Auckland Technology News

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iHeart’s Multipurpose Eating Utensils

A clever contraption which can be used as a knife, fork and scoop.

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New iPhone App to Control Dreams

The Yememiru app from Japan uses a microphone to somehow detect when you are in your deepest sleep and most prone to mental influence.

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Sydneysiders Beat the Queue with Coffee Ordering App

A new Sydney-based startup lets you order and pay for your coffee and breakfast before you even arrive at the cafe door.

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News
The Global Mail: Not-For-Profit News Site Launches

Launched today, the not-for-profit news and features website will offer its readers public interest stories both locally and from around the globe.

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Nike FuelBand Tracks Your Every Step

Measure your data, such as steps, calories and distance throughout the day, against other competitors of different body types and skill levels.

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Rich Neeley’s Book Chargers

In a delightfully clever combination of old and new, Rich Neeley has been taking actual vintage books and giving them new lives as iPhone chargers.

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Latest Guides

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May

Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
Guide
Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far

Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April

Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March

Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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Hop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend

Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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Nine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately

'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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Say Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game

Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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Predicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards

Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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Here's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now

From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.

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Intel’s Facebook Museum Of Me

If you haven't tried it already, Intel's Museum of Me is definitely a bit of fun. It does a pretty cool job of collecting info and doling it out in a fun way.

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Cufflinks That Double as USB Drives, Wi-Fi Spots

In what may be the ultimate fusion of practicality and style, Brookstone are now selling cufflinks that offer both Wi-Fi and data storage.

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3D Printer Makes Cupcake in 60 Seconds

Most of us associate printers with ink and paper, but a new 3D printer has more to do with chocolate cupcakes and other delicious desserts.

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Online Community Rallies Against the SOPA & PIPA Proposals

Here are some of our favourite online reactions to the world's most controversial bills.

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Infrared Trolleys to Hit Australian Supermarkets

Handling one of these four-wheelers means that choosing your cereal won't be a chore, it will soon become a hobby.

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The Blackbox Mobile SMS Message Printer

A nifty little mobile printer that produces your text message conversations on paper.

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Latest Places

Cafe
This That

57 Lorne St , Auckland City

A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
Bar
Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland

Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
Bar
Cassette Nine

Vulcan Lane, Auckland

Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
Restaurant
Miss Clawdy

12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland

There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.

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Joey Andolina’s Mobile Vest Boombox

Arriving just in time for summer, this vest boombox allows you to show off your fashion prowess while blasting European hardstyle.

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Create Your Own Personalised Soft Drink

Online users change the percentages of whatever ingredients they choose to go into the drink, and can further determine the drink's colour, name and label.

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Bernardo Bajana’s Offensive Police Shield

Bad news for Occupy protesters: Bernado Bajana has created a new riot shield which does much more than just shield officers.

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Fireworks by Day

A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.

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Blogger fined $2.5 Million for not Being a Journalist

An Oregon woman has been fined $2.5 million for defamatory comments made on her blog.

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Behringer Unleashes a 350kg Speaker

If you're looking to host a NYE party, you might want to enlist the help of the iNuke Boom.

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Latest Events

Event
Christmas Lights at MOTAT 2024

Tue, 10 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs

MOTAT is bringing nights of festive fun and dazzling lights back for another year.

Buy Tickets
Event
Fat Daddy's Bottomless

Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna

How many burgers and beers can you down in 90 minutes? Find out at The Elephant Wrestler.

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Event
Casa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct

Thu, 5 Dec, 2024
Viaduct Harbour, Auckland

Casa Bacardi has popped up on Auckland's Viaduct, but a warning to rum-lovers: its here for a good time, not a long time.
Event
Twilight Tuesdays

Tue, 3 Dec, 2024
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell

Wander through Auckland Museum's beautifully-lit galleries after dark.
Event
Britomart Saturday Farmer's Market

Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Takutai Square, Britomart., Auckland

This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
Event
Pasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds

Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
The Grounds at Whoa! Studios, Auckland

See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.
Event
Yoga in the Sky

Multiple single dates
SkyCity Auckland, Auckland

Take your yoga practice to a whole new level — level 51, that is.

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Event
Smales Farmers Market

Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore

Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.

News
A Beer Cooler that Doubles as a ‘Photoblocker’

A product that will soon solve the first-world problems faced by many party animals.

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News
Vending Machine for Welcome Home Signs

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Bannerxpress allows people to print welcome home signs from a vending machine at the airport.

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News
Where The F* Should I Go For Drinks?

Here's one for the first world problems hashtag on Twitter.

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News
Sydney: The Summer Guide

Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months

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Air Guitar T-Shirts You Can Actually Play

Old Navy have collaborated with ThinkGeek to create a shirt that not only features an image of a guitar, but also sounds like one.

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The World’s First Functional Painting Typewriter

To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.

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Facebook Updates Expanded to Over 60,000 Characters

Whilst Twitter likes to keep things short and sweet, Facebook has rocketed in the other direction.

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Aaron Hobson’s Google Street View Photography

A photographer takes breathtaking landscape photographs of remote locations scattered across the globe, all without leaving the comfort of his own computer screen.

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The Little Printer

Little Printer partners with Arup, foursquare, Google, the Guardian and Nike to produce itty bitty newspapers to slip into your back pocket and read on the go.

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British Department Store Launches Virtual Pop-Up Stores

A great example of social media and technology changing the way in which companies are communicating with consumers.

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Facebook Shows Us It’s a Small World After All

As our online friend counts grow, a Facebook study shows us the old assumption of 6 degrees of separation is outdated.

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Steve Jobs’ Emails Made into Book

Following the tragic death of Apple innovator Steve Jobs, a digital book containing his 'best' e-mails has been released.

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Order Food on Your Smartphone Using QR Codes

Paperlinks, a savvy Los Angeles-based QR code company, are allowing customers to explore what's on offer at a restaurant via their smartphone.

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4sqwifi iPhone App Finds WiFi Spots and their Passwords

The perfect app for those who seek some urgent urban bandwidth.

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The Polaroid Camera, Reincarnated

The clever clogs at Polaroid have found a way to keep the camera alive without using the traditional film.

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Augmented Reality App Encourages Peeping Toms

Moosejaw has created the X-Ray Catalog App which strips models of unsexy outdoor clothing to reveal what they are wearing underneath.

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Turn Your Smartphone Into a Robot

Romo smartens up your already intelligent smartphone by turning it into a robot.

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Sickweather: Forecasting Your Next Flu

An online sickness forecasting system, showcasing the flu blues coming to a town near you soon.

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A Finnish Greenhouse Fit for Living

Gardening enthusiasts will be able to spend even more time with Mother Nature in this wonderful garden shed.

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Turn Your iPhone into an Antique Typewriter

This new, limited edition app puts an antique typewriter in your pocket.

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Charge Your Devices in Style

The OXO multicharger is like an executive penthouse for your devices.

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Augmented Reality iPhone Game Orders Players to Run from Zombies

Run from zombies, rebuild civilisation and get fit at the same time.

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Alpina Bike Spins your Vinyl Records as you Ride

Dutch designers have created a cycling/music machine that plays vinyl records as you ride at a consistent speed.

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Steve Jobs’ Biographer Interviewed on 60 Minutes

Walter Isaacson shares the story behind the story.

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