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  With smartphone cameras becoming more and more impressive every release, we often don’t use the tools they have to full advantage, one of which is the Panoramic tool. The Panoramic setting on your phone’s camera is great for getting those massive vista’s whilst on holiday or getting the full scope …

Hey team So I called this an Experience instead of a review cause its more sharing my thoughts as appose to trying to rate the show given the many complexities of it. But there will be some Review elements within So this all began when I saw the headline acts …

There’s definitely something of a revival going on around 90’s-era consoles and games right now. As someone who spent the 90’s being a teenager, I’m okay with this. It was a time when PCs were only just starting to leverage their processing power for the purposes of gaming, and the …

  By now you may have heard the hype over what has been called “The best sci-fi film in years” by many, after hearing this over and over again I jumped on good old Netflix as soon as I could. I was fairly excited at the potential of this movie …

A few American video game publishers have put New Zealand in the same region as Australia, which has us paying that 20%+ more for games on top of the standard USD to NZD conversion + VAT tax(when applicable), and others are outright charging us an Oceanic mark up.. One of the …

The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts DaveGaming & Technology Editor at The Empire Digital Media Ltd. Gadget fiend, maker of beer, technology enthusiast, and Dad of three, Dave enjoys trying to protect expensive gadgets from the destructive power of tiny people, and frequently fails. Latest posts by Dave …

Construction has started on a STAR WARS theme park, they are calling it Galaxys Edge, could be Yavin maybe by the looks. This is happening in Disney land Anaheim, So it looks like I’m saving for some plane tickets! Supposedly opening in 2019, they plan to mash together themes and …

Hey burger lovers! Apologies its been so long since my last burger review but you have no idea how hard it is to get a date when you delete tinder! First up full disclosure – Yep we have had a relationship with Burgerfuel for ages and we love them, but …

Well, quite a lot of Awesome actually. After posting the Commodore Film, there was a lot of chatter about the future of both Holden and HSV. It would seem there is no sign of slowing down, just a shift. Now this might not please everyone but if the internet has …

Hey team so first things first. Disclosure – These were sent to us by the PR company at their suggestion – This is not a paid promotion in anyway. Now most of you know that’s how we roll but in this day and age it seems it needs to be …

Hey team, So as you know we were invited along to the release of the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+. And since then I’ve been using the Galaxy S9 as a daily driver. In the essence of full disclosure, I’ve been a Samsung fan boy since my S5 however …

Those fans of The Open Road will already have seen, Holden New Zealand sent Nick on a trip to Dunedin to test drive and get to know the new ZB Commodore Here’s the Vlog A post shared by The Empire Media Group (@theempire_nz) on Feb 28, 2018 at 10:00pm PST …

Nick was sent on an Adventure by Holden New Zealand to drive the new Commodore to Queenstown from Dunedin Here’s the findings Pricing LT 2.0l Turbo Petrol – 2WD – Liftback $45,990 RS-V 3.6l V6 AWD $58,990 VXR 3.6l V6 AWD $67,990 More pricing options available via Holden A post …

On this episode of The Open Road Nick drive the Lexus LC500 from Matakana to Auckland. Tech Specs Engine: 5.0l V8 Power: 471 HP L/100km: avg 10.4 ( average varies through modes) Price as tested: $220,000 ( with glass roof) A few after thoughts. There is only so much we …

Seemingly out of nowhere, 4 of my firends posted on the same day that they have joined VERO No not that Vero, this is a new social app First glance seems to be something between instagram and twitter, it has basic functions like chat, tagging and things like that, in …