US Videogame Sales Surge In March On lockdown
SAN FRANCISCO: Videogame sales in March hit their highest in over a decade, as users binged on Animal Crossing: New Horizons and... Read More
IPhone, iPads Flaw May Have Let Hackers Steal Data
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is said to have left more than half a billion iPhones exposed to hackers. The bug, which also exists... Read More
Intel Shares Fall After Apple Invests In Own Processor For iPhones & Macs
Intel who were dealt a major blow by Apple for the second time in 18 months has withdrew its full-year sales forecast,... Read More
Apple Supply Issues Delay 5G iPad Pro
Apple’s long-rumoured iPad Pro with 5G and mini-LED technology will reportedly be delayed until later in 2021 following supply chain component issues... Read More
New Batteries Convert Phone ‘Heat’ To Extra Energy
As the city of Wuhan battles headlines over COVID19, engineers from Wuhan University have announced a ground-breaking first-of-its-kind ‘hydrogel’ battery film, capable... Read More
Govt. Reveals Plan To Build More Black-Spot Mobile base Stations
CANBERRA: The Morrison Government has revealed plans to build 182 new base stations for its mobile black spot program. Dubbed Round 5,... Read More
Aussie Tracing App: US Giants Google, Apple Hold The Key
CANBERRA/LONDON/PARIS: The Australian Government’s planned coronavirus tracing app is coming under intense scrutiny from US tech giants Apple and Google, which came... Read More
Smartphone Sales Forecast To Hit Record High 2025
Latest data forecasts global smartphone wholesale revenue to drop 21% year-on-year in 2020 amid coronavirus, before soaring to a ‘record high’ in... Read More
REVIEW: Retro Hit, Results In Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Packed With 2020 Technology
When dinosaur phones roamed this world back in 2004, a new innovation appeared on the radar and within weeks it became a... Read More
Slack Not-So-Slack Down Under: Users’ Data To Be Stored Locally
SYDNEY: Business communications app Slack has launched what it calls “data residency” in Australia. This means that Aussie Slack users can now... Read More
Samsung Unveils Latest Tablet – Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its latest tablet offering, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, which will come with a redesigned S Pen. The... Read More
Nokia Takeover Bid: Report
HELSINKI: Finnish telecommunications networking company Nokia is awash with rumours about a takeover, but the company is remaining hush-hush. Nokia has confirmed... Read More
Twitter Blocked From Revealing Government Surveillance Requests
SAN FRANCISCO: After a six-year battle, a federal court has stopped Twitter from revealing surveillance requests it received from the US government.... Read More
Young Australia Wary On Govt. Plann For Phone-Tracing App
CANBERRA: Prime Minister Scott Morrison may be facing some difficulty in persuading Australians – particularly young ones – to download and use... Read More
Government To Pay Phone Bills During COVID-19
CANBERRA: The Morrison Government has joined forces with the communications industry to help users get through problems associated with the COVID-19, ensuring... Read More
HP Launch New Notebooks But Don’t Bank On Seeing Them For Months
Hewlett Packard who is struggling to get stock for retailers in Australia today announced several new models including both Envy and ZBook... Read More
Apple Now Taking Oz Orders For ‘Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro’
Apple is now taking Australian orders for its ‘Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro’, with products to begin arriving to customers from next... Read More
OZ CE Retailers Face New Stock Problems & Limited New Product Launches
Australian consumer electronics retailers could face a lack of new product launches this year due to a backlog of parts manufacturing by... Read More
Big Brands Gaming Battle Looms, As Lenovo Cranks Up Legion Range
Lenovo has moved to crank up their presence in the PC gaming market in what is seen as a four-way battle between... Read More
Prepare For A Smartphone Flood
SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI: Telecommunication analysts are predicting that smartphone makers will flood the market with offerings as the coronavirus pandemic begins to ease.... Read More
Sony Offers $10m For Developers
TOKYO: Japanese entertainment and electronic giant Sony has earmarked US$10 million for a fund aimed at helping indie game developers survive the... Read More
China iPhone Shipments Surprise
SHANGHAI: Apple’s iPhone shipments in China rebounded in March, jumping 19 percent from a year earlier to 2.5 million units. Industry watcher... Read More
5G Conspiracy Theorists Blame – What Else? – COVID-19
SYDNEY: While the COVID-19 phenomenon currently sweeping the globe and making hundreds of thousands very sick – or even dead – it... Read More
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
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
Notebooks In Short Supply As Demand Surges
Demand for PC’s is surging in Australia, the only problems are stock availability according to several retailers. Intel the world’s largest chipmaker... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CORONAVIRUS: Big Brands Lining Up To Ditch China, Consumers Set To Shun Chinese Brands
Major consumer electronic suppliers are moving to shift their manufacturing out of China at the same time Australians are shunning Chinese brands... 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
REVIEW: Technics Ottava S SC-C50 – Brilliant Sound Networking An Issue
Panasonic’s Technics brand has an awesome reputation the only problem is that the products made by the Japanese brand have not been... Read More
Apple Watch Gets A Trump Deal
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: The Trump Administration has granted Apple a tariff waiver request for Apple Watch smartwatches. The exemption will enable Apple to import the finished... Read More
Online Scammers Exploit Coronavirus Outbreak
CANBERRA: As Australians are now working from home in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, they are increasingly vulnerable to... Read More