{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox magazine | title = NetGuide | editor = Jacques-Pierre Dumas | editor_title = Editor | previous_editor = Nigel Horrocks, Rebecca Rallo, Jonathan Cotton, Shannon Williams | staff_writer = | company = Computers; Technology | publisher = Techday Ltd | firstdate = September 1996 | lastdate = Early 2014 (now online) | country = New Zealand | based = Auckland | language = English | website = https://netguide.co.nz/ | issn = }}
'''''NetGuide''''' is a live news website with weekly email newsletters dedicated to New Zealand consumers, covering technology news, product reviews and buying advice. Netguide.co is the largest site in the Techday network.
==History and profile== ''NetGuide'' was launched in September 1996 by an independent Auckland-based publisher, then owned by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) 2003 to 2008, then shifted to Action Media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10522294|title=ACP Media to sell NetGuide magazine|work=New Zealand Herald|date=18 July 2008|access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> It is now owned exclusively by Techday Ltd. Originally entirely internet focused, it developed to cover wider computer, telecommunications, and technology issues. The magazine competed with IDG's ''New Zealand PC World'' and ran the annual ''NetGuide Web Awards''.<ref name="nzsales">[http://www.techday.com/webawards/ NetGuide "WebAwards"].</ref>
In early 2014, ''NetGuide'' and the entire Techday network discontinued all print publications and moved to exclusively online content.
In April 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurefive.co.nz/story/futurefive-rebrand-anniversary-2000-epic-giveaway-week/|title=FutureFive rebrand anniversary|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref> ''NetGuide'' was renamed as ''FutureFive NZ''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurefive.co.nz/story/what-is-futurefive-and-why-should-you-care/|title=We bring you the future today: Why NetGuide changed its name|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref>
==Australian edition== The magazine launched a version for the Australian market, ''Australian NetGuide'', which ran 1996–2009. It competed with NineMSN's ''apc'' and IDG's ''Australian PC World''. Now, Australian news is integrated into Netguide's New Zealand website, or published under one of Techday's Australian brands: IT Brief Australia, SecurityBrief Australia, or ChannelLife Australia.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official|https://netguide.co.nz/}}
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