Now you can fight Yoda, Rey, Kylo Ren, play Holochess...

The fruits from Xero’s recent spate of acquisitions and partnerships have been proudly on display this week.

MYOB claims that it is now the fastest growing cloud accounting business across Australia and New Zealand, after taking on 205,000 new subscriptions in just 12 months.

There’s no doubt that we live in a beautiful country and New Zealand Geographic’s new virtual reality project certainly proves it.

“I believe this award is particularly significant as it is acknowledgement from our peers in the information security industry and from across the private sector."

Out of 434 of New Zealand’s small and large businesses, only half (50%) feel confident that they would be able to cope if they experienced a significant cybersecurity breach.

Some Facebook Groups will people to connect with mentors and mentees based on specific topics of interest.

"The idea is to give Kiwi technology companies useful information for planning their sales and marketing strategies."

A US-based firm called Royole is delivering on that age-old problem of not being able to fold up your devices (who hasn't ever wished they could fold their phone up...)

The ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming is packed with surprises. No marketing messages, just solid features that work in the out of the box.

On mobile, a poor user experience is exacerbated and design flaws are magnified.

They don’t revolutionise social video gaming, but they are enjoyable enough to occupy you during a wet weekend. 

If your car keys (or your tablet) have disappeared into the void at the back of the couch or if you left them somewhere in your car, retracing your steps to find them could be a thing of the past.

"It’s essential for businesses to monitor human behaviour, and apply and enforce policies consistently. The alternative is to lose large amounts of unrecoverable money as a result of people’s actions."

What exactly is GovTech and what’s been happening in our capital city?

Unfortunately the Xero Security team is all too aware of fraud. We see it affecting our customers and community as an almost daily event.  

Is this for real? More often than not these days it can be hard to tell, and it’s okay to be a bit suspicious, especially when it comes to fraud.

Imagine 3D printing things thinner and smaller than a human hair, and how they could be used in everything from sensors, electronics, wearables and meshes.

For our NZ$8.90 per month, the average cost per title is US$0.00126 - but we only really get a choice of 416 TV shows and 4321 movies. Choice is a little bit limited compared to other countries.

“Instead of scrambling into action after a crisis, employers need to be more proactive in supporting employees."

Consumer consciousness around data privacy, security and stewardship has increased tenfold in recent years, forcing businesses to make customer privacy a business imperative.

"Enterprises, SMEs or startups are now able to bypass legacy approaches and develop innovation at an accelerated pace."

A United States federal court has charged a 23-year-old man for the hacks on Sony Online Entertainment and other major companies back in 2014.

Without air conditioning, The National Museum of Computing must keep a close eye on environmental factors like temperature, humidity, and UV light levels.