Sony Caught Up In PS4 Bribery Scandal
Sony has been caught up in a bribery scandal by offering free PS4 games to motivate owners of their gaming consoles to... Read More
Foxconn Orders Hiring Halt, As Apple Faces Sales Slump
TAIPEI: Apple supplier Foxconn has stopped recruiting new workers as export orders are shrinking amid the global pandemic. The hiring halt comes... Read More
Comms Minister Hails Move To Force Google To Pay For News
CANBERRA: Australia’s Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has said he is confident that Google will be forced to pay Australian publishers for re-broadcasting... Read More
Virus Set To KO Kayo? Murdoch Preps For Likely Covid-19 Hit
SYDNEY/NEW YORK: It would appear no company is immune to COVID-19, with media giants also in the firing line including Rupert Murdoch’s... Read More
Afterpay Sales Jump 97pc To $2bn, Despite Covid-19 Threat
SYDNEY: Australian buy-now, pay-later provider Afterpay has posted third-quarter sales of $2.6 billion, up 97 percent on Q3 results last year, despite the... Read More
Despite Mobile Data Surging, 5G Uptake Revised Down 50%
Since the COVID-19 lockdown has been under way, mobile data usage has surged, with technology analyst firm Telsyte estimating it could grow... Read More
US Risks New Row With China
WASHINGTON: China and the US are heading for a new row over the use of 5G technology. US federal agencies have called... Read More
Newly Joined TPG/Voda Group Looks To Fibre Upgrade Work
SYDNEY: The recently merged Vodafone-TPG group is looking to play a major role in upgrading fibre-to-the-node NBN users to full fibre connections,... Read More
Apple’s New iPhones May Look More Like iPads, And The HomePod Might Be Cheaper
Rumour has it that Apple’s upcoming iPhones will look more like iPads than previous models. A Bloomberg report has claimed that there... Read More
Galaxy Fold 2 Leak Reveals Samsung Is Dropping The S Pen
Samsung looks set to release its next foldable smartphone – the Galaxy Fold 2 – in the second half of this year,... Read More
Harman Cranks Up JBL BAR Soundbar Range New Detachable Speakers
JBL the Harman owned sound Company has announced three new soundbars as part of their BAR Series including one model that has... Read More
Ankle Bracelets Coming For Those Not Working From Home
PERTH: They’re really worried in the West about citizens who decline to quarantine or work from home during the current coronavirus scare.... Read More
Cloud, Smartphone Sales Boom As Asia–Tech Rises, Post-Virus
SHANGHAI/SEOUL: Smartphone sales in China are rising again as COVID-19 cases there decline and global demand for chips used in work-from-home networks... Read More
Start-Ups Abandon Hot Desking
SYDNEY: Australian start-ups are looking to exit their hot-desking contracts as the coronavirus sets in. A number of independent Australian co-working spaces have... Read More
Sweden Boozes On As Oz, Other Nations Close Up
SYDNEY/STOCKHOLM: Not every nation across the globe is taking the very strict type of response to the coronavirus as Australia, France and... Read More
Working From Home Tipped To Become Permanent For Many
SAN FRANCISCO/SYDNEY: Globally, four out of five people’s jobs are being hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a total of 81 percent... Read More
Australian Satellite and IoT Company Myriota Raises $28 Million In Latest Funding Round
Myriota – an Australian company that specialises in low-cost and low-power satellite connectivity – has successfully raised $28 million in a Series... Read More
DJs Online Sales Zoom As In-Store Purchases Drop 19pc
SYDNEY: David Jones’ parent company Woolworths Holdings Limited, which is based in South Africa – and is not related to the Australian... Read More
Security Fears See Govt. Ban Zoom Use By Pollies, Agencies
CANBERRA: The Morrison Government has banned the use of popular video-conferencing software Zoom by government agencies and federal politicians, after defence sources... Read More
Australian Mobile Market Takes Major Hit From Coronavirus
SYDNEY: Mobile services revenue in Australia could decline by 10 percent in 2020, and sales of the much ballyhooed new “5G” gear... Read More
Nod To Ultra-HD Streaming, As US Set To Release 6GHz Band
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has drafted a proposal to extend the usable radio wave spectrum across the USA to... Read More
US Officials Look To Control High-Tech Exports To China
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: The Trump Administration is reported to be trying to curb China’s access to US technology on the pretence of China... Read More
Google’s $2 Billion Bid For Fitbit ‘Not A Slam-Dunk’: Report
WASHINGTON: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, who heads the US Justice Department’s antitrust division, has recused himself from an investigation into Google,... Read More
TCL Debuts Its First Range of Premium Yet Affordable Smartphones – The TCL 10 Series
TCL has launched its first series of branded Android smartphones – the TCL 10 Series. This line up is designed to be... Read More
ACCC Chair Sims Zooms In On CV19 Comms Risk
CANBERRA: Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has detailed COVID-19-induced communications risks that the ACCC hopes to mitigate.... Read More
It Took All Of 24 Hours For Oppo To Be Up-ended By TCL In Sub $499 Smartphone Market
It took all of 24 hours for TCL Mobile to up-end Chinese brand Oppo’s plans to be a key player in the... Read More
Motorola Razr Not As Expensive As You Think
If you are into retro or a smartphone that will get people talking the new Motorola Razr Flip phone is finally on... Read More
Westpac Bucks Trend, Predicts Jobs To Increase In ‘Some Sectors’
SYDNEY: Westpac has forecast major job losses by Australian businesses in the June quarter, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,. It... Read More
Residents Burn Down 5G Towers Claims They Are Causing Coronavirus Spread
What’s caused the Coronavirus has become a big talking point some Chinese nationals in Australia are blaming the US for starting the... Read More
Apple Rains In Dark Sky
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has purchased Dark Sky, a popular US weather app and, according to the company, there will be “no changes” for... Read More
GPost Delivers Location Messages
SYDNEY: A group of Australian software developers has launched a free messaging app, dubbed GPost, that enables messages to be distributed to... Read More
Sonos, First They Nobble Customers Now They Nobble Retailers For Discounting
US sound Company Sonos, has moved to nobble the retail partners who helped get the brand off the ground in Australia, because... Read More
Data Show Oz Internet Speeds Slumping During COVID19
MELBOURNE: When it comes to working from home curing COVID19, it appears not all cities are equal. According to figures supplied to... Read More
NEC A/NZ Offers Health Monitor App For Those Quarantined
SYDNEY: NEC A/NZ and a group of software developers have come up with a smartphone app, iQuarantine, that uses NEC’s face-recognition technology... Read More
Major Cloud Space Scrambling, New Toilet Paper Issue
BRISBANE: “Datacentres are the new toilet-paper,”says the always colourful Superloop/Megaport/NextDC founder Bevan Slattery, pictured. In a post on LinkedIn he warns that... Read More
Amazon Workers Strike For COVID19 Protection
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: E-commerce giant Amazon is facing more problems than coronavirus as workers at their so-called fulfillment centres begin to exercise... Read More
COVID19 May Make You Fat, If You Don’t Exercise More
SAN FRANCISCO: Coronavirus may do more harm than give a life-threatening respiratory illness. It seems it may also make you fat. A... Read More
Parliament To Be Called Early
CANBERRA: Parliament could sit as early as next week to pass legislation related to the new JobKeeper payment, with Labor likely to... Read More
WA shutdown: Local Coppers Call In The Drones
PERTH: West Australian police will use drones to enforce unprecedented border closures as the State goes into lockdown in a bid to... Read More
Telehealth Consultations Soar
CANBERRA: The Federal Government says more than one million telehealth conferences between doctors and patients have been held in Australia since strict... Read More
Coronavirus Wipes $47 Billion Off Technology Spend
NEW YORK: When the top-of-the-bill Mobile World Congress (MWC) cancelled this year, it was followed in quick succession by many major IT... Read More
Alcatel Rolls Out New Store With #1 OZ Value Smartphone Range
Alcatel Australia’s #1 value smartphone brand and the #3 overall brand behind Apple and Samsung have launched a new virtual shop on... Read More
Microsoft Snaps Up Virtualised Telco Affirmed Networks
SEATTLE: Microsoft has confirmed it has struck a deal to buy telecommunications virtualisation specialist Affirmed Networks for an undisclosed sum to take... Read More
BMC, NEC Oz Link Arms To Promote Digital Strategy
SYDNEY: BMC and NEC Australia have struck a deal that sees NEC using BMC’s Helix program to offer its clients service assurance... Read More
Telco Industry Offers COVID Guide
SYDNEY: The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and Communications Alliance have set up a joint Web page dubbed “Keeping Australians Connected”, with... Read More
Video Meetings Up 1000 Percent
SYDNEY/SANTA CLARA: Online or video meetings, in these blighted days of the coronavirus invasion, are very much to be preferred to physical... Read More
NSW Govt. Techies Call For Help
SYDNEY: If you’re a techie who’s been sacked due to the coronavirus extravaganza, here’s one possible path to at least a short-... Read More
No Quarantine Cops To Prowl Aussie Streets: ScoMo Promise
CANBERRA: Scott Morrison has denied that the Australian Government might follow the example of Britain and the USA in using technology to... Read More
Microsoft Puts Security Ahead Of Previews
SEATTLE: Microsoft has decided to halt Windows preview releases next month due to health concerns arising from COVID-19. The software and service... Read More
Another Overseas Op Goes Pear Shaped For Telstra
SYDNEY: Telstra yesterday was forced to stop transferring landline numbers to other providers, apparently due to COVID-19-related lockdowns in India, where much... Read More