Episode 62: Navy Robots, 4G Samoa, iPad

The NZ Tech Podcast this week discusses Samoa’s new 4G mobile networks, US Navy Robots, Nokia Lumia in NZ, hands on with the 3rd gen iPad, NZ’s TV ecosystem, gaming and entertainment consoles, a rant about Sky TV and an update from Roku.
A special thanks to the team at iphonewzealand.co.nz who made the effort to fly to Sydney a week ahead of the NZ launch for providing us with early access to new iPad ahead of shipment from Apple.
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Episode 43: Ultra Fast Broadband, Police Drones, Kindle Fire and Black Friday

This week we start with an exclusive interview about NZ Ultra Fast Broadband with John Greenhough – CTO of Crown Fibre Holdings (CFH). Established in 2010 by the Government, CFH exists to oversee the introduction of Ultra Fast Broadband capabilities for NZ homes, schools and businesses via investment partnerships with private companies.
For more information about NZ’s Ultra Fast Broadband network, refer to our blog post featuring online resources about Ultra Fast Broadband in NZ.
Next Brad joins in from the US and we discuss the Black Friday and Cyber Monday tech bargains, a new piracy law, first impressions of the Kindle Fire, Squeeze Box Radio and more. We also hear about Police Drones policing Seattle from the air. In closing we discuss Netflix and the ITEX conference along with TelstraClear’s unmetered weekend.
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