Geekzone boosts editorial: Juha Saarinen joins

Geekzone boosts editorial: Juha Saarinen joins

JANUARY 2, 2007— WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Geekzone, the most popular technology site in New Zealand according to Nielsen/NetRatings is pleased to welcome Juha Saarinen as editor and contributor. Juha is a well-respected technology journalist and reviewer, having written for publications such as Infoworld, PC World, Computerworld, PC/Computing and Virus Bulletin as well as dailies and other magazines around the world.

“With a decade and a half behind him as a tech writer, Juha brings with him a great mix of hands-on knowledge and journalistic experience”, says Mauricio Freitas, owner of Geekzone. “We are currently experiencing massive growth and Juha’s professionalism will help us produce the highquality content our visitors have come to expect,” Freitas adds.

Juha will be editing Geekzone material, contributing reviews and news and advising on content production, starting immediately. He currently writes the popular The Techsploder blog on Geekzone which was quoted in the New Zealand Parliament after being the first in the country with news about Telecom New Zealand being unbundled.

Geekzone was founded in 2003 by Mauricio Freitas, and specialises in mobile technology but covers ICT news and events as well. According to Nielsen/NetRatings statistics, Geekzone is the most popular New Zealand-based technology site by a large margin. The site is currently sees four times as many unique browsers and over three times the number of page impressions as its nearest three competitors, XtraMSN, New Zealand Herald/Technology and InfoTech.

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