Netflix's new 1.5x viewing feature cops flak

Netflix is experimenting with a feature that lets viewers watch movies at up to 1.5 times the usual speed, testing an approach that has become popular with podcasts and YouTube clips. READ MORE:• Streaming wars: How Disney+... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | October 29th, 2019|Business|0 Comments

Supreme Court to hear Synlait's appeal on Pokeno case

Synlait Milk has won the right to appeal a decision restricting the land where its new $260 million Pokeno factory has been built to land grazing, lifestyle farming and forestry.The company is now moving on with the next stage of... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Quadrant Private Equity launches $450m bid for MediaWorks' 40 per cent shareholder QMS

Australia-based Quadrant Private Equity has made a $420 million bid to buy QMS Media, 40 per cent owner of troubled Kiwi broadcaster MediaWorks.The deal will see Quadrant pay $1.22 per share for QMS, a 22 per cent premium to its... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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American Airlines' big New Zealand move – Auckland to Dallas, Christchurch to LA

American Airlines will launch new services from Auckland to Dallas-Fort Worth and break new ground with flights between Christchurch and Los Angeles.Flights by the airline, one of the world's largest, is a big play and will boost... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | October 28th, 2019|Business|0 Comments

Facebook launches a news section – and will pay publishers

Over its 15 year history, Facebook has variously ignored news organisations while eating their advertising revenue, courted them for video projects it subsequently abandoned, then largely cut their stories out of its newsfeeds.Now... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Urgent update for older iPhones before they lose vital functions

Apple is rushing to get the word out to users of older iPhone devices that they need to urgently update or else lose several key functionalities for a bizarre event that only happens once every two decades.iPhone users still clinging... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Cathay Pacific lands one of most advanced planes in Auckland

Cathay Pacific, battling through the wave of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has launched a new plane on its Auckland route.One of the most advanced aircraft in the world, the Airbus A350-1000 touched down just before 1pm in... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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The hidden apps draining your phone battery

Android phone owners are being warned about apps that hide software on your phone and quickly drain your battery life.And they've been downloaded by millions of people, according to The Sun.The Sun reported Cyber-experts at ESET... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | October 27th, 2019|Business|0 Comments

Why Trump slammed Apple over missing home button

US President Donald Trump took aim at Apple again on Twitter - but this time it was over a feature, not trade policy. READ MORE: • How dumb is Donald Trump's iPhone tariff? Let me count the ways • Apple's iOS 13 iPhone... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Southwest airline pilots 'watched livestream from hidden camera in toilet'

A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by a flight attendant alleges pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline's jets.The lawsuit alleges flight attendant Renee... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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