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Surf’s up for Kiwi entrepreneurs

Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
Photo credit; Guzm??n Lozano on Flickr

Photo credit; Guzm??n Lozano on Flickr

Reuben Cairns-Morrison and business partner Gene Hogan are riding high on the success of their surf app Sherpa Surfguide, which is an iPhone application that tells users where the best surf is anywhere in New Zealand. The app is basically a digital surf guide plus a surf forecasting service which are two services that have yet to be combined. Cairns-Morrison says it is a huge advantage to surfers who are on the road, as they can get information updated hourly about the conditions and the surf breaks on their phones.

He also says this summer the pair plan to improve the content of the app by travelling the country and taking detailed notes and photos, as well as promoting the app in surf stores. When they are totally happy with the New Zealand version, they will take the idea elsewhere.

To read more on this story, click here.

Apple acts against Kiwi brand name

Monday, February 6th, 2012

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

iPhone 4S NZ release date announced

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Apple has announced the NZ release date for the iPhone 4S, with the device expected to arrive in stores on November 11. Customers can pre order the device from Friday.

You can read more at stuff.co.nz, including prices for the different models.

iPhone 5 on the way?

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Reports out indicate Apple are expected to double their production of the iPhone in the second half of 2011, with an estimated 58 million units expected to ship world wide.

Experts also predict Apple is preparing to announce the eagerly anticipated iPhone 5. While details of the device are purely rumour at this point, cNET has compiled a list of its top 20 most wanted features.

You can check the list out at cnet.com

Apple cuts off Wikileaks

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Apple is the latest company to cut ties with Wikileaks by removing an online application which gives access to the leaks.

What was the reason? Apparently Wikileaks has violated the developer guidelines, says Apple, without giving further specifics, other than to say that users of the App Store cannot “put an individual or targetted group in harm’s way”.

And the public backlash which has happened against other US companies which have turned against Wikileaks? Well this hasn’t happened yet, but watch this space…..

The full article on stuff.co.nz.