Steve Thomas - IT Consultant

The Canterbury earthquakes starting 2010 revealed shortcomings in the technology supporting EQC's field service and costings.








Cyanogen looks to be positioning itself to be the third smartphone platform - but is outstripping Windows Mobile really a big deal?








In the world of iOS this week came news that Chinese vendors are beating Apple in country, that Siri will soon answer your phone, and that iPhone share is weakening in the US.








Thanks to fierce competition from Apple and Samsung, as well as poor sales in China, HTC is expected to struggle for the next four quarters.








LG and Google will launch the new generation Nexus phone in October which will be the first model to have Android Pay mobile payment system.








As it faces challenges at both the high and low end of the smartphone sector, the global market share of South Korean electronics companies is threatened like never before.








A new e-commerce platform will be at the centre of Lotto NZ's digital refresh.








Online accounting service Xero uses the Android Material Design framework to sweeten mobile access.








Smart ticketing and payment systems are set to unify across Malaysia's bus, train, metro, and monorail networks, with the solution to be rolled out by 2017.








The Commonwealth Bank has introduced a loyalty feature to its CommBank app, and plans to pilot its Offers app in conjunction with Scentre Group at a single Westfield shopping centre








The South Korean technology giant has revealed a drop in profit of 8 percent year on year, attributed to increased competition on all fronts of the smartphone sector.








With so many people using online dating sites and app, can algorithms really determine whether the next person will be 'the one'?