Australians have been warned Google holds a "remarkably dominant" position over the web, just days after the tech giant threatened to walk away from the Australian market.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Kiwis travelling at home want different experiences to overseas tourists and are worried about the cost of some experiences.A Tourism NZ survey out today finds that international pricing is too high for some locals.Tourism Minister... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Trade Me's financial performance has exceeded expectations since being ravaged by Covid-19 restrictions but is not intending to repay $4.1 million of government wage subsidies due to ongoing uncertainty.The online marketplace is... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Apple's iOS 14.4 update is now live - and as well as plugging a security hole, it will help with Covid-19 poster scanning.Late yesterday Crown agency CERT NZ (the Computer Emergency Response Team) issued an advisory about a security... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Facebook capped a tumultuous 2020 with soaring earnings in the final quarter, but the company forecast challenges in 2021 that include a coming privacy update by Apple that could limit the social network's ad targeting capabilities.The... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Australian media company Nine Entertainment was resolved to shut the doors of Stuff if it couldn't sell what it called a "failing firm" by the middle of last year.After High Court documents were unredacted today, it can now be... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Crown agency CERT NZ (the Computer Emergency Response Team) has issued an advisory about a security vulnerability with iOS that Apple says is being actively exploited by hackers.The issue relates to iOS (the software that runs iPhones),... Source: NZ Herald Business News
New Zealand's imports fell by $7.4 billion in 2020 - the biggest annual fall since 2009 - due to Covid-19, Stats NZ said.November and December saw record numbers with large falls in imports but exports holding their own, resulting... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Trustpower, New Zealand's fifth largest electricity company, is considering selling its retail business as part of a strategic review.The Tauranga-based company has more than 230,000 customers across electricity, gas and broadband.This... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Corporate merger and acquisition activity will be strong this year after the pipeline was virtually closed off in March 2020 as the country went into its first pandemic lockdown.That's the prediction of MinterEllisonRuddWatts' corporate... Source: NZ Herald Business News