We get hands-on with one of the highest-end televisions available from Panasonic.

Sensor Tower reveals government apps topped the list followed by the usual social media suspects, but local streaming services also made the cut.

We got our hands on one of the most impressive Smart TV’s Panasonic has ever produced. Ever Kiwi household should take note.

Cloud multinational Amazon is adding Brisbane and Perth to its Local Zone network with new AWS Local Zones set to open in the cities.

Apache has released version 4.0 of Apache Cassandra, the open source distributed big data management platform.

We take the brand new smart speaker from Google for a test run.

The streaming behemoth earned big in the first quarter of this year, adding record levels of new subscribers and increasing revenue 27.6% year-on-year.

Netflix’s value has skyrocketed to $192.52 billion, according to one report.

Google is leading the way in donations, with around $800 million donated to date.

Calls and data usage on the Vodafone network remain high, according to Vodafone NZ who has released its latest network report in week 3 of lockdown. 

Amazon Web Services head of network strategy Phil Lin, Netflix director of infrastructure strategy Kevin Epperson, Digital Realty CTO Chris Sharp, and NEXTDC founder Bevan Slattery have joined the board.

Slack has reported that in the past seven weeks, more than 7,000 new companies have signed up to Slack as remote working becomes the new norm. 

Most of the world’s economy is contingent around people leaving their houses; now, a ‘stay at home economy’ will see a meteoric boom.

In just eight days, Netflix’s latest trailer for The Witcher has gained more than 11.4 million views on YouTube, and it also hit (at least) #20 on the YouTube trending list.

Last weekend a group of privacy advocates and experts gathered in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center to discuss issues highlighted by The Great Hack documentary.

"Both our On Demand platform and Streaming Device were designed with the viewer at the heart of experience, so combining them was a natural next step."

Rather than pulling their hair out thinking of potential activities, it would appear Kiwi parents are turning to the internet to entertain their little ones.

''The price and type of broadband service differs widely and it's important to understand what you're getting and make sure it suits your home activities not just now, but in a year's time."

Intel and Netflix announced a new high-performance video codec that is available as open source to content creators.

“The research confirms something many internet pundits have long instinctively believed to be true: piracy isn’t driven by law-breakers, it’s driven by people who can’t easily or affordably get the content they want.”

With a $5m growth in revenue and 92,000 more customers over the last year, Vodafone remains in a strong position despite $7.7m less profit than 2017.

For a product redesign to be successful, a meticulous rollout is required, coupled with a thorough understanding of your customer base.

Customers who have already signed up for 12 months of Spark's 'Netflix on us', can now access a further 6 months.

It looks like Nintendo Switch owners will have to wait longer for a Netflix app to come. There are no plans for it to be on the Switch.