CBS/Ten Takeover A Shoe-In – But Handy Dollars For Murdoch
The Murdoch family may have lost out to the USA’s CBS in the bidding for the bankrupt Channel 10, but they may... Read More
Samsung Partners With Panasonic To License HDR10+
Samsung, Panasonic and 20th Century Fox have announced a new partnership to begin licensing the open and royalty-free HDR10+ standard to other manufacturers. The... Read More
Retailers Flock To IFA, Better Than CES Claims
David Richards in BERLIN: IFA 2017, will kick off this week in Berlin, and Australian retailer’s distributors and suppliers in the consumer... Read More
Mounting Division Over Samsung Heir Verdict
South Korean media outlets have emerged divided on Monday, following the jailing of Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong. Some media outlets have been... Read More
Air New Zealand Trials Robot Check-In Assistant
As witnessed at Sydney International Aiport, Air New Zealand is trialing a new robot check-in assistant. The robot – complete with ‘face’ and... Read More
ACCC Launches Action Against Ticket Reseller Viagogo
The ACCC has launched proceedings against ticket reseller Viagogo in the Federal Court for allegations of “false or misleading representations” and “misleading... Read More
VIC Become First State To Launch Dedicated Cyber Security Strategy
Victoria has become the first Australian state to launch a dedicated cyber security strategy. Speaking of its intention behind the strategy, the... Read More
CBS Corp To Acquire Network Ten
US media company CBS Corporation has announced it will acquire Network Ten. CBS will refinance Ten’s existing debts, including a $200 million... Read More
Western Digital Won’t Seek Management Role In Toshiba Memory Chip Business
Western Digital Corp, who have offered to purchase Toshiba’s memory chip business as part of a consortium, will not seek a management... Read More
PC Voice Recognition Just Got A whole Lot Easier With New Dragon Engine
As Apple, Google, Amazon and Samsung fight it out over who has the best voice recognition software, the longtime champions of voice... Read More
Samsung Heir Sentenced To Five Years Prison
A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee to five years prison after being found guilty of... Read More
Toshiba Receive $17.4 Billion Offer For Memory Chip Business
Toshiba Corp has received a US$17.4 billion (1.9 trillion yen) offer for its memory chip business. Reports state the sale will help... Read More
New Safer Battery Design Could Double Battery Life
A recently discovered magnesium battery design could be set to replace lithium ion batteries by offering twice the storage capacity without the... Read More
Drones Begin Iceland Deliveries
An Israeli autonomous drone delivery company has started commercial operations in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. Drones belonging to Tel Aviv-based Flytrex... Read More
HP Profit Beats Expectations As PC Sales Jump 12 Percent
HP, which houses the hardware business of the former Hewlett-Packard Co, has reported a slightly higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it sold more... Read More
MYOB Takes Care Of Business: Profit Jumps 13pc To $28mil.
Accounting software outfit MYOB has reported after-tax profit of A$28.3 million, up 13 percent year-on-year, for the first six months of the... Read More
Ten Set To Flow To Murdoch
The scene has been set for a Murdoch takeover of Sydney’s Channel 10, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gave an... Read More
Westfield ‘Amazon-Proof’ Centres, Ramps Up Tech, Lifestyle & Food
In a combative move to ‘Amazon-proof’ their Westfield Shopping Centres, Scentre Group have increased the number of lifestyle-focused, entertainment and food retailers under... Read More
Facebook Take On Amazon & Google With Video Chat Device + Smart Speaker
Recent reports have confirmed that Facebook, is in fact, joining the consumer hardware market, by developing a video chat device named ‘Aloha’... Read More
Free TV Woes: Nine Post $203.4m Loss, Murdoch’s Takeover Bid For Ten Clears
Blaming a 3.5% shrink in the total TV ad revenue market, coupled with notable asset write-downs inclusive of its free-to-air TV network,... Read More
ACCC Worried By Staples/OfficeMax Merger: Low Competition, High Prices?
Announced today, the ACCC has flagged its initial concerns that combining Staples and OfficeMax – through acquisition by Platinum Equity – will... Read More
Big W Post $150m Loss, Sales Down, Restructure Yet To Kick In
Currently on life-support, whilst undergoing a major restructure, embattled retailer Big W has reported a staggering $150.5 million loss, a significant leap... Read More
Vodafone Details NBN Plan Pricing
Vodafone has released pricing and additional information about its first fixed line offering to be delivered through the NBN. The telco is... Read More
Sorry, Foxtel – The World Has Moved On, Says Paul Budde
Independent telecoms commentator Paul Budde says Foxtel’s decline in revenue and subscriber numbers has provided News Corp with the ammunition it needed... Read More
Robots, AI, Bar-Coding: Sydney’s Eastern Creek Beckons Amazon
Commercial property developer Goodman Group – widely believed to be in line for a deal with Amazon that will see the US... Read More
World Record Broken: 1,069 Robots Dance In Sync
A perfectly synchronised army of 1,069 dancing droids may have previously been something from a sci-fi film, however, a recently broken Guinness World Record... Read More
Apple Oz Claims All-Clear Ruling By Aust. Tax Office
Apple Australia claims to have emerged unscathed from a five-year audit by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), avoiding any penalty for its... Read More
Microsoft Hit With 5% Tax Hike After ATO Deal
Under a new agreement with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) Microsoft has been hit with a 5% tax increase – paying 20%,... Read More
ATO Audit Finds Apple Up-To-Date On Taxes
An audit by the Australian Tax Office has found that Apple Australia is up to date on its taxes, and will not result in... Read More
Fujitsu To Sell Mobile Phone Operations Business
After rolling its mobile phone operations into a separate company in February 2016, reports have revealed Fujitsu is looking to sell the... Read More
Memory Shortage Hurts Lenovo
A supply squeeze in memory chips is said to be hampering Lenovo’s turnaround strategy, pushing the PC and phone maker to its... Read More
Uber Tests The Wind For Future Flying Vehicle Trials Down Under
The NSW Government appears likely to agree to a proposal by car-sharing service Uber to conduct trials of road-and-sky flying vehicles in... Read More
Shares Tumble As Vocus Suitors Say ‘No Thank You’
Australia’s No 4 telco Vocus has ended talks with its two suitors, KKR and Affinity Equity Partners, both of which had put... Read More
ACCC Cracks Down On Misleading NBN Speed Advertising
The ACCC has cracked down on “poor advertising” and released a “detailed guidance” requiring retailers to indicate typical minimum NBN speeds during... Read More
Fans Enraged, Optus Sport App Fails To Stream EPL Game
Fans of the English Premier League are enraged at Optus, after its Optus Sports App failed to load live game streams yesterday... Read More
Optus & Tabcorp To Broadcast English Premier League & FIFA 2018 At Sky Racing Venues
Tabcorp and Optus Business have inked a two-year agreement to broadcast the English Premier League and 2018 FIFA World Cup at Tabcorp’s... Read More
Big Week For Samsung, Note 8 & Bribery Decision For Boss
This week is a big week for Samsung, On Thursday we will see them roll out their new Galaxy Note 8 in... Read More
OZ Law Enforcement Set To Be Nobbled By Apple Technology
We all know that Apple loves to control everything you buy from them, now the big tech Company is set to stop... Read More
It’s Kit Kat King v. Gamers
Chocolate and computer games sound like an ideal combination for computer nerds – but not for global food giant Nestlé. The maker... Read More
Banks Pressure Tosh
Toshiba’s main bank creditors have urged the embattled borrower to conclude a deal to sell its memory chip subsidiary this month. Sumitomo... Read More
Aust. To Get Japan GPS System
Australia has been named as one of a number of nations targeted for deployment of a new GPS pinpoint location system being... Read More
$100m For New Phone Tech
A start-up backed by iPod veteran Tony Fadell said it will work with Samsung Electronics, Foxconn parent Hon Hai Precision and others... Read More
Hackett Moves Redflow E-Battery Manufacture To Thailand
ASX-listed e-battery company Redflow, headed by former NBN Co board member Simon Hackett, says it has established a company in Thailand to... Read More
Vocus Takes A $1.5 Billion Hit
No. 4 – or is it No. 5? – telco and fibre networking outfit Vocus has warned that its profit would fall... Read More
Kogan Defies Critics With 37% Increase In Revenues
Online retailer Kogan has silenced his critics including ChannelNews by significantly outperforming his forecasts. The Melbourne based online retailer has reported revenues... Read More
New Hires Fuel Rumours Dyson Developing Electric Cars
Following the recruitment of its second Aston Martin executive in a year, speculation grows that home appliance manufacturer Dyson may be building... Read More
Officeworks Posts 7.5% Earnings Jump
Officeworks has reported a 7.5% jump in earnings, notching $144 million (EBIT). The result is a $10 million lift from last year.... Read More
Telstra Shares Plunge After Dividend Cut
Telstra shares have fallen by over 8% to the lowest point in almost five years after the telco announced it will cut dividends... Read More
eBay Unfazed By Amazon: Will Accelerate Innovation
In contrast to the comments of others, eBay Australia is unfazed by the upcoming arrival of Amazon Australia. eBay Australia Chief Executive... Read More
Brad Jones Racing Partners With Acer
Brad Jones Racing has announced a new partnership with Acer that will see the Supercars Championship team given Acer’s “latest and greatest” technology... Read More