Huawei UK Deal Looking Shaky
LONDON: The British Government is showing signs of reneging on a decision to allow controversial Chinese networking giant to participate in the... Read More
Apple cuts China iPhone prices, closes US stores again
SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has cut the prices of its latest iPhones in China, ahead of a major online shopping festival called 6.18,... Read More
NBN Co Urged To Bring Telstra Fibre Into Mix
CANBERRA: NBN Co should look at options to bring Telstra’s fibre networks and new housing networks owned by Opticomm into its fold,... Read More
Ombudsman: Telco Problems Cost Small Businesses Time And Money
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman’s latest report has found that small business complaints related to telcos have increased steadily, and that problems with... Read More
Android Ramp Up Health Push With ‘Bedtime’ Sleep Tools
Google has commenced roll-out of its new ‘Bedtime’ sleep tools for Android devices, after seeing a surge in searches for sleep-related difficulties during the... Read More
iPhone Looters Lose: Police Alerts, Tracked Phones
Apple has reportedly warned looters of stolen iPhones in recent US protests that the devices come loaded with special security software –... Read More
Optus To Launch Cheap Chinese Oppo Smartphone With Half Baked Android OS
Optus who appear to love cuddling up to organisations such as China Telcom and Huawei has recently ranged another bottom end Chinese... Read More
Android 10 Now Available On Motorola Razr
The latest-gen Android 10 operating system is now available on the Motorola razr, for both new and existing customers. Android 10 adds... Read More
LG Rolling Out Affordable K Series Smartphones In Oz
LG Electronics Australia has announced that its 2020 range of affordable K Series smartphones will be rolling out across the country’s major... Read More
Microsoft Taps Robot Journos
SEATTLE: Dozens of journalists have been sacked after Microsoft decided to replace with them with artificial-intelligence software. Staff who maintain the news... Read More
Apple Postpones iPhone 12
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is expected to delay the launch of its new iPhone 12 series by at least two months to November,... Read More
Toll Restores Features, Preps To Deal With Customer Demands
SYDNEY: The Toll Group – motto “We embrace change” – which is currently seeking to restore its key systems following its second... Read More
NBN High-Speed Plans Get Nod
CANBERRA: The Morrison Government has ushered in three new high-speed residential plans on the National Broadband Network (NBN), via retail service providers... Read More
Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 Rumoured To Be In Production
The Galaxy Fold 2 is tipped to launch in August – potentially alongside the Galaxy Note 20 at the Galaxy Unpacked event... Read More
Are Dodgy High Risk Chipsets Set To Be Used In Oppo & Realme Smartphones?
Oppo who is seen as a Chinese mobile phone maker whose devices some claim, could be a security risk similar to Huawei... Read More
Microsoft Releases W10 Update
SEATTLE: Microsoft is starting to release the latest twice-annual update to Windows 10, featuring enhancements to the longstanding Notepad app and a... Read More
IPhone 11 Most Popular Smarty
SAN FRANCISCO: And the world’s most popular smartphone is …. (drum roll). You guessed it, another Apple, the iPhone 11 to be... Read More
Dell Hit By Coronavirus But Wins Millions In Govt Deals
SYDNEY: In its third year in a row, Dell Australia has posted a drop in profits. This year the company posted an... Read More
Covid Hits 50pc Of Aussie Biz
CANBERRA: The way most businesses operate has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 50pc of businesses in every industry... Read More
Galaxy XCover Pro: A Rugged Business Smartphone That Is Stronger & Smarter
The Galaxy XCover Pro, Samsung’s latest rugged, business smartphone, offers new functions, greater durability, and a sleeker design – all at a... Read More
Optus Q4 Revenue Down 9% Amid COVID19 & Price Competition
Singtel-owned telco, Optus, has reported a 2% decline in full-year revenue to A$ 8.95 billion, following a “challenging fourth quarter” and higher... Read More
Global NAND Flash Market Grows
TAIPEI: Revenues of the global NAND flash industry increased 8.3 percent sequentially to US$13.58 billion in Q1 due mainly to growth in... Read More
Sony Smartphone Shipments Hit Low
TOKYO: Sony Mobile Communications saw quarterly smartphone shipments hit a 10-year low of 400,000 units in Q1 the Company quit the Australian... Read More
Breaking News: News Corp Axe Over 100 Print Papers, Jobs Lost
News Corp Australia has announced it’s ceasing over 100 print newspapers, with 14 titles to completely close, and hundreds of jobs made... Read More
Two-City Start For Telstra’s New 5G Portable Gadget
SYDNEY: Dying to try 5G communications, but don’t know where to start? Telstra may have just the answer, after this week launching... Read More
Aussie Broadband Launches 1000Mbps NBN – With Qualifications
SYDNEY: Never one to miss a chance at delivering high-speed Internet, Morwell, Victoria-based Aussie Broadband says it plans to hitch a ride... Read More
Motorola On A Roll As Retailers & Carriers Take On New Models
It was a great US smartphone brand, that became the #1 brand in Australia, their hero was the Motorola Razr then it... Read More
Vodafone Looks To Transform
LONDON: A former chairman of beermaker Heineken will take the reins of Vodafone Group when current chairman Gerard Kleisterlee retires from the... Read More
Telstra Trials High-Spectrum 5G
SYDNEY: Telstra has begun trialling faster millimetre-wave 5G mobile phone technology. The technology, which could be eight times faster than 4G, is... Read More
‘It’s Going To Last Forever’: Lenovo Sees Good Times Ahead
SAN FRANCISCO: PC maker Lenovo sees good times ahead as more companies tell staff they can work from home permanently. Facebook, Square,... Read More
Crims Chuckle As Toll Reveals 200GB Of Data Now Missing
SYDNEY: The luckless Toll Group – still looking to recover from its second attack and pilfering of large amounts of corporate data... Read More
NBN Usage Jumps, Rollout Nears End On Work-From-Home
CANBERRA: More than seven million Australians are now connected to the NBN – and usage has jumped significantly, apparently due to the... Read More
LEAKED: Galaxy Note 20+ High-Res Renders
Serial tech leakers, Onleaks and Pigtou, have offered consumers a closer look at what claims to be the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Note... Read More
Xiaomi Share Outside China Grows: 50% of Q1 Sales Overseas
Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi, has continued to expand market share outside its home country of China, with half of Q1 total revenue... Read More
Motorola Razr 2 5G ‘Confirmed’ For 2020
Executives at Motorola parent company, Lenovo, have seemingly confirmed that a second iteration of its revamped foldable Razr phone will unveil later... Read More
Smartphone ODM Shipments Fall
TAIPEI: Digitimes Research has cut its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2020 to 1.15 billion units, down 15.4pc from 2019’s 1.36 billion... Read More
Telstra 5G Hits 157Mbps – But US Operator Achieves 506Mbps
SYDNEY/LONDON: Telstra’s 5G service has been rated at an average 157 megabits per second (Mbps) in a UK-based survey of leading 5G... Read More
Telstra 5G Rollout Undeterred By Coronavirus
Local telco Telstra is reportedly ahead of schedule for the rollout of its 5G network, with the coronavirus pandemic said to not... Read More
Motorola’s High-Value moto g8 Smartphone Coming To Oz
Motorola’s new moto g8 smartphone will be on sale in Australia from the 28th of May (RRP $329) at JB HI-FI, Officeworks,... Read More
Apple Recovers In China
SHANGHAI: Apple sales in China continued to recover in April, due partly to the release of a cheaper iPhone. It’s an extraordinary... Read More
US Ramps Up Pressure On Chinese Tech Outfits
WASHINGTON: The US is adding 33 Chinese companies and institutions to an economic blacklist including technology companies, some of which have links... Read More
Ticketek Joins Up With Afterpay For Expected Post Covid-19 Rush
SYDNEY: Australian entertainment ticketing company Ticketek is preparing to offer a buy-now, pay-later service in a deal with ASX-listed Afterpay. Ticketek, owned... Read More
Aussie Research Team Demos World’s Fastest Optical Chip
MELBOURNE: A team of researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities claims to have achieved the world’s fastest communication speed from a... Read More
Google Wins US Defence Contract
WASHINGTON: Google Cloud has announced it has inked a deal with the United States Department of Defence to help detect and respond... Read More
Shares Climb As Afterpay Reports Finds More Customers In The USA
MELBOURNE: Afterpay shares jumped 2.7 percent on the ASX yesterday after the Melbourne-based company reported strong growth in the USA. The shares... Read More
Amazon To Build A Second Solar Farm Down Under
SYDNEY: Amazon has revealed plans to build a 105-megawatt solar energy farm in Australia – its second such project Down Under. (The... Read More
Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G: Best-Seller
Samsung’s Galaxy S20+ 5G has become the best-selling 5G smartphone for Q1 in the United States, with commentators expecting similar results locally... Read More
‘Criminal Offence’: Fletcher Warns 5G Opponents
CANBERRA: The Federal Government has warned Australians about misinformation being spread across the nation by people who claim that the 5G technology... Read More
Design Leak: Samsung Galaxy Note20 Will Drop 100x Zoom, But Add 108MP Cam
According to the popular design leaker Ice Universe (@UniverseIce on Twitter), the next generation of the Samsung Galaxy Note10 – the Samsung... Read More
Huawei On The Offensive Over Latest US Bans
SHENZHEN: After Beijing rounded on Washington over its latest bans on Huawei Technologies, it’s now the telecommunications networking giant’s turn. In its... Read More