Apps stories - Page 17

Android app review: Gloomy Dungeon 3d: Hardcore
Tue, 28th Apr 2015
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Gloomy Dungeon 3d: Hardcore is a Doom-esque first-person shooter that is 3D, hardcore, and set in a gloomy dungeon. It’s perfect, really.

Hands-on review: iPhone Data Recovery App
Wed, 22nd Apr 2015
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The hardware may be state of the art, the software well designed, but the meat-ware (that’s us) is more often than not both stupid and forgetful.

HotelQuickly brings last minute bookings to NZ
Tue, 21st Apr 2015
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hotels
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HotelQuickly eyes Kiwi dominance, targets 100k NZ users as its on-demand booking app hits local shores with top hotel deals.

GST goes mobile – and crowdsourced
Tue, 14th Apr 2015
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Inland Revenue has taken GST returns mobile with the launch of myIRmobile app - the result of a crowdsourcing competition.

Android App Review: Napp
Mon, 13th Apr 2015
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Simplify your siesta with 'Napp', the app designed to perfection for hassle-free napping - just set and snooze!.

Android App Review: NZ Blood Service
Thu, 9th Apr 2015
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The Blood Service app won’t make dealing with needles any easier, But it does make it easier to find somewhere to donate blood and get you booked in.

Kiwi app launches with Google Wallet
Tue, 7th Apr 2015
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New Zealand developed app, Printicular, is on a shortlist of apps that deliver Google Wallet to Android users, placing it with the likes of Uber.

App developers urged to stay relevant in mature market
Wed, 1st Apr 2015
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Mobile app adoption is maturing, and app providers need to focus on retention strategies to ensure relevance in the marketplace, says Gartner.

Android App Review: Little Alchemy
Mon, 30th Mar 2015
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For such a simple premise Little Alchemy is a delightful, absorbing game, and one that I would happily recommend for kids or adults.

Startup teaches children strategies for resisting ads and in-app purchases
Mon, 30th Mar 2015
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In 2009, almost half of the top selling apps targeted young children, and 80% of top-selling educational apps in the iTunes store target children.

Durex releases app to help people turn their phones off
Thu, 26th Mar 2015
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apple
The Durex Connect app masks users' home screens, effectively putting the handsets to sleep and removing all distractions.

Android App Review: Nail Doctor - Kids Games
Mon, 16th Mar 2015
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Nail Doctor is everything I hate about cheaply-made, cynical revenue-grabbing apps, combined with everything I hate about foot hygiene.

Good Technology makes a play in the wearable security market
Fri, 13th Mar 2015
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Good Technology has leaped aboard the wearables bandwagon, upgrading their enterprise mobile data security platform.

Apple gains dominance in healthcare sector
Wed, 11th Mar 2015
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personal computing devices
Apple is gaining traction in the health and medical research space with ResearchKit, the open source software framework.

Air New Zealand to launch Apple Watch app
Tue, 10th Mar 2015
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wearables
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Air New Zealand will soon become one of the first New Zealand companies to launch an app for the highly anticipated Apple Watch.

NZ start-up turns to PledgeMe to raise $500,000
Mon, 9th Mar 2015
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A Kiwi tech startup has jumped on the equity crowdfunding bandwaggon, and is hoping to raise $500,000 through PledgeMe to grow its app.

Android App Review: Auckland Libraries App
Mon, 9th Mar 2015
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The library system, including its online component, was already working fine for me. What do I actually need this app to do?.

Kiwi start-up Glassjar launches payments app in the US
Fri, 6th Mar 2015
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Glassjar, the kiwi software start-up whose app provides people an easy way of sharing bills, has launched in the United States.

Lincoln University student creates 'invaluable' app
Thu, 5th Mar 2015
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IT grad, Tao Zhou, has completed an internship at a plant breeding and research company where he developed an app to help staff carry out field work.

CA Technologies embraces apps, urges enterprises to follow suit
Fri, 27th Feb 2015
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CA Technologies is focusing on helping businesses succeed in the 'landscape where the app is everything' with an updated portfolio of products.