Vodafone Eyes Enterprise Market
After being rebuffed on a plan to hitch a mobile roaming ride on Telstra regional services, Vodafone Australia – usually seen as... Read More
The Robots Are Coming: Oz Market Tipped To Hit $870mil In 2020
While the news isn’t being embraced with any great enthusiasm by workers, enterprise investment in robotic process automation (RPA) is set to... Read More
Intel Set To Get Strong Armed
ARM Holdings is looking to take on Intel in a move that could have serious implications for the big chip Company. A... Read More
ARM Chips Set To Take On AI
Mobile chipmaking giant ARM – British born but now owned by Japan’s Softbank – is preparing to unveil a new generation of... Read More
Lenovo Launches Company Rejig
After losing its title as the world’s No. 1 PC maker, China’s Lenovo is rejigging its operations and looking to shore up... Read More
New Analytics Helping To Deliver Personalised Video, Says Ooyala
Video delivery and analytics company Ooyala – now owned by Telstra – has released its second annual State of the Media Industry... Read More
Aussie Fliers To Score Comp In Wake Of Heathrow Meltdown
Australians caught up in the massive computer outage at the weekend that saw most British Airlines flights from the two main UK... Read More
Intel Australia CEO Quits
Kate Burleigh has announced she will quit Intel Australia and New Zealand after 20 years at the company. Burleigh assumed her existing role... Read More
Spotify Prepares To Go Public
Spotify is said to be preparing to go public after the company appointed four new directors to its board and settled a multi-million... Read More
Amazon Stock Brushes $1000
Shares in Amazon.com almost brushed $1000 before closing at $993.38 on Thursday. They gained another $2.40 on Friday to finish the week... Read More
Growth Slow In ITC Oz Count
The widely held impression that the information and telecommunications industries are booming and rapidly building staff numbers received a setback at the... Read More
Smartwatch Dominating Wristspace
Wearable technology is becoming more sophisticated as players shift beyond simple fitness bands to new gadgetry from the likes of Fitbit and... Read More
Lenovo Falls To #2 PC Maker After Return To Revenue Growth
Lenovo has reported its first revenue growth in five quarters with an increase of 4.9% to US$9.6 billion, despite forfeiting the top PC... Read More
Dick Smith Shareholders Prepare For Class Action
Dick Smith shareholders could soon begin a class action against the collapsed consumer electronic retailers, as an investigation by Investor Claim Partner (ICP)... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Phil Newton Quits Samsung Australia
Phil Newton, the Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Samsung Australia, has quit. He will leave the company in August.... Read More
PCs, Printer Sales Up At HP
Hewlett Packard has reported sales that picked up in the second quarter, led by growth in both PCs and printers for the... Read More
Oz Games Industry Shirtfronts Canberra Over Lack Of Support
The Turnbull Government has copped a backhander from the Down Under video games industry. In an open letter to Comms and Arts... Read More
Bitcoin Soars To All-Time High
Digital currency bitcoin has hit a new record high, surging above US$2400 (A$3212) per coin, as demand for crypto-assets soared with the... Read More
Streaming Music To Vivendi Ears
With the rise of streaming services, Universal Music, the parent company of Vivendi, is seeking to cash in with an initial public... Read More
Target Pays $18m For Data Breach
US retailer Target has agreed to pay US$18.5 million to resolve an investigation by multiple state prosecutors into its massive 2013 hack,... Read More
Apple, Nokia Settle Patent Spat
Apple and Nokia are good chums again, after settling a legal dispute over the Finnish company’s patents. Five months after they had... Read More
Oz Blockchain Combats Fake Goods
Australian blockchain outfit TBSx3 said it has completed a large-scale trial of technology to secure cargo across the global supply chain, in... Read More
Telstra Blocked Us Out Of Access To Blackspots: Vodafone
Telstra’s mobile blackspot program specifications have been prohibitive and have blocked other telcos’ access to infrastructure, according to Vodafone. Vodafone says that... Read More
Mobile Sales Up 9pc Globally – China Grabs Panda’s Share
Global sales of smartphones totaled 380 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 9.1 percent increase over the first quarter... Read More
Chinese Online Retailer Beats Amazon On Drone Deliveries
JD.com, China’s largest online retailer, says it has trialled the use of a delivery drone capable of carrying a ton of cargo... Read More
CeBIT Opens Doors Back In Inner Sydney: 15,000 Crowd Tipped
The CeBIT 2017 show got under way in Sydney yesterday, marked by its long-awaited return to near-central Sydney at the recently rebuilt... Read More
Pure Gold Seen In Vocus Assets: Takeover Teams Prep For Action
Would-be takeover agencies are sharpening their blades for a possible move on assets of the currently stressed Vocus telecoms group, a new... Read More
Is He An Aussie, Izzy? 437-Visa Holder Morrow Ponders Future
If NBN Co chief Bill Morrow is looking a little concerned lately, it’s not because of delays to the NBN rollout (it’s... Read More
Acer Set To Move Into Pro AV Market While Growing Gaming Business
Acer Australia is heading in a new direction with the Company looking to become a major supplier to the Pro AV market.... Read More
Apple Pay Allegedly In Violation Of Patents
A US technology company has sued Apple, alleging the company’s digital wallet has violated its patents for financial transaction authentication. The New York Times reported Universal... Read More
Drone Register Hits Turbulence
An appeals court has struck down a US Federal Aviation Administration rule requiring owners of drones used for recreation to register their... Read More
Chinese Look To Flood Aussie Market With Solar Batteries
Chinese company BYD is reportedly looking to flood the Australian market with solar batteries, competing with Elon Musk’s Tesla and Australia’s Redflow,... Read More
Canberra To Use Oz Post Tech In New Personal ID System
Australia Post and the Digital Transformation Agency, a federal government outfit, are joining forces to come up with an online ID system... Read More
New Move On Toshiba As Western Digital Start To Get Desperate
South Korean chipmaker Hynix has revealed a joint bid for beleaguered Toshiba’s memory chip business, along with US private-equity firm Bain Capital,... Read More
Virtual Reality Fails To Take Off Claim Retailers
Retailers and manufacturers who banked on Virtual reality as a sales driver in 2017, are staring down the barrel of limited sales... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Retailers Threaten To Axe Distributors Over Arrival Of Amazon
Consumer electronics and appliance distributors, who lack global muscle to stand up to the demands of retailers, claim that they have been... Read More
‘Misleading’ Parcel Distribution Company Director Hit With Jail Time
The former company director of a parcel distribution company for ‘Heartlink’ branded products has been sentenced to five months imprisonment by the... Read More
Tech21 Talk Taking Accessories Seriously: Colin Woodward On Building A Brand
Phone cases have become so ubiquitous in recent years that plenty of major handset vendors are often including them as part of... Read More
Asustek To Cut PC Offerings
Asustek Computer has revealed it is planning to cut back on its consumer desktop offerings and will focus on the enterprise sector... Read More
Ricoh Clean Sweeps Top Management
– Ricoh Australia has swept its house clean with general managers of leasing, marketing and services all leaving the business last Friday.... Read More
‘Mountain Of Debt’: NBN Contractor Daly Appoints Receivers
Infrastructure contractor Daly International has called in administrators after it failed to keep its head above a tide of millions in debt.... Read More
Breaking News: Wesfarmers Pull Plug On Officeworks IPO
As tipped by Channelnews, Wesfarmers have pulled plans to sell off stationary retailer Officeworks. In a report issued to the ASX this... Read More
Facebook Fined $166,000 Over Privacy Concerns
Facebook is the latest tech giant to receive a fining from European privacy officials, with the social media network today handed a... Read More
Ransomeware: Oz biz victims thought to be clamming up
While officially the Federal Government yesterday was saying that so far only 12 Australian organisations have reported being infected by the WannaCrypt/... Read More
Australia Could Join Laptop Flight Ban
Australia could be set to follow the US and the UK by enacting a ban on laptops and other electronics on flights... Read More
ACCC Move To Rein In Extended Warranties
Following their ongoing review of warranty-selling practices, the ACCC has moved to accept court enforceable undertakings from two companies – one of... Read More
TPG Capital Leads $2.7 Billion Bid For Fairfax
TPG Capital and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have offered $2.76 billion to takeover Fairfax Media and all of its assets. Shareholders had responded... Read More
Australia Sleeps Through ‘Biggest Ransomware Attack In History’
Australians look to have dodged a bullet when it comes to the WannaCrypt (also known as WannaCry) ransomware that wreaked havoc over... Read More
ACCC Warn Of Scams As 47% Increase Looms
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Targeting Scams report has noted a 47% increase in scam reports to the ACCC compared... Read More
Samsung, Intel Join Qualcomm Suit
Samsung, one of chipmaker Qualcomm’s largest customers, and Intel, one of its biggest competitors, have added their support to the Federal Trade... Read More