Nokia 8 Gets $300 Discount At Various Retailers
The Nokia 8 is being sold at a discount at JB Hi-Fi right now priced at $599 down from $899, a $300... Read More
DJI Making Aussie Drone Pilots Sit A Test Before Taking Off
DJI is introducing a knowledge quiz for Aussie drone pilots, where they will answer a number of questions on the DJI app... Read More
Global Smartphone Growth To Slow Down In 2018
A new report says smartphone growth for this year will be weak due to lower demand and less replacement purchases with Samsung... Read More
HTC Global Phone Chief Quits, No Replacement Named
In a very brief notice to investors, HTC has announced its President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Chialin Chang has resigned, with... Read More
BREAKINGNEWS: Melbourne Based Distributor Kaiser Baas Sold
NZ owned IT distribution company, Exeed Limited has purchased the Kaiser Baas brand name, the move follows the recent exit of sales... Read More
FBI, CIA & NSA Issue Warning Against Huawei Products
NSA, FBI and CIA intelligence chiefs have issued a warning against Huawei products (and services), citing links to the Chinese government and... Read More
Man Who Cut Disasterous Dick Smith Store Deal Now Wants Top Job At Myer
The man who cut a disastrous deal with Dick Smith is now in the running to take the top job at Myer... Read More
Former Hitachi Exec Jumps Ship To LG Home Appliances
Former senior executive at Hitachi Australia, Frank Malcaus, has jumped ship, following his new appointment as LG Australia’s General Manager of Home Appliance Sales. Prior to his role at Japanese-based... Read More
Acer Wins 12 ‘iF Design Awards’, Predator Scoops Up
Acer has won twelve IF Design Awards for 2018, recognising products within its Predator gaming suite, Swift notebook and Aspire desktop lines for “design... Read More
Apple Watch Outsells Entire Swiss Watch Industry
Despite initial doubts about its success, the Apple Watch has proven naysayers wrong with Statista’s latest research revealing it outsold the entire Swiss... Read More
Customers Enraged By Vocus Sydney Data Centre Power Outage
Relied upon by many Australian retailers and brands, Vocus Sydney’s data centre experienced a “power outage” early yesterday morning, a matter which... Read More
Apple CEO Talks Succession Plans At Annual Meeting
Apple held its annual meeting overnight with CEO Tim Cook saying the company should expect higher dividends and one of his most important... Read More
Xerox Facing Lawsuit From Shareholder To Block Fujifilm Merger
Xerox shareholder Darwin Deason is suing the company asking the courts to block the upcoming merger between Xerox and Fujifilm saying the... Read More
Huawei Responds To Fake Mate 10 Pro Reviews
Huawei has responded to Monday’s reports, alleging it released ‘fake’ reviews for its Mate 10 Pro smartphone, by incentivising users of a private... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Umbers Exits As Myer CEO, Rumours Of Sacking
Following personal attacks from disgruntled shareholders, and the release of several profit downgrades, Myer CEO Richard Umbers has stepped down – with some reports... Read More
News Corp Keeping Tight Lid On $30m Turnbull Grant For Foxtel
News Corp is not revealing what it will do with its $30m grant for Foxtel given by the Turnbull government nearly six... Read More
Is Facebook Becoming Unsafe & Uncool?
Once known as the preferred social media for teenagers, latest research reveals Facebook’s teen users are ditching the platform in droves. The news... Read More
Billions To Be Paid For UK Premier League Rights
As the battle over sports rights heats up in Australia the Murdoch linked Sky Sports has agreed to pay A$6Billion for a... Read More
Qualcomm, Broadcom To Meet
Qualcomm and Broadcom plan to meet today to talk about the latter’s $121 billion (A$153 billion) acquisition offer, the first time the... Read More
Amazon Slashes Hundreds Of Jobs
Amazon.com is cutting hundreds of jobs in its consumer business in Seattle as the company shifts resources into fast-growing areas, including voice... Read More
NBN To Publish Speed Test Results
Initial results of an NBN fixed-line homes speed test will be published next month, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Rod... Read More
Revenue, Profit Down At Reckon, But Cloud Business Taking Off
ASX-listed accounting software house Reckon has reported revenue of $48.9 million for the year ended December 31, down slightly on the $49.68... Read More
Mophie Fails To Stack Up When It Comes To Wireless Charging, The Distributor Behind It Doesn’t Want To Talk About It
One of the hottest categories at CE retailers right now is wireless charging and a recent visit to retailers revealed some interesting... Read More
Oz Banks Debut New ‘Instant’ Payment Platform
From today, local banks will commence roll-out of out a new payment platform, set to offer ‘instantaneous’ transfers, 24 hours a day, seven days... Read More
Crypto Money Miner Penetrates 500+ Top Australian Websites
More than 500 Australian Web sites luding many governmentencies defence sites schools parliamentary sites and universities were hacked at the weekend a... Read More
New Android Update To Have iPhone X Notch
The upcoming Android update might have a notch, similar to the iPhone X as Google is focusing on ‘overhauling’ its Android mobile... Read More
Amazon Is Making Custom AI Chips For Alexa
Amazon will be developing a custom AI chip to work on its smart speakers such as Echo and other products where Amazon... Read More
IDC: Google Sold A “Tiny” 3.9M Pixel Phones In 2017
Despite Google’s decision to withhold Pixel shipment numbers, IDC has released its own estimates reflecting the device’s “tiny” presence in the smartphone market.... Read More
Nokia Q4 Phone Sales Beat HTC, Sony & Google
Counterpoint’s latest revised data reports HMD sold 4.4 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2017, inferring Nokia-branded smartphones outsold HTC, Sony... Read More
BluOS Announces Integration With Lutron Smart Home Lighting Systems
In an inspired move, BluOS developer Lenbrook International has announced integration with Lutron Electronics and its Caseta Pro Wireless, HomeWorks QS, and... Read More
PC Magazines Crash And Burn
Latest research from Roy Morgan reveals Australia’s readership of print and digital PC-related magazines has significantly dropped, with some publications seeing declines of 25%... Read More
Sonos ‘Welcomes’ HomePod With Tongue In Cheek
As competition within the smart speaker market continues to intensify, Sonos has ‘welcomed’ Apple’s HomePod to the party, with a tongue-in-cheek custom... Read More
New Dick Smith Class Action Green Lit By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of NSW has greenlit the latest class action against Dick Smith Holdings, which claims its leadership team gave shareholders... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Delivers “Record” HY18 Results, Sales Soar 41%, Profit Up 21%
UPDATE – Since releasing its HY earnings result, shares in JB H-Fi have dived 7.6% to $25.95, as the retailer’s full-year forecast falls nearly 3% below... Read More
COMMENT: Why JB Hi Fi Is The Best Retail Group In Australia
JB Hi Fi has demonstrated with today’s results that they are the best mass retailer in Australia. Sales are up 41% and... Read More
Sony Expands Laser Projector Line Up With Five Brightness Models
Sony Professional has added five new laser projectors to its line-up. The VPL-FHZ120L, a 12,000lm high brightness model for large venues, leads... Read More
Sorry, Macquarie – Feds’ Takeover Panel Backs Bulletproof
Macquarie Telecom has had a major setback in its bid to force the Bulletproof board to change its response to MacTel’s acquisition... Read More
Impelus Takes Telstra To Court
Telstra has a new fight on its hands, after digital marketing engine provider Impelus announced it would take the Big T to... Read More
HomePod Finds Home At Telstra
HomePod, Apple’s upmarket challenger to the lower-cost – and lower performing – wireless loudspeakers offered by the likes of Google, Amazon and... Read More
Myer Stocks Crash After Poor Stocktake Sale Results
Myer stocks have hit an all time low at 58 cents this morning after it released its first half results announcing poor... Read More
Google Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Defective Pixel Microphone
Google has found itself if in a class action lawsuit with two separate plaintiffs suing the search engine giant claiming they knew... Read More
Graphic Chip Demand Grows Nvidia Sales By 34%
The demand of graphic chips in various industries such as gaming, data centres and cryptocurrency has bolstered Nvidia’s Q4 results pushing its... Read More
Huawei Basically Confirms Launch Of P20 In March
It seems as if Huawei has given away the element of surprise for their press conference next month basically confirming the launch... Read More
Google Might Start Gaming With ‘Yeti’ Streaming Service
Google could be making its way into the gaming world with its streaming service code named ‘Yeti’, according to new reports. The... Read More
Optus Handset Sales Grow Its Q3 Operating Revenue
Optus’ postpaid handset customer growth has had positive affects on its Q3 operating revenue which has risen 5 per cent to $2.3bn... Read More
Amazon Market Value Close To Overtaking Microsoft
Amazon’s market share is about to be worth more than Microsoft’s due the online behemoth’s positive quarterly results and coming out relatively... Read More
Apple Files Patent For A Stylus That Draws In Mid-Air
Apple has filed a patent for a stylus that can draw on everything, and even in mid-air. The patent has been discovered... Read More
First It Was Loewe, Now Indi Imports Snares M&K Speakers
After snaring the Loewe TV brand out of Qualifi late last year, Indi Imports has now taken the M&K speaker range which... Read More
Tech Giants Hit By Wall Street Flash Crash
Companies such at Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Netflix and Amazon were all hurt by the flash crash that happened yesterday on Wall Street... Read More
The Word “The” Creates Friction Between LG And Samsung
They’ve battled each other for years, now LG and Samsung are at it again, this time over who has the best TV.... Read More