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2016 Amazon Kindle NZ Range

New 2016 Kindle NZ range coming in April 2016…

Amazons next 2016 Kindle NZ range is expected to be released in April 2016. They new Kindles are expected to be thinner, with a rechargeable battery case. It is also possible they may release a separate Solar Charging  case. If you can’t wait for the new range, you can order the current generation Kindle Paperwhite […]

Scheduled Maintenance for CPanel Users: PHP & MySQL Upgrades Beginning from April 3, 2016

This announcement applies only to clients on our CPanel hosting plans, which use the CPanel branded control panel. As many may already know, PHP versions 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 have reached end of life (EOL). PHP is third party software that some of our clients use to run their websites on. Not all websites will […]

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Should I Retain My Existing .co.nz Domain Names?

Last year we saw the release of the new shorter .NZ domain name extension, which gave many businesses the opportunity to register the shorter version of their existing .co.nz domain name. For example, if a business had the domain  mybusiness.co.nz, they may have had the preferential right to register the shorter domain mybusiness.nz . As […]

Amazon Echo NZ

Amazon Echo NZ Review

At the Lounge Network we are a fan of all things tech. Some of the coolest new devices we have recently come across is the new Amazon Echo NZ, Amazon Tap, and Echo Dot devices. This is a brief Amazon Echo NZ Review. In simple terms, the Amazon Echo NZ is a voice controlled computer […]

Google NZ

Major changes to Google NZ search results on mobile platforms

As of April 21st Google will begin to rank mobile search results, on the mobile-friendliness of your website. This means that if your website hasn’t been built to be mobile friendly, it may not rank well in mobile search results, and this could be a major problem for your business. This means all that money […]

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Less than 5 days left to register your shorter PRR .NZ Domain Name

September of last year saw the introduction of .nz domain at the second level.  So you are now able to register  the shorter version of your New Zealand domain name, so you can have yourcompany.NZ as well as yourcompany.CO.NZ. Since it’s introduction, over 50,000 shorter simpler .nz domain names have been registered.   Depending on […]

Upcoming Hosting Upgrades to the CPanel Servers

Hello again for another in our series of posts, upgrades for the Lounge network, where we are introducing new changes to our CPanel Web Hosting systems. In our last few posts, we have focused on Apache specifically so we want to touch on other improvements in the posts coming up. These upgrades are in progress, […]

NZ Domain Names

Time is running out to register your shorter .nz domain.

Time is running out to register your shorter .nz domain. If you’re eligible to register or reserve the shorter version of your .nz name, you’ve only got until 1pm 30 March 2015 to register and pay for your domain. Most of our clients who wanted the shorter version of their NZ domain, have already registered […]

Casio Edifice NZ Buy

Casio Edifice NZ – Review and Unboxing of the EQS-A500DB-1AV

At the Lounge Network, we are fans of all things technology related. We have recently come across the Casio Edifice line of watches, which have a some of the most advanced miniture technology  Casio are very well known for their G Shock line of watches, and they  are now becoming very well known for their […]