HP's brand is on the latest Google Chromebook which launched yesterday in New York. The HP Chromebook 11 is cheap at just US$279 - about NZ$340. It has an 11-inch 1366 x 768 pixel display with in -plane switching - which means a better screen than you'll see on other low-cost Chromebooks.

There's 16GB storage on-board but it also comes with 100GB of Google Drive storage for two years. The model launched yesterday is Wi-Fi only, but Google and HP say an version with built-in 4G mobile will be available later this year.

• Unconfirmed reports in overseas media say New Zealanders will be able to listen to Apple's iTunes radio early next year. The company is expected to launch the service in New Zealand and Australia as well as other English-speaking countries.


• While more than half of all New Zealanders now use smartphones, they're not as popular with older people. A free app from Vodafone aims to ease the challenge of making the move. "Starting Blocks" is an Android app introducing users to the basics in eight lessons. There are lessons on essential smartphone techniques like tapping and scrolling.


• Integrating cloud technologies, including CRM and a customer service application, helped The Waikato Institute of Technology win the Overall Innovation Award at Microsoft's Tertiary ICT Innovation Awards. Wintec winning formula was using cloud technologies to improve the overall experience for students and staff.


• The Raspberry Pi Foundation says it has made more than a million of its cheap educational computers at a Sony factory in Wales. Coupled with the units made earlier in China, that means there are around 1.75 million of the computers now in the wild.


• Telecom NZ's 4G announcement, Vodafone's UFB and TV launch and Kim Dot Com's comments about NZ's internet all featured on this week's New Zealand Tech Podcast hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guests Paul Brislen (@paulbrislen), Bill Bennett (@billbennettnz).

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