Auckland Technology News

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U-Boat Worx Offers Submarine Charters for Tourists

These 'personal submarines for yacht and tourism' are for those people who are desirous of exploring the depths of the ocean but who suffer the misfortune of not being Richard Branson.

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A Portable Hanging Herb Garden for Inner-City Dwellers

The dream of any inner-city or spatially-challenged dweller with a green thumb, finely tuned tastebuds and no backyard.

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Adidas Unveils Super Intelligent Football Boot

Sporting giant Adidas has outdone itself with the adiZero f50 miCoach, a new soccer boot that boasts state-of-the-art technology.

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Hipstamatic’s Digital Disposable Camera for your iPhone

In a bid to regain their popularity and get one up on Instagram, Hipstamatic is offering a new dimension to their faux-analogue photography experience.

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Google Ventures Into the Physical Realm

Once upon a time, Google was content to rule cyber space. But like most super powers in history, the superpower is getting restless.

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News
Steve Jobs: The Movie

They say sex sells, but according to Sony Pictures, death is where the real money’s at.

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The Eight Best Glamping Experiences Near Auckland

Sometimes you just need a hot bath beneath a star-drenched sky.
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The Seven Best Sustainable Cafes in Auckland

Because Earth.

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Occupy Wall Street Protests Start to Spread Around the World

How the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for a large proportion of U.S. citizens.

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iPhone 4S Fails to Impress

The new iPhone's updates are on the inside only.

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Untappd App Combines Social Networking and Beer

The perfect excuse to drink more beer and check your iPhone.

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Message in a Bottle: The Unusual Social Network

Harold Hackett has been sending messages all over the world, but unlike most of us he hasn’t been using a phone or a computer.

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A First Look at Amazon’s New Kindle Fire

With the release of Amazon's Kindle Fire, there may just be another serious player in the growing tablet market.

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IPhone Bike Speaker Lets You Listen While You Ride

Play sweet music and use your iPhone as a GPS while riding through the town on your bike.

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Latest Places

Restaurant
Odette's Eatery

Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.
Bar
Everybody’s

7 Fort Lane, Auckland

This pun will write itself. Everybody's has something for everybody. But mostly, it's got a jaw-dropping array of modern European fusion and cocktails made to measure.
Restaurant
Better Burger

31 Galway St, Britomart

An instant classic.
Bar
The Cav

68 College Hill, Ponsonby

A low-key, relaxed pub that's a great spot to meet friends and share an ale.
Restaurant
The Botanist

90 Wellesley Street, Auckland

City Works Depot's cafe/bar/plant nursery fusion cafe.
Restaurant
Burger Burger

136-138 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

It seems the world of the burger has seen the line between professional eatery and burger takeaway joint become blurred.
Restaurant
Giapo

279 Queen Street, Auckland

Auckland's favourite "haute ice cream".
Restaurant
Hallertau

1171 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead

A country restaurant in the best sense of the word.
Restaurant
Mexico Ponsonby

164 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

If you put ‘Mexico’ into Google maps you might be told that you’re approximately 11,000km away. The great news is Google maps are wrong.
Restaurant
Masu

90 Federal Street, Auckland

Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.

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Slavery Footprint: Calculating How Many Forced Labourers Work For You

Cue the bright-eyed, pigtailed offspring of ethical consumerism and social media, Slavery Footprint.

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Micro-Hotel Sleepbox Makes Being In Transit Appealing

The pod with bed and drop-down desk may mean the days of sleeping in airport food courts are well behind us.

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First-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016

Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.

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Urban Farming Continues to Grow Around the World

Urban farms offer city dwellers a chance to green up their cities and get their hands dirty in the process.

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Paypal Founder’s Futuristic Floating Island City

The Silicon Valley billionaire is making plans for the project to be launched off the coast of San Francisco next year.

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Apple Unveils Eco-Friendly Campus HQ Plans

Apple's new eco-friendly HQ plans are larger-than-life.

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Latest Events

Event
Boy Kills World

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
Event
The Fall Guy

Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.
Event
Abigail

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The directors of 'Ready or Not' turn their attention to monster movies in this deliciously entertaining heist-meets-vampire flick.
Event
Challengers

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.
Event
Back to Black

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
Event
Robot Dreams

Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.
Event
Origin

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Selma' and 'A Wrinkle in Time; filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a sensitive, sincere and supremely smart biopic that's also an exploration of caste systems.
Event
Lovers and Castaways

Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland

This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.
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The Effect — Auckland Theatre Company

Tuesday, April 16 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland

This ethically ambiguous, toxic love story is the work of Lucy Prebble, one of the brains behind HBO’s ‘Succession’.

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Aotearoa High Tea in The Libraries at The Hotel Britomart

Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, April 13, 2024 and Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Hotel Britomart, Auckland

Enjoy some of Aotearoa's best food in the elegant, heritage spaces of The Libraries.

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Japan’s Intelligent Vending Machines Know Your Type

Thinking machines are already among us, watching us, and telling us what to drink.

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Aleksander Krasinki’s Futuristic Floating Island City

Architect Aleksander Krasinski has developed and designed a futuristic island concept.

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Modular Bike Tracks Take Cycling into the Future

This design by Ines Le Bihan is proving a viable alternative to our current bike paths.

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Interview /// Voyurl Looks Closer at the Murky World of Web Analytics

Voyurl breaks down your browsing behaviour in attractive graphs.

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Facebook Launches a Free SMS App

Deactivating your Facebook account might become harder with the launch of Facebook Messenger, a free standalone SMS app.

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Apple Has More Money in the Bank than the US Government

Recent figures show that Steve Jobs is richer than the US Government.

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Tequila Could Fuel Cars as Well as Parties

Don't drink and drive. Pour it in the tank instead.

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Three Ideas Shaping the Future of Music

Technology is changing the way music is made and consumed.

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The Most Unforgettable Space Shuttle Pictures

National Geographic has compiled a photographic retrospective of the shuttle's colourful history.

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Up Bracelet Records Your Everything

Jawbone's new piece of wearable tech will keep tabs on your health.

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60 Internet Seconds Around the World

How much do you get done in a minute?

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Weird And Wonderful Phone Chargers

Need to keep your phone charged at a festival?

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Google Insights Helps Predict The Economy

What does the average person do when confronted by something new in their life? Google it, of course.

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Iceland’s Crowdsourced Constitution. Like.

Iceland use social media to get the people's input for their new constitution.

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Students Create Futuristic Two-Wheeled Vehicle

Adelaide University students have created an inventive two wheeled contraption that could solve inner city transport issues.

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Luna Ring Could Power the World

Solar power from the moon could power the world.

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Kaiser Chiefs Want You to Make Their Album

Design and sell the new Kaiser Chief's album and earn a quid.

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Going Gaga for Google Chrome

The internet goes Gaga for Google Chrome.

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Control Mood Lighting and More with WiFi Connected Lightbulbs

Control mood lighting, your electricity bill and much more with these WiFi connected light bulbs.

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Discover the Beautiful World of Fonts with New Typography Application

Eye. Aperture. Descender. Spine. A weird collection of words, but for a typographer, a publication nerd like me or the owner of this new app they make perfect sense together.

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Highly Efficient Aero-Train Prototype that Actually Flies

A new prototype that would eliminate the problem of friction between a train and its tracks by flying extremely close to the ground.

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Open Source Classrooms Provide Ivy League Education for Free

Fancy a free Ivy League education? Open Culture will teach you everything you need to know.

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Google Gives Non-Profits a Helping Hand

Google's recent launch of Google for nonprofits brings together an extensive toolkit for non-profit organisations.

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$25 Computer Perfect for Classroom Equality

Bite-sized computer could be given away to school children for free.

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