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Apps stories - Page 17

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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.
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Durex releases app to help people turn their phones off
Thu, 26th Mar 2015
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The Durex Connect app masks users' home screens, effectively putting the handsets to sleep and removing all distractions.
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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.
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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.
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Apple gains dominance in healthcare sector
Wed, 11th Mar 2015
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Apple is gaining traction in the health and medical research space with ResearchKit, the open source software framework.
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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.
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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.
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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?.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Spark teams up with Putti to help SMEs
Tue, 17th Feb 2015
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Spark Business is offering customers a Putti 'build your own' mobile-responsive website free for 24-months (RRP $19.95 per month).
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New Te Reo Maori app targets total beginners
Mon, 16th Feb 2015
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Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Education has released its second Te Reo Maori learning app, Puna.
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9 apps to help you survive Valentine’s Day
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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Dodge the Valentine's Day blues with 9 savvy apps for lovebirds and singles alike – from flirty games to solo adventures.
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Android App Review: Birds of New Zealand
Mon, 9th Feb 2015
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Living in New Zealand we’re blessed with many things. Not our internet speed or standard of reality television, but birds? We’ve done pretty well with birds.
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iOS app review: Superhero Workout (Six to Start)
Mon, 9th Feb 2015
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Superhero Workout app aims to make exercising fun by using gamification and a seven-minute routine, but does it work?.
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Transpower releases Kiwi app to deal with uncertainties
Mon, 9th Feb 2015
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Transpower has launched a new app to help increase make the demand response programme more accessible and productive.
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Android App Review: Anti-stress Chromotherapy
Wed, 4th Feb 2015
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gaming
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Anti-stress Chromotherapy is a fancy name for a simple idea, packaging a basic one-action app as a mental health tool.
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App gives Kiwi families direct access to politicians
Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
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google
Family First NZ has launched a phone app known as ‘Have Your Say’ to enable families to speak up about family issues in New Zealand.
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Microsoft releases Outlook app for iOS and Android
Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
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microsoft
Microsoft brings Outlook to iOS devices and preview of Android, while Office is now available for free on Android tablets.