Wearables, Cceaper streaming subscriptions and remotely controlled home electronics are the changes consumers are likely to see as Apple buys Beats Electronics.

A couple of years ago I talked about Judit Klein, a very clever student following the Creative Technologies course at AUT. Judit had won a scholarship to visit Apple's famed annual Worldwide Developers' Conference.

Apple has hired a swathe of leading biomedical experts prompting speculation that the technology giant is planning a major expansion into the health sector.

You are walking down a busy street, eyes down on a text message exchange, when bang - you collide phone - first with a tree, a lamppost or a fellow pedestrian.

Finance Minister Bill English says he wants Google, Apple and Starbucks and other multinationals to pay more tax and hopes the issue will be raised at economic talks this week.