Xerox-Fujifilm Deal Blocked By Judge
The deal between Xerox and Fujifilm has been temporarily blocked by a New York judge who says the Xerox CEO was ‘trying... Read More
Samsung Seeks New Marketing Comms Manager
Samsung Australia is once again shuffling its internal management team, following a LinkedIn job post for a new Marketing Communications Manager on a 9-month fixed-term contract.... Read More
Seven & Nine Unite Against ACCC Facebook/Google Probe
Complimenting previous remarks from Seven West Media’s Kerry Stokes, Nine Boss, Hugh Marks, has urged the Australian media industry to unite, as the ACCC prepares to... Read More
Apple Ditching 3D Touch For Entry Level Model?
Apple could be dropping 3D Touch for its entry-level LCD model – one of three iPhones set to be released later this... Read More
New Nokia Phones Landing in Oz This Week
Following their unveiling at Mobile World Congress 2018 (MWC), HMD Global has announced the latest suite of Nokia phones will land in... Read More
Intel Shines With Q1 Results
Intel’s Q1 results have the tech sector buzzing, after the company reported revenue of US$16.1 billion, up 9 percent year-over-year and with... Read More
Sony’s PlayStation A Big Earner
Sony has reported that its PlayStation business was a big earner in the Japanese financial year ended March 31, with an operating... Read More
Taiwan Says No To ZTE Shipments
All Taiwanese companies are being urged to stop trading with Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE. This comes just one week after the... Read More
Samsung Set To Be Upended As Lee Family Restructure
A controversial web of Companies that benefit the Lee family and are wrapped around Samsung are set to be untangled in a... Read More
Amazon Takes It Up To Google & Facebook CE Sellers Set To Benefit
A battle is brewing in Australia between Amazon, Google and Facebook and right in the middle are distributors and online merchants who... Read More
Steinhoff Ex-Chairman Sues For $6 Billion
Former Chairman of South-African furniture and homewares giant, Steinhoff, is suing the retail conglomerate US$4.8 billion (~A$6.35 billion), in a bid to... Read More
Wesfarmers Sales Up, Officeworks & Kmart Soar, Target Wobbles
Wesfarmers has posted a moderate 2.7% Q3 sales increase to $14.85 billion, as performance from Bunnings ANZ, Kmart and Officeworks continues to offset struggling sales... Read More
LG Posts Record Q1 Profit, Home Entertainment Up 76%
LG Electronics has posted a 20.2% increase in Q1 operating profit, following strong sales from its premium home appliances and TV range, thereby offsetting... Read More
Telstra Joins ‘Dodgy Companies Club’ After Massive $10m Fine
Telstra has been given a seat at the ‘dodgy companies club’ after being ordered by the federal court to cough up a... Read More
Microsoft Shares Wobble Despite 16% Lift In Revenues
Microsoft saw its stock fall as much as 2.5 percent last night despite a positive result. Personal Computing, which includes Windows, devices,... Read More
Fujifilm Wins 10 Red Dot Design Awards
Fujifilm has received ten awards at this year’s Red Dot Design awards for a number of its lenses and products including a infectious disease... Read More
Samsung Profit Up 52%, S9 & Memory Chip Sales Strong
Samsung has continued its streak of bumper earnings, posting a 52% YoY increase in 1Q18 net profit [11.69 trillion won/US$10.8 billion], driven by... Read More
Westfield Takeover Tipped To Be Green Lit
Recent reports reveal Unibail-Rodamco’s ~$30 billion takeover of Westfield is likely to be green lit, just a month shy of the scheduled shareholder... Read More
Sonos Eyes June IPO
Wireless speaker company Sonos is preparing for an IPO in either June or July according to those familiar with the matter confirming rumours circulating earlier... Read More
Amazon Echo Spot Lands In Australia
Set to further ignite competition in the smart speaker market, Amazon has announced its Echo Spot is now available to buy in... Read More
Apple’s New Strategy In Tax Case
Apple will start transferring billions of euros to Ireland within months where the cash will be held while the iPhone maker fights... Read More
Wall St Mauls FANGs Apple
The so-called FANG stocks – Facebook Amazon Netflix and Google (Alphabet) have felt a heap of pain from Wall St this week... Read More
Streaming Revenues Trump Music Downloads For First Time
IFPI’s latest Global Music Report reveals Apple and Spotify are the music industry’s largest revenue generators, with sales from music streaming surpassing physical and digital... Read More
Lenovo Is Close To Being Axed From Stock Exchange
Consumer electronics company Lenovo is close to being booted from Hong Kong stock market index, the Hang Seng Index. Its shares have... Read More
Fetch TV Inks New Netflix Deal For More Features
Local pay-TV provider, Fetch TV, has secured a new deal with streaming giant, Netflix, featuring the roll-out of several quick search functions across the next... Read More
Sendle Seduces Retailers With 2 Day eBay Delivery Guarantee
Parcel delivery provider, Sendle, has further intensified competition against Australia Post, launching a new two-day delivery guarantee for retailers selling on eBay.... Read More
New LG G7 ThinQ Images Leak
Images for the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ smartphone have been leaked with the release day only weeks away. Evan Blass, notorious phone leaker... Read More
Godfreys Breach Lending Covenant, During Takeover Talks
As consumers flock to The Good Guys, JB Hi Fi and Betta Electrical to buy their cleaning appliances takeover target Godfrey who... Read More
EU Slams Brakes On Apple’s Shazam Buy
An in-depth investigation by the European Commission is set to delay Apple’s purchase of music identification app, Shazam, by several months. Whilst... Read More
HTC Eyes Car Industry To Lift Struggling Bottom Line
Following a record NT$9.8 billion [~US$3.3 million] quarterly net loss, Taiwanese-based HTC has today revealed a new ‘double pronged’ strategy, claimed to rebound its... Read More
Google On A Roll Profits Up 73%
Google is on a roll and hardware is contributing to their success along with improved advertising revenues. Earlier today parent Company Alphabet... Read More
Kindle, Alexa, Now Amazon Is Building A Home Robot
First came the Kindle, then came Alexa and Echo now Amazon is having a crack at building the optimum home robot. Currently... Read More
Myer Appoints ‘House of Fraser’ Boss As CEO
Myer Holdings has today appointed former House of Fraser boss, John King, as its new CEO and Managing Director. The news follows the... Read More
iSelect Crashes, CEO Out, Shares Down 60%
Shares in comparison insurance website, iSelect, have today plummeted over 60%, following a ~69% earnings downgrade for fiscal year 2017, and the resignation... Read More
Fetch TV Snares 6 BBC Channels With New ‘BBC Living’
In a bid to further intensify competition against Foxtel, local pay-TV provider, Fetch TV, has today expanded its partnership with BBC Studios, launching new... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Netgear Cranks Up New Arlo OZ Operation, New Products, Offices & Staff
Netgear is set to be split in half in Australia, with management now looking for new offices people and resources for a... Read More
Samsung Promotes Garry McGregor To VP of IT & Mobile
Samsung Australia has today announced the promotion of Garry McGregor as its new Vice President of IT and Mobile, effective immediately. Following... Read More
China’s Spotify Prepares For Tech Industry’s Biggest IPO Ever
Heralded the ‘Spotify of China’, dominant Chinese music streaming company, Tencent Music, is reportedly preparing for an IPO – an event forecast to be the biggest tech IPO in... Read More
Microsoft Set To Kill Off One Note 2016 App
Microsoft is set to kill off the app OneNote 2016, instead users will be pushed to a new OneNote for Windows 10... Read More
Apple Starts To Tank, iPhone Sales Tipped To Be Down 17%
The success of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the perception that traditional Apple owners, are dumping their iPhones for an Android device,... Read More
High Court Rejects Valve’s Leave Request To Appeal $3M Fine
The High Court of Australia has today dismissed a special leave request from US gaming company, Valve, which sought to appeal a... Read More
Telstra Eyes Drones For Future Network Revenue
As the race to 5G continues, Telstra has revealed it’s eyeing the future of drones for additional mobile network revenue – notably... Read More
Foxtel Rolls Out Unlimited ‘Broadband + Entertainment’ Streaming Plans
In a bid to entice new customers, Pay TV provider, Foxtel, has today rolled out its new unlimited broadband and entertainment plans, said... Read More
Roku Shares Plummet After Amazon, Best Buy TV Deal
Shares in video streaming platform, Roku, have plummeted by as much as 9.4% following a recent smart TV partnership struck by Amazon and... Read More
Q Acoustics Debuts 3000i Loudspeakers, Promises More Bang For The Buck
Q Acoustics whose products are now distributed by Indi Imports, has revamped its popular 3000 loudspeaker range, with the 3000i. The UK... Read More
UE Takes on JBL With Alexa Powered ‘BLAST’ & ‘MEGABLAST’
Just days after the launch of JBL’s new Link 300 smart speaker, Logitech owned Ultimate Ears (UE) has unveiled its new Alexa-powered ‘BLAST’... Read More
Amazon Move To Cut Out Sellers Of Counterfeit Products
According to a leaked email Amazon is set to transition to a new purchase system with the big online retailer set to... Read More
Qualcomm Slashes 1500 Jobs To Cut Costs
Chip maker Qualcomm is slashing 1,500 jobs at a number of its Californian premises with reports saying this is a move to... Read More
De Meglio Gets Addicted After Quiting Advanced Audio
Michael Di Meglio, who quit Advance Audio is set to take on the role of Sales Director at Addicted To Audio. Meglio... Read More
Amazon Reaches 100 Million Prime Subscribers
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says there are now more than 100 million Prime subscribers since the service began 13 years ago. Bezos... Read More