Woolies X To Push Digital Biz
Woolworths is reportedly embarking on a major expansion of its new WooliesX digital operation, which combines digital, e-commerce, data and customer services... Read More
Unions Lose Penalty Cut Appeal, Retailers To Receive 12% Boost
With the notable exception of JB Hi-Fi, Australian retailers are set to receive up to a 12% earnings boost, following today’s Federal Court rejection... Read More
Qualcomm Flies White Flag With EU Over $38bn NXP Takeover
US smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has offered concessions to allay EU antitrust concerns over its $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors, the largest ever... Read More
Social Media Can’t Police Fake News, Says Ballmer
With big technology companies facing criticism over potential manipulation by Russians trying to influence the US presidential election, Twitter shareholder and former... Read More
Aus Gov Will Pay Users To Lower Energy Use
Launched today by Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg, the Federal Government has launched a scheme which will reward households and businesses in three states,... Read More
Samsung To Reveal Record Profit Forecast
Recent reports reveal Samsung Electronics is set to forecast a record third-quarter profit on Friday, following strong sales of memory chips and its... Read More
Vodafone Launches First IoT Specific Network In Oz
Vodafone has become the first Australian telco to launch a low power wide area network, specifically designed to connect to millions of IoT devices... Read More
Dell Bets $1b On IoT, Opens New Division
Dell Technologies has announced it intends to go big on IoT (Internet of Things), by committing $1 billion in R&D to the area... Read More
Australians Not Fazed By Mass Facial Recognition Tech
Roy Morgan’s latest SNAP SMS Survey has revealed the majority of Australians (67.5%) are not concerned their driver’s license photos will be... Read More
Convoy Offers Cashback On Bluesound & NAD
Convoy has announced two major cashback offers for audio brands NAD and Bluesound. Convoy is an importer and distributor of high-fidelity audio products and accessories. Its... Read More
“Rock Solid” Business Conditions States NAB
NAB has released its monthly business survey for September, revealing Australia’s business conditions remain “rock solid”. NAB Chief Economist, Alan Oster, affirms... Read More
Nielsen: Radio Trumps Streaming For New Music Discovery
Nielsen’s latest has revealed radio is still the most powerful tool US consumers employ to discover new music, despite the rise of... Read More
Telstra Wins $17M AFP Mobile Phones & Services Contract
Telstra has won a $17.7 million contract from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for the supply of mobile phones and services. The contract... Read More
Samsung Working On New Smartphone Cloud Service For Oz
Samsung has filed a trademark application in Australia and America for a new cloud service specifically for mobile phones and tablets, called “Samsung... Read More
Foxtel Launches New Pricing For NBN & Entertainment Bundles
Foxtel has unveiled a dramatic new pricing model for its high-performance broadband and entertainment bundles, for both existing and new customers. The company... Read More
Battle On Between Apple, Aussie Govt. Over iPhone Data
The Turnbull Government and Apple Australia could be headed for a major legal battle as the Government steps up demands by law-enforcement... Read More
Global Notebook Shipments Down From Last Year
Latest research from Taiwanese-based trade publication, DIGITIMES, has revealed the combined volume of notebook shipments from the world’s Top 5 brand vendors is down from... Read More
Has Harvey Norman Had A 25% Franchisee Failure Rate?
Harvey Norman has been forced to reinstate how many franchisee’s the Company actually has, with some observers claiming a 25% failure rate.... Read More
Ex-Nonda & Sonos Senior Manager Moves To Crestron Home Automation
Former Sonos and ‘nonda’ Senior Manager and veteran of the audio industry, Trevor Rooney, has joined home automation company, Crestron, as its... Read More
Amazon Takes On Fed Ex & UPS
Australian freight Companies who are already wary of what Amazon will do when they launch have been given new grounds for concern... Read More
Gartner Reveals Top 10 Strategic Tech Trends For 2018
Conducted every year, research and analytics firm, Gartner, has released its list of the Top 10 strategic technology trends forecast for next year.... Read More
Gartner: Global Tech Spending To Rise 4.3% In 2018
Gartner’s latest research has revealed that worldwide spending on technology is likely to grow by 4.3% in 2018 – a jump from 3.3%... Read More
Aus Gov Pushes For National Facial Recognition Database
Backed by Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian government has announced it will push for federal agencies to build a national facial... Read More
Google Ends ‘First Click Free’ Policy
Under pressure from publishers worldwide, Google has decided to immediately end their First Click Free (FCF) policy, replacing it with a fairer... Read More
DJI Introduces Data Security Feature For Drones
DJI, the Chinese-based company that occupies a large market share in the drone and aerial-imaging industry, has announced a new feature in... Read More
Telstra Launches Low-Cost Belong Mobile Plans
Telstra has entered the low-cost mobile market and debuted data-heavy plans through its budget ISP brand ‘Belong’. Belong’s mobile services launched on... Read More
Leaked: ‘Elegant’ Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Renowned serial tech leaker, Evan Blass, has released images of Huawei’s much-anticipated Mate 10 Pro smartphone, with some commentators heralding the device a sleek and ‘elegant‘... Read More
Angry Birds Hunting Prey
Rovio, the maker of hit mobile game Angry Birds is looking to buy up other players in the gaming industry following its... Read More
Oz Tablet Sales Fall: Android Slips, Windows Grows
Latest research from technology analysis firm, Telsyte, has revealed Australian tablet sales during the first half of 2017 dipped 10% from a... Read More
Aussie Net User Numbers Hit 14 Mil: New Govt. Figures
Australia now has almost 14 million Internet subscribers, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which has... Read More
Harvey Norman Inks Deal For Commercial IoT Products
Retail giant, Harvey Norman, has signed an agreement with Perth-based Quantify Technology to sell and promote its lineup of IoT (Internet of... Read More
Manfrotto Tripod Maker Teaming Up With Sony
Vitec Photographic who make the popular Manfrotto photographic tripod that’s popular at JB Hi Fi, is teaming up with Sony. The collaboration... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Loewe TV, Indi Appointment Made Behind Qualifi’s Back
The decision to award Melbourne based Indi Imports with the distribution rights for Loewe TV’s follows a “Topsy Turvey” ride for the... Read More
Gerry Harvey Pockets Bigger Pay, Raises Stake By 6m Shares
Chairman of retail giant Harvey Norman, Mr Gerry Harvey, has pocketed a marginally larger pay cheque, whilst also raising his stake in... Read More
Lyft Partners On Self-Drive Cars
Ford and Uber-competitor Lyft said they will team up to develop self-driving vehicles for the US-based Lyft ride-hailing service. The two companies... Read More
Google Rejigs EU Shopping Apps
Google is rejigging millions of search results to allow rival shopping-comparison services to bid for and resell advertising space at the top... Read More
Lenovo’s Star Wars VR Pack Pre-Orders Open
Following an announcement which unveiled the forthcoming release of Lenovo’s Star Wars based VR pack (comprised of a standalone AR headset and... Read More
Sony’s Next Smartphone A “Completely New Design”
For some consumers, Sony’s mobile phones have long been perceived old-fashioned and stock-standard – though recent news has revealed the company intends to change the... Read More
Netflix Australia Has Officially Beat Free-To-Air Rivals
New research from Roy Morgan has revealed that Netflix Australia’s growth over the past 18 months has officially exceeded its Free-To-Air Australian... Read More
Western Digital Looks To Stop $81bn Bid In Toshiba Chip Sale
US data storage giant Western Digital said it is trying again to block the sale of Toshiba’s prized semiconductor business to a... Read More
Vodafone Applies AI To Boost Mobile Network Performance
Vodafone is using artificial intelligence to optimise the operation of its networks, accomplishing in hours tasks that previously took engineers months to... Read More
Hackett Steps Down At Redflow
Simon Hackett has stepped down as CEO and MD of Australian battery and energy storage company Redflow. Still Redflow’s biggest shareholder, he... Read More
Microsoft Left Behind by AWS, What’s New?
Amazon Web Services is totally dominating the global infrastructure-as-a-service market, with 44.2 percent of the action, according to a new Gartner survey.... Read More
Alibaba Unveils $15b Global Logistics Expansion Plan
Chinese-based Alibaba has announced it plans to spend US$15.2 billion over five years to expand its global logistics network, as the e-commerce giant... Read More
Dyson To Launch Premium “High-Tech” Electric Cars By 2020
Notable hair dryer and vacuum clean maker, Dyson, has confirmed it plans to develop and build its own electric cars by 2020. Sir... Read More
NBN Release New Wholesale Business Prices, Retailers Set To Save
Today, the NBN has announced changes to its wholesale pricing model, aimed at making ‘business-grade’ services more flexible and competitive. The NBN... Read More
Bloody Monday: New Tech Stocks Sell-Off Stokes Industry Fear
Technology stocks including Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet went into free fall on Wall Street, over worries that the top-performing sector is falling... Read More
The New iPhone 8 Plus Costs $1,229, It Cost Just $360 To Manufacture
The new 64GB Apple iPhone 8 Plus will cost you $1,229 the cost to manufacture the device is just A$360, a difference... Read More
Oz Brands Lag Behind Global Rivals, Amazon Charges Ahead
Interbrand has released its ‘2017 Best Global Brands’ list, flagging Amazon as one the globe’s fastest-growing brands, whilst notably leaving behind any Australian... Read More
New Undersea Cables Support Rapid Data Speeds, Oz Install Ready
Microsoft, Facebook and Telxuis have finished their massive undersea data cable “Marea”, heralded the highest capacity subsea cable to cross the Atlantic Ocean... Read More