Dene Mackenzie's blog

Already, this year is shaping up to be the Year of Google as the search and advertising giant starts to advertise itself.

Some visitors from Holland remarked to Mackline one night last week in the Octagon that they were very impressed that our group of friends and colleagues were actually talking to each other.

Vodafone and TelstraClear have hit back at figures released last week that their customers suffered broadband congestion at 7pm each day.

When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in 2008, his use of social media was among one of the many contributing factors to his win.

A disturbing report from Reuters has Mackline suffering more worry lines than normal. There seems to be only one cure to ease the suffering - finding new friends.

Mackline had the time of his life last week. He recognised early that a familiar scam was under way again and decided to play along through an email account that is protected in a way that only a skilled hacker could contemplate entering.

One of the wishes of Mackline is that New Zealand politicians will flock to social networks during the forthcoming election campaign.

Microsoft is aiming squarely at Apple's iPad technology with its new Windows 8 operating system.

An invitation to Microsoft's Tech.Ed 2011 in Auckland was too good to turn down.

Just when I have been anxiously looking forward to election campaign participants becoming more active on Twitter, an exchange took place last week among forces of the Left that was better than anticipated.