Samsung To Leapfrog CES Competition With New 4-In-1 Laundry Solution
With 2-in-1 washing solutions becoming more commonplace, Samsung is set to leapfrog its competition by unveiling a new 4-in-1 FlexWash and FlexDry laundry system at... Read More
US$8B Samsung Harman Deal Challenged By Major Share Holder
The $8 Billion Samsung take over of Harman International has hit a stumbling block with a major shareholder arguing the US Company... Read More
Google Aims To Break Into Smart Homes With Android Things
Google have announced their intentions to push into the world of smart homes with a new software suite branded Android Things. The... Read More
Microsoft’s Cortana Coming To Smart Appliances In 2017
Reports out of ZDNet indicate that Microsoft will be bringing its voice assistant software to fridges, toasters, thermostats, and other Internet of... Read More
IIoT Poised To Drive Oz IT At Furious Pace In 2017: Vertiv
The Internet of Things – and especially the so-called Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) – will begin to drive the ITC markets... Read More
Star Wars Smartband Can Now Control Your Home
Sphero’s Force Band, originally released as a controller for their remote control BB-8 droid, now boasts IFTTT (If This Then That) support.... Read More
US Regulators Pitch Smartphone Makers On ‘Driver Mode’
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a set of voluntary guidelines that implore smartphone companies like Apple and Samsung... Read More
Less Than Half Of Australians Know How To Secure New Christmas Gadgets
Less than half of Australians will take the measures required to secure their new devices this Christmas, despite 80% planning to use... Read More
Telstra To Make Smart-Home Play
Telstra has made its play for the growing niche of smart-home customers, rolling out a range of products that allow users to,... Read More
Telstra Makes Their Smart Home Play
Telstra have officially made their play for the growing niche of smart home customers, with the company rolling out a range of... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Samsung Acquires Harman For US$8B In Cash
Samsung has acquired Harman International Industries for US$8 Billion in cash. Harman gets about 65 percent of its sales from the automotive... Read More
Panasonic Releases Battery System Built For Australian Households
A new residential storage battery system from Panasonic will soon be available on the Australian market. The 5.3 kilowatt (kWh) system has... Read More
Innovation Awards Announced For CES 2017
CES and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) have announced their annual Best of Innovation award honourees ahead of the 50th anniversary of... Read More
New Android Auto Released
Overnight Google has announced a significant upgrade to Android Auto. The new service that can be downloaded from the Play Store is... Read More
Ericsson Readies Telstra For IoT On LTE With Cat-M1 Demo
Ericsson says that, along with Qualcomm, it has “executed network and device testing of data communications on Cat-M1,” for Telstra at its... Read More
Logitech Launch New Smart Home Switches
First revealed back in August, Logitech has now brought its next big move in the home automation space to market. Branded the... Read More
NBN Co Moots New IoT Role
NBN Co is looking at the possibility of entering the Internet Of Things (IoT) market its principal technology officer for FTTx (fibre... Read More
Apple Shifting Focus To Smart Homes
With iPhone sales in decline, it’s no surprise that Apple are on the hunt for new revenue streams and it looks like smart... Read More
D-Link’s New Router Promises High Speed + Affordability
D-Link’s new DIR-879 AC1900 EXO Wi-Fi Gigabit Router is promising to hit the sweet spot between speed, coverage and affordability. “Blending a new distinct design with powerful... Read More
Start-up Scores $1.25m Funding For ‘Siri For Analytics’ AI Deal
Hyper Anna, a Sydney-based start-up which describes itself as an AI powered data analyst – “Siri for analytics” – has secured $1.25... Read More
Ring, Ring, Who’s Calling…New Video Doorbell Goes On Sale At JB HI Fi
JB Hi Fi is set to sell a very unique doorbell that allows owners to answer their door from anywhere. You can... Read More
Google’s New Device Aims To Be The Centre Of Your Home
Google has given more details on its first entry into the ‘smart speaker’ market previously dominated by Amazon’s Echo. The new Google Home brings... Read More
Strict New Drone Laws Take Effect
Australia’s first set of rules for amateurs flying drones became law yesterday, putting some stiff immediate limits on where and how the... Read More
IoT Ranks Second To Cloud In Aust. Digital Transformation
IDC says a recent survey of 200 Australian organisations on their views about the Internet of Things (IoT) has shown IoT to... Read More
Privacy Commissioner Slams Industry over IoT Device Secrecy
Some 71 percent of Internet of Things devices marketed in Australia do not provide a privacy policy that adequately explains how the... Read More
Apple Plans Smart Home Device
Apple is forging a path in its development of smart-home device based on its Siri voice assistant – now present in Apple... Read More
Swann Smart-Series Is Designed For Home And Business DIY Security
Swann’s new Smart-Series DIY security system, combining wired video surveillance and access to wireless smart home technology, is now available in the... Read More
IoT Group Sacks Simon Kantor
ASX–listed Internet of Things company IoT Group has fired its executive director and company founder, Simon Kantor, in a dispute in which... Read More
IoT Startup To Connect 1M Devices
Thinxtra, an Australian start-up that is rolling out a low-powered wide radio area network for the Internet of Things using proprietary technology... Read More
ABI Points To Smart Home Cybersecurity Concerns
Amid the growth of the smart home industry, ABI Research has noted the need for security measures to be addressed at a... Read More
Seagate Sued Over Leaks
Hard drive maker Seagate is fending off a lawsuit filed by employees whose personal information was lost when the storage giant was... Read More
Drone Pilots Fight Deregulation
Professional drone operators are hoping that new laws to deregulate the commercial operation of drone aircraft won’t see the light of day.... Read More
GoPro Tease New Karma Drone Reveal
GoPro have released a teaser for this next major release when it comes to quadcopter drones. Called the Karma, it’s been teased... Read More
Uniden Roll Out New Hybrid Security Range
Uniden has further cemented its reputation in the wireless tech world by launching its new Guardian Hybrid DVR security system range. They... Read More
Cyber Attacks Leave Govt Networks Open To Espionage Threat
A damning report made by Australian media has revealed sensitive Australian Government and corporate computer networks have been severely compromised. A Four... Read More
Apple Fasttrack iPhone Fix After Exploit Used To Spy On Journo
Apple has released a security patch for iOS, following reports an Israeli security firm used a set of security loopholes for surveillance purposes.... Read More
Apple Goes Smart With New Home App
Apple making a play for the ‘smart homes’ crowd with a new app, set to be introduced in iOS 10. Appropriately titled ‘Home’,... Read More
Review: Predator X34 Gaming Monitor Delivers On Premium Price
Given what you’re paying per-pixel, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of why you’d want to opt for a dedicated desktop gaming monitor... Read More
Sony Moves To Fix Android Vulnerabilities
In response to a research report indicating over 900 million Android devices are subject to major security vulnerabilities, Sony have announced an initiative to stamp... Read More
Volkswagen Vulnerability Exposed
A team of researchers at the Usenix security conference in Texas have revealed a number of a security vulnerabilities with the wireless... Read More
Security Driving Home Automation Market
When it comes to home automation the top revenue earner is security and network connected cameras. A new research study has revealed... Read More
Smartphone Makers Urged To Follow Samsung When It Comes To Security
A recent report by DuoLabs suggested that 60% of Android devices have been left insecure as a result of lax security update practices.... Read More
New Unit To Tackle Cybercrime
Fresh from its narrow re-election, the Turnbull Government has launched a new Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) to tackle cybercrime and other... Read More
First Redflow Batteries For Solar Homes Now Due In November
Redflow – the Adelaide-based outfit which has been developing a battery system for storage of solar-generated energy in homes with solar panels... Read More
Swann Introduces Two New Professional HD Security Systems
Swann has introduced two new professional HD security systems, designed for use during the day and night, both indoors and outdoors. Comprising... Read More
Oz Resident Named In US Scam
US prosecutors have filed an indictment against three men, including one who lives in Australia, for engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to... Read More
Hello IoTAA: 100 Oz Outfits Join Group To Push Net Things
Some 100 Australian organisations are said to have banded together to form an industry group aimed at furthering development of the Internet... Read More
Credit Card Fraud: Aussies Seen To Be Dealing With It Better
Australians and New Zealanders are significantly more adept at dealing with possible credit card fraud than others in their region – and... Read More
Too Much Too Soon For Tesla
US magazine Consumer Reports has called Tesla’s Autopilot “Too Much Autonomy Too Soon” in an article headline about the recent fatal crash... Read More
IoT Budgets Booming: Vodafone
Organisations that have adopted the Internet of Things (IoT) are now spending 24 percent of their IT budget on IoT-related projects, a... Read More