Digital's death blows now striking NZ postal services
The dash to digital looks set to have claimed yet another victim.
Darren Greenwood keeps his feet on New Zealand's shaky ground and his head up in the long white cloud.
Darren Greenwood has been in journalism, not all of it IT, since the days of typewriters and long before the web spun its way around the world. Coming from Yorkshire, he can be blunt, and though having resided in New Zealand, as well as Australia, for quite some time, he insists he is not one of the 'sheeple!'
The dash to digital looks set to have claimed yet another victim.
A push towards the cloud with earlier and more widespread adoption than would otherwise be the case, may well be Kim Dotcom's contribution to the tech scene.
The online world could well lay waste to the streets of retailers we once knew.
It's now not worth the effort of buying cheap mobile phones in the UK and taking them back to New Zealand.
I have grave misgivings over corporate welfare, especially in the tech sector.
There's been some controversy over the tax paid in New Zealand by multinational companies, particularly those in the tech sector.
Once people realise teleworking gives more freedom on where to live, I am sure many will prefer a roomier house with garden as opposed to a cramped little box, even if it is farther away from the office.
Whatever happened to the bowl of fruit in the workplace? Not to mention the endless supply of soft drinks and the gaming machines.
Kim Dotcom was right to raise the issue once again, even if his ideas are a pie in the sky for now .
If the entertainment industry actually provided legal avenues for timely movie distribution in countries other than the US, would piracy be a problem?