Don’t Wanna Subscribe? You Can Still Buy Office 2021
The world might have moved on from one-time software purchases for the most part, but for those who aren’t planning to leap... Read More
Wesfarmers Set To Buy Priceline Owner After Higher Bid Approved
Wesfarmers’ bid to take over Priceline owner Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) has taken a step forward, with the API Board indicating it... Read More
Setback For Lew As Myer Returns To Profit, Names Stephenson Chair
Solomon Lew has been given a bloody nose at Myer, with JoAnne Stephenson – whose ouster he had sought – named chair... Read More
NSW Hits 80% First-Vaccination Mark
Today, the state of New South Wales hit an important milestone, with 80 per cent of over-15s having had their first COVID-19... Read More
Unbreakable? Sturdy Galaxy Z Fold3 Defeats The Mighty ‘DropBot’
One of the most fun ways in which new smartphones are reviewed is courtesy of Allstate Protection Plans, who test a product’s... Read More
$11 Billion Holiday Season On The Cards For Oz
Australian retail could be looking at an $11 billion holiday season, with new research from Roy Morgan and the ARA showing a... Read More
TCL Shelves Flip 3 Rival
TCL will no longer release its affordable flip phone with a foldable display, as rising production costs make the project unfeasible. The... Read More
5G Doubles Smartphone Market Share As Value Models Soar
Growth in value and mid-tier devices is set to fuel a surge in 5G smartphones this year, according to new research from... Read More
BREAKING: NSW Retail To Reopen When 70% Of Adults Vaxxed
NSW retail stores will be allowed to reopen once the state hits its target of 70 per cent fully vaccinated, under the... Read More
CE Costs Could Rise As TSMC Hikes Chip Prices
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC is hiking prices on its chips by up to 20 per cent amid the global semiconductor shortage, a... Read More
Sports Flick Website Gone, Founder Accused Of Fraud
Australian sports streaming startup Sports Flick has vanished from the web as its founder faces allegations of fraud. The website for the... Read More
Dicker Soothes Shareholders Over Big Stock Sell-Off
David Dicker has sought to quash investor skittishness over his sale of 2.74 million shares in his own company to fund purchases... Read More
Loewe Wins EISA Mobile Speaker Award
We. by Loewe has won the prestigious Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) mobile speaker 2021- 2022 award for its brand-new portable... Read More
Online Sales Skyrocket As Aussies Stay Locked Down
Online sales have surged due to pandemic lockdowns, with July figures breaking records as customers shop from home, putting added strain on... Read More
Cellnet Shares Dive After Optus Kills Accessories Deal
Cellnet shares have plunged 12.5 per cent after the distributor announced Optus would not be renewing its mobile accessories supply agreement. The... Read More
Microsoft Gives Nov Deadline To Upgrade From Outlook To 365
Microsoft has let its commercial customers know that they have until November 1 to upgrade their old versions of Outlook to the... Read More
Apple Must Face Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple must face almost all claims in a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that Siri invades user privacy, a federal judge ruled... Read More
Samsung S21 FE Manual Leaks, No MicroSD Slot
The manual for Samsung’s yet-unannounced Galaxy S21 Fan Edition has leaked online, revealing official images of the new phone as well as... Read More
Telstra To Reward Fully-Vaxxed Customers
Telstra has announced that all its fully vaccinated customers will receive 2,500 Telstra Plus Points, which are equal to around $25, and... Read More
ICT Spending Stable In Oz And NZ, Despite Pandemic
Spending on information and communication technology (ICT) has held steady in Australia and New Zealand despite the pandemic, though consumer spending is... Read More
Samsung Missed 2021 Shipment Goals By 40 Million Units
Samsung has fallen short of its shipment goals by about 40 million units for 2021, despite impressive pre-sales for its new foldables,... Read More
Microsoft Announces Windows 11 Release Date
Microsoft has updated its “coming this fall” release window for Windows 11, with the new operating system coming to the general public... Read More
NSW Retail Plunges 8.9% As Oz Sings The Delta Blues
Retail trade has crashed by almost nine per cent in NSW as Delta lockdowns continue, with trade figures nationwide dropping 2.7 per... Read More
Regulators Swoop On Peloton Over Injuries
Peloton is bracing for financial pain as US government agencies circle, with numerous subpoenas and lawsuits now targeting the company over safety... Read More
Apple Loosens App Rules As Class Action Looms
Apple has made a concession of sorts, as it fights to avoid what may be a lengthy and costly court battle regarding... Read More
ACCC Wants More Power Over Mergers After TPG Defeat
Following its failure to scuttle the TPG-Vodafone merger last year, the ACCC is seeking a major overhaul of the merger process, which... Read More
Kmart On The Up, Revenue Nears $10 Billion
Kmart Group has enjoyed a strong year, with revenue up 8.3 per cent to $9.98 billion, as parent Wesfarmers looks to grow... Read More
Big W Posts Record Sales As Woolworths Surges
Big W has enjoyed a solid financial year, with record annual sales as well as 344.9 per cent growth in EBIT making... Read More
Afterpay Posts Loss Despite Mushrooming Sales
Buy-now, pay-later giant Afterpay has posted a net transaction loss of $132.6 million despite almost doubling sales over the past year. Afterpay,... Read More
Kerry Stokes Steps Down As Seven Group Chairman
Kerry Stokes will step down as chairman of Seven Group, a role he has held since the company was formed in April... Read More
Notebooks To Fuel PC Growth, But Shortages Choking Sales
Notebooks will be the main driver of future growth in the PC market, though supply chain issues are impacting 2021 forecasts, according... Read More
Apple Has Been Scanning Your iCloud Mail For Years
Apple has confirmed it already scans iCloud Mail for child sex abuse material (CSAM), and has been doing so since 2019. An... Read More
Samsung, LG To Reveal Next-Gen OLED Display Tech
Samsung Display and LG Display will both be showcasing their innovative new OLED displays at South Korea’s industry showcase exhibition for display... Read More
Kogan Suffers 87% Profit Collapse Due To Bloated Inventory
Online retailer Kogan.com has seen its profits dive to just $3.53 million, falling by 86.8 per cent, as bloated inventory and increased... Read More
Laser Hires New Category Managers With 37 Years Experience
Australian-owned CE company Laser has added two new product category managers as it expands its categories and adds new brands. Kathy Sudnik,... Read More
LG’s First 42-Inch OLED TV Delayed Until 2022
LG’s first ever 42-inch OLED TV has been delayed until 2022. The gaming television was announced earlier this year, and was intended... Read More
Blockbusters And Vaccines Key To Event Cinemas’ Recovery
According to the owners of Event Cinemas and Birch, Carroll and Coyle, blockbuster Hollywood films that are must-see cinema events, such as... Read More
Massive Pre-Order Demand For Samsung’s Foldable Phones
Samsung’s new smartphone models — Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 — are already an unqualified hit, with advance orders expected... Read More
NAB Rolls Out 2000 Pixel Smartphones For Remote Workers
National Australia Bank has handed out more than 2000 Google Pixel phones to employees in order to assist remote work during the... Read More
Oz Retail Slumps As Delta Drags On
Delta lockdowns are hammering Australian retail, with monthly sales figures across the country dropping more than five per cent in July. Data... Read More
LG Faces Billion-Dollar Battery Fire Disaster
General Motors is blaming battery supplier LG for a spate of Chevy Bolt vehicles catching on fire and leading to a mass... Read More
Vita Group’s Profits Up After Telstra Exit
Telstra Store licensee Vita Group has posted growth in EBITDA and profit despite declining revenues. Vita Group, which was rocked this year... Read More
COVID Slows Apple, Google Move Out Of China
The continuing COVID-19 crisis, and the recent outbreaks in Vietnam have disrupted plans by Apple, Amazon, Google and their suppliers to shift... Read More
Former Netflix Staffers Made $4.2m From Insider Trading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three former Netflix employees over an insider trading ring that netted them $AUD$4.195... Read More
Apple Pulls SharePlay Feature From iOS 15
Apple has delayed the release of its SharePlay tech, which was originally expected to launch alongside iOS 15 this year. The feature... Read More
Semiconductor Market Recovering Faster Than Expected
The global semiconductor market is outpacing analysts estimates, with an updated forecast expecting a 25 per cent surge in 2021. This is... Read More
Netflix Adds Spatial Audio Support On iPhone and iPad
Netflix has begun rolling out Spatial Audio support to its iPhone and iPad apps on iOS14, a feature that is already available... Read More
World’s Leading TV Vendors Increase Panel Orders
TV production looks to be heating up in the third quarter of 2021, with the top nine TV vendors all increasing their... Read More
Vaccines Mandatory For CES 2022
CES will require all attendees be vaccinated for its 2022 event in January as organisers look to move ahead with the show... Read More
Huawei Boss Vows To “Retake Our Throne” In Phone Market
Despite ongoing US sanctions causing mass havoc with production lines, Huawei rotating chairman Guo Ping has vowed that the Chinese tech giant... Read More