plans to add “functions for browsing, placing feedback, editing notes and selecting favourites.”

You can read more about the launch of the website over at techday.co.nz

Virtual shopping apps

Ben — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:27:42 +0000

It’s becoming more and more common to use your Smartphone to shop online. Apps are now popping up to assist users with this.

stuff.co.nz has compiled a list of some of the most popular Apps, including the PriceSpy & eBay shopping apps.

You can read the full list by clicking here.

Protests erupt across Europe against ACTA

Ben — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:01:45 +0000

Upwards of 25,000 protestors participated in large rallies throughout Europe on Saturday to protest ACTA, a worldwide anti piracy agreement which they believe will encourage internet surveillance.

You can read more about the protests over at stuff.co.nz

Apple acts against Kiwi brand name

Ben — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:02:03 +0000

Hayden Crowther has created a waterproof case for use with all smartphones and called it the driPhone.

Mr Crowther plans to trademark the case in New Zealand, however Apple Inc are opposing this because they want the letter “i” to be replaced with a “y”.

You can read more over at stuff.co.nz

Little chance of recovering Megaupload data

Ben — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:40:22 +0000

Last week we discussed how the closure of Megaupload is affecting innocent users of the file sharing service. Now it seems there is little chance for these users to ever get their data back.

InternetNZ chief executive Vikram Kumar believes Megaupload would have to come back as a going concern for it to be possible for innocent users to regain access to their files.

My Kumar believes it would be unrealistic for third-party hosting companies to decide which users should regain access to their files.

You can read more over at stuff.co.nz

Megaupload closure hits legitimate users

Ben — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:47:41 +0000

Following Megaupload being temporarily shut down, it now looks like many other file sharing websites are shutting down world wide due to a US Government led crackdown on piracy.

Unfortunately this is hitting legitimate users of these websites who are now unable to access their files.

Steve Su, an academic in Perth was caught out by the closure of Megaupload.

“It’s like confiscating everyone’s mobile phone because terrorists used them,” he said. “I don’t think it’s correct to penalise the technology because, based on that logic, shouldn’t the internet be taken down, as this is how people infringe copyright?”

You can read more over at stuff.co.nz

Trans-Tasman cable agreement made

Ben — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:53:09 +0000

Southern Cross Cable has cut the price it charges for transferring internet traffic to and from New Zealand by almost 50%. The announcement came hours after a plan for a rival trans-Tasman cable took another step towards happening.

The rival cable would be owned by Axin and run by Kordia, a New Zealand state-owned enterprise.

Marketing director Ross Pfeffer, of Southern Cross Cable has said the timing was ”totally coincidental”.

You can read more over at stuff.co.nz