Fire breaks out at Samsung Note 7 battery factory in China
Thursday Feb 9, 2017 Production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone was halted after the replacement batteries also caught fire. Photo / AP It appears that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco is not over [...]
MDS creates AR/VR industry alliance with ATEED
5 December 2016, 2:41 pm Press Release: Media Design School MDS creates AR/VR industry alliance with ATEED Auckland students who are creating digital design projects on two of the world’s hottest technology platforms now have an [...]
Deloitte Top 200 Awards: A year of consolidation
Deloitte The high level story for the 2016 Top 200 Index is one of consolidation -- and mightily effective consolidation at that. Leon Wijohn is a Deloitte partner and national Maori business leader. [...]
Mark Sagar’s Baby X technology spin-out gains US$7.5 million in venture capital funding
Mark Sagar The Oscar-winning Auckland University professor behind the world-renowned Baby X intelligent, emotionally responsive avatar, has launched a spin-out company, Soul Machines, after attracting US$7.5 million in a series A financing round led by [...]
KiwiSaver shake-up gets global attention
The recent furore over KiwiSaver that saw banks and large financial institutions dump $109 million of controversial investments is drawing the attention of the international investment community. Canada-based Sustainanalytics, a research firm employing 300 people [...]
Hidden export businesses help Grow North
Hidden among the industrial parks and suburban shops of Auckland North are a surprising number of globally successful exporters. But because their markets are overseas, Kiwis never hear about them. Unearthing and connecting these ‘hidden’ [...]