Facebook Backtracks On Anti-Patent Troll License
Social network Facebook has caved in and will relicense some of its popular open source projects without a controversial anti-patent troll clause,... Read More
SA CIO Sacked Criminal Charges Follow
The South Australian Government has sacked the Premier’s Department chief information officer Veronica Theriault, pictured, after she had spent just seven weeks... Read More
Fujifilm Aus COO David Marshall Sues For ‘Ageism’, Seeking $1m
With tenure expanding eighteen years, Fujifilm Australia’s COO, David Marshall, is suing the organisation’s Chairman and Chief Executive for ageism, seeking up... Read More
Costco To Take On Amazon With New Office Supply Online Service
Costco the big US retailer who has been slowly expanding sales of consumer electronics, appliances and office products is set to grow... Read More
D-Link Receives Court Support Against FTC Complaints
The American FTC (Federal Trade Commission) claims D-Link does not adequately protect its routers and IP cameras, however, this week a judge... Read More
What Does CBS Plan To Do With Channel Ten?
CBS was described as ‘keeping its cards very close to its chest’ throughout the bidding process for Channel Ten, and has largely... Read More
Snap Shakes Up Smart Glasses Team, Cuts Jobs, Changes Leadership
Sources state Snap Inc has shaken up personnel within its hardware lab (used to make its wearable video-camera glasses), inclusive of cutting... Read More
A New 2017 Smartphone Battle Has Kicked Off, But Who Will Be The Winner?
It’s on the battle of the phone brands, Apple Vs Samsung and the contenders for the scraps in the smartphone market which... Read More
Telstra Inks $90m Fibre Network Deal With McDonald’s
Telstra has struck a $90 million deal with fast-food giant McDonald’s, to fit out over 850 Australian stores with an ultra-quick fibre... Read More
Chinese Rivals Gain Ground As Apple Holds Back On New Tech
Recent reports state that Apple’s decision to hold back on new technological features, has provided Chinese smartphone rivals the best opportunity to charge ahead... Read More
Amazon Told To Change Its Rules To Meet Aus Legislation
Global behemoth, Amazon, has been told by an Australian Ombudsman that it needs to change its contract for small businesses on its... Read More
Top-5 Notebook Shipments Mixed
Global top-five notebook brand vendors’ combined shipments were up in August, but fell year-on–year, according to Taiwan’s Digitimes Research. With the consumer... Read More
Facebook Details Aust. Tax Deals
Facebook has told the Federal Parliament that a majority of its revenue raised in Australia is booked overseas with its Irish and... Read More
Woolworths & Apple Alliance Set To Increase Aus Digital Wallet Use
Customers of Australian grocery giant Woolworths will soon be able to acquire and redeem rewards points through Apple’s Wallet App. The retailer... Read More
Breaking News: Ten Accept CBS Offer, Rejects Gordon & Murdoch, Appeal Expected
Following a bidding war for embattled network Channel Ten, creditors have today voted to accept American behemoth CBS’ revised offer, rejecting the rival... Read More
Breaking News: CBS Raises Ten Offer Ahead Of Creditors Meeting
Ahead of the second creditors meeting scheduled for today, American broadcaster CBS has increased its offer, thereby directly taking on rival bidders... Read More
Google Face Backlash For EU Proposal, Offers To Auction Web Spaces
Following a record $2.9 billion from the EU’s European Commission for anti-trust actions, Google has received backlash for its revised proposal which... Read More
Kaspersky To Testify In Congress
Eugene Kaspersky the Russian founder and CEO of security software vendor Kaspersky Labs – has accepted an invitation to to testify before... Read More
Hackett Clinches $750,000 Deal For Redflow Batteries
Auckland-based Hitech Solutions has placed a second order for a major, multiple-stage project using Australian company Redflow’s ZBM2 batteries to build energy... Read More
Mansfield Tipped As Vocus Chair
Former Telstra chairman and Optus executive Bob Mansfield is being tipped as the hot favorite to replace retiring David Spence as chairman... Read More
It’s Decision Day On Ten: CBS Seen As A Shoo-In To Take Over
The American TV and media giant CBS appears to be a shoo-in to get the nod from a meeting of Ten staff... Read More
Commonwealth Bank Settle On Garmin Pay Over Apple Pay
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has announced that customers will be able to make payments via their Garmin smartwatches, following the device’s launch in October.... Read More
Oppo’s FC Barcelona Gold Plated Phone Lands In Oz
Chinese-based Oppo has sponsored FC Barcelona and to celebrate this has launched a special edition red, blue and gold-plated FC Barcelona version of... Read More
‘Angry Birds’ Crow At $1bn IPO
Finnish game maker Rovio, which developed the hit game Angry Birds, has laid out an IPO roadmap that would value it around... Read More
CSIRO Cuts Wi-Fi, Comms Lab Jobs
The CSIRO has confirmed that it is cutting 57 jobs from across the organisation, including 15 positions from the Marsfield, Sydney, laboratory... Read More
Andy Penn Signals Telstra Push For Gay Marriage Equality
Telstra CEO Andy Penn, pictured, has put his personal values and those of Telstra firmly behind the push for a “yes” vote... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Gordon Loses Court Bid To Block CBS Ten Takeover
Bruce Gordon has lost his court case against administrators KordaMentha and CBS, which aimed to challenge the takeover of Channel Ten by... Read More
Murdoch & Gordon Lodge New Bid For Ten, Tops CBS
Sparked by media reforms, shareholders Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch have offered another bid for Channel Ten, which reports state is higher than... Read More
Amaysim Ahead In Telco Satisfaction, Aldi Lags Behind
Amaysim is ahead of all other major mobile phone service providers in terms of user satisfaction, research from Roy Morgan has found. The... Read More
Gerry Harvey Rips Into AFR Journo, Accounts Issues “100% Lies”
Gerry Harvey, Executive Chairman of Harvey Norman, has launched a brash attack on The Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) ‘Rear Window’ journalist, Joe... Read More
Apple Probed By US Senate On iPhone X, Face ID Privacy
A day after Apple unveiled its new iPhone X, which allows its owner to unlock the device using facial recognition – a... Read More
Google Glass Surfaces Down Under
You may have thought Google had totally shelved development of its Google Glass computerised specs, which had been heavily criticised as privacy... Read More
Myer Closes Three Stores, Renews Push On Online Sales
No-one was mentioning the “A” word (that’s “A” for Amazon) – but the Myer retail group yesterday forecast a greater push into... Read More
Legal Eagles Look To Pounce On Vocus In Class Action Plan
Ever on the prowl to right a few wrongs and perhaps bank a potential million or two, leading law firm Slater and... Read More
Emmys 2017: Battle Of Streaming Shows & TV Shows
This Sunday’s Emmys event will highlight the rivalry between streaming content shows and traditional television shows. Set to inject suspense into the... Read More
Myer Profit Tumbles 80%, Worst Result Since Float
Department store retailer Myer has released its earnings report, revealing net profit tumbled 80.3% on last year. The retailer posted a threadbare... Read More
Toshiba Signs ‘MOU’ With Bain & Apple Group For Chip Business
Toshiba has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a consortium led by Bain Capital – including Apple – for the... Read More
Aus Media Set For Major Shakeup, Senate Inks Deal On Reform
The Australian media industry is set for a major shakeup after the government struck a deal in the Senate for a historic reform... Read More
Kaspersky Software Banned From US Federal Agencies
The American government has officially banned Kaspersky software from federal agencies, following reports the company has ties with the Russian government and... Read More
Samsung Bow To Customer Outrage: Exits Korindo JV
Following a two month campaign, over 73,000 outraged consumers – including 15,000 Samsung customers – signed a petition imploring Samsung not to... Read More
eBay Oz: Local Retailers Don’t Trust Amazon, Could Undermine Them
According to eBay Australia’s Managing Director, Tim Mackinnon, Australian retailers do not trust American e-commerce behemoth Amazon, for fears it may use its own sales... Read More
Woollies Moves Deeper Into Cloud
Woolworths has begun the rollout of its hefty new point-of-sale, inventory and ticketing systems dubbed 1Store. It’s eventually to be implemented in... Read More
Decade of iPhone Pushes Tech Past Big Oil
Ten years ago when Apple first unveiled its iPhone, energy and big oil corporations represented half of the world’s Top 10 companies.... Read More
21st Century Fox Blocks CBS Ten Takeover
21st Century Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has joined challengers to block the acquisition and takeover of Channel Ten by rival US... Read More
Woolworths Expands Grocery Pick Up To All Stores
Woolworths is now offering grocery pickup at all of its over 970 supermarkets across Australia. As the arrival of Amazon in Australia edges... Read More
Qualcomm Tease Apple: Android Always First To New Features
As Apple and Qualcomm continue their global patent licensing dispute, Qualcomm has released a suite of research revealing that its Android partners... Read More
Nintendo Promises More Stock Of SNES Mini
Nintendo has “dramatically increased” production of its next retro console reboot, the SNES Classic Mini. The console is the follow up to the... Read More
Dropbox Snag HP’s Meg Whitman Ahead Of IPO
Dropbox has snagged Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Chief Executive, Meg Whitman, to its Board of Directors ahead of its plan for expansion and a... Read More
150 Start-Ups Planned As ANZ Bank Looks To Go Tribal
After bringing aboard former Google Australia CEO Maile Carnegie as its digital banking chief, the ANZ Bank is reportedly preparing to take... Read More
Google Appeal Record $2.9b EU Antitrust Fine
In a legal challenge which could take several years to finalise, Google filed its appeal of the European Union’s record $2.9 billion antitrust... Read More