in 2017 Microsoft launched Microsoft Bookings globally for creating easy online booking calendars for your business. Now they have also launched “Bookings with me” for 1:1 bookings. What’s the difference between Bookings and Bookings with me? Microsoft Bookings is for managing scheduling for a group of people. Where as Bookings with me integrates with your Outlook […]
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Mobile Technology Makes Energy Waste Visible
Your new Android may be able to automatically encrypt data. But could it also help show energy usage and wastage? In short: yes! Powershop has been New Zealand’s powerful energy monitoring tool since 2009. In fact, even today it is one of New Zealand’s only power companies dedicated to helping it’s customers use less electricity. […]

Google Introduces New Advertising Measurement Tool
Measuring online advertising has typically revolved around online impacts. Click through rates, impressions, sales, repeat visitors were all accounted for. But now Google attempts to dive into the perviously inexplicable offline impacts. That’s right, Google is proving there is a direct correlation between someone seeing a search ad and then visiting a brick and mortar store. The “store […]

How the Lily Drone Revolutionises Drone Technology
You may have heard of a little revolution called the Lily Drone. If not, here is a video: There are several things about Lily that make her a game changer. First is the fact that this drone has a purpose. Tech critiques complain that drone technology often does not serve a purpose. But this drone […]

Automated Design With New Painting Technology
Design sure has come a long way from the days of chiseling stone for years to make sculptures. But in some ways, design and liberal art technologies aren’t as advanced as they should be. While we can mass paint cars, that is about all we can do. There was no automated design. That is until Carvo […]

Securing Your Home Simply
New home security technologies are complex, intense and expensive. As technology enthusiasts rolled out new security technologies boasting to be more complex than the last one, Canary decided to take a completely different approach. Yes, it is now possible to take a minimalist approach to security while still being, well, secure. Canary condensed the core […]

Why the Apple Watch Isn’t the Be All End All
Ahh the Apple Watch. A revolution in wearables. A huge step forward in haptic technologies. A 340×272 px watch which will change everything. Well, maybe not quite. The Apple Watch (NOT the iWatch – that sounds more horrifying) has been praised by tech and Apple enthusiasts alike. It’s also received it’s fair share of criticism. I […]

Recent Developments in Sporting Technology
“Technology” and “sporting” aren’t two words you often put together. In fact, when thinking of people immersed in technology, you often picture the very opposite of being active! While that can be true, technology has definitely made its way into sporting and has revolutionised it for the better. Think about it: to be successful at […]

App Changes Air Here, There and Everywhere
A cool new app makes it seem like the smart home is closer than ever. Sure it’s not this fully furbished smart home that cooks, cleans and entertains for you. But it is readily available and makes life an awful lot simpler. While heat pumps and air conditioners are great they have their limits. On hot […]

Technology Expands in Nature with Smart Gardens
Is your once tendered and loved vegetable garden now a pot of shriveled roots? Are your camellias now tangled in a web of weeds? A lot of people have a natural talent at killing plants. For people who used to rely on cultivation for food, we are now terrible at keeping plants alive. But now […]