Samsung OZ fast Becoming A Meca For Exe Sony Executives
A poaching war has broken between Samsung who have lost several senior staff during the past 12 months and Sony. Following the... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Sharp OZ Drops $22M In Revenue After Selling HQ for $31M
Sharp Corporation Australia has announced a $22 million decline in revenues, they’ve also announced that the company’s headquarters in New South Wales... Read More
Volkswagen Vulnerability Exposed
A team of researchers at the Usenix security conference in Texas have revealed a number of a security vulnerabilities with the wireless... Read More
ACCC Investigating Thermomix Burn Incidents
Australian regulator the ACCC is launching an investigation into reports of malfunctioning Thermomix units causing serious burns and claims that victims of the... Read More
Census: ‘Heads Will Roll,’ PM Pledges – And His May Be One
Malcolm Turnbull is angry – indeed, he says, “very angry” – after Tuesday’s census bungle that brought the bean-counting process to its... Read More
Samsung Shares At New High
Samsung Electronics shares have skyrocketed and is now hovering a touch below its lifetime closing high of 1.576 million won, a level... Read More
Census Call-Off On Cards: IBM’s $9Mil. Payment In Doubt
Heads seem certain to roll in both government and business following the early failure of the largely online Australian Census, brought down... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Acquisition Of The Good Guys Unopposed By ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced it will not oppose consumer electronics giant JB Hi-Fi’s proposed acquisition of the retailer... Read More
Hackers Highlight Samsung Pay Vulnerabilities
A speaker at this year’s Defcon in Las Vegas has highlighted security issues with Samsung’s Pay platform in a presentation entitled Samsung Pay:... Read More
Momentum Growing, Says Reckon
First-half revenue at ASX-listed accounting software company Reckon was up 6 percent to $57 million, and momentum is growing for the second... Read More
Power Station Beckons Google
Two months after the NSW Government rejected plans by Google and others to develop Sydney’s long-disused White Bay power station as a... Read More
Oz To Spend $2.6 Billion On Information Security Measures
Spending on information security in Australia is forecast to reach almost A$2.6 billion in 2016, an increase of 6.2 percent over 2015,... Read More
Australian Privacy Commissioner Launches Census Investigation
Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has indicated he’ll be heading an investigation into the cyber-attacks that brought last night’s 2016 census to a... Read More
Salesforce Snares Office 365 Rival
Cloud CRM software vendor Salesforce has acquired Quip, a cloud-based word processing service that is offering a challenge to Microsoft’s Office 365... Read More
ACCC Preps New Probe On Comms Industry Issues
Australia’s communications industry is to be the subject of a searching new inquiry conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The... Read More
Dodgy Kleenmaid Director Found Guilty of Fraud.
A former director of leading appliance company Kleenmaid, is facing a hefty jail term after he was found guilty in the Brisbane... Read More
AGL Pledge To Build Virtual Power Plant In SA
Energy company AGL has revealed its intent to construct “the world’s largest battery storage ‘virtual power plant’” in South Australia. Excess power... Read More
Exclusive: Alcatel To Reveal New Smartphones & VR Tech To IFA
With the Australian arrival of their Idol 4S handset imminent, Alcatel are in a strong spot for the upcoming IFA Conference in... Read More
ACCC Turns Attention To Telecomms Sector
The ACCC will have its eye on the Australian communications industry in 2017 with the regular set to conduct a market study... Read More
In-Car Stuff Beckons Samsung
Samsung is said to be in advanced talks to buy some or all of the operations of auto-parts maker Magneti Marelli from... Read More
Electric Cars Fuel Boom For Australian Lithium Supplies
With international sales of electric vehicles and mobile phones booming – especially in China and the USA – Australia is now well... Read More
Intel Forced to Recall Smartwatch
Intel has recalled all of its Basis Peak smartwatches, which Australias were able to only buy online, after they were found to... Read More
Exclusive: Hitachi Reenters Consumer Electronics Market Senior Samsung Hire
As exclusively tipped by ChannelNews, Hitachi Australia is set to reenter the consumer electronics market in Australia. The Japanese company, who have in... Read More
MS In Biggest Bond Sale Ever
Microsoft has raised US$19.75 billion in the third-largest US corporate bond sale of the year. It will use the funds for its... Read More
Product Recalls On Rise: ACCC
Product recalls are on the rise, new Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) figures reveal. With a new Product Safety Australia Web... Read More
Samsung Bringing HDR To Smartphones With Amazon
The Note7 will also be the first Samsung smartphone to offer High Dynamic Range (HDR) video streaming capability for a richer, more realistic... Read More
LG V20 Not Coming To Australia?
LG’s freshly-announced V20 smartphone doesn’t look like it’ll be landing in the hands of Australian customers anytime soon. Envisioned as both a follow-up... Read More
Windows 10 Hits 20% Market Share
Just over a year on from launch, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached 20% market share when it comes to PC users. According... Read More
MYOB Swallows Greentree – Seeks More Big Biz Targets
Accounting software company MYOB – currently locked in a battle with New Zealand-based Xero – has secured its purchase of the parent... Read More
Fairfax Writes Down Media Assets
The Fairfax media group has written down the value of its Metro media division – which, like most other news media groups,... Read More
Slattery Calls On ACCC Chief Rod Sims To Resign
Australian technology and business entrepreneur Bevan Slattery has called on Rod Sims to resign as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer... Read More
Sony Bounces Back With Latest Earnings Call
Sony has exceeded analyst’s expectations in its latest earnings report, clocking in with a profit of $205 million. It’s a strong result... Read More
Facebook’s Open Source Surround 360 Camera Will Set You Back $30K
With more and more tech companies entering the fray when it comes to 360-degree camera, it`s about time Facebook made their move.... Read More
Microsoft To Slash More Jobs Locally As Consumers Desert The Brand
Microsoft, whose consumer business is failing to deliver a return on invest is set to sack an additional 2,850 staff in an... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Top Samsung Mobile Executive Quits Hunt For New Head
The Vice President, of Samsung Australia’s Mobile Division, Prasad Gokhale has quit after just 32 months in the role. At this stage... Read More
AOC v Telstra: Court Challenge Dismissed
The Australian Olympic Commitee’s legal challenge against Telstra over their “Go to Rio” advertising campaign has been dismissed in Federal Court today.... Read More
Guvera To Cease Local Operations
Eight years on from launch, music streaming service Guvera has announced it will no longer be available for Australian users. However, the Australian-born company... Read More
Facebook’s Mobile Focus Propels Compny Past $2 Billion Profit Milestone
Facebook’s quarterly earnings report has seen the company explode past the $2 billion mark in quarterly revenue. The company’s pivot to focusing... Read More
Stokes In No Hurry Over Verizon-Yahoo Changes
Kerry Stokes’s Seven West Media – one half of the Australian Yahoo/7 joint venture – says it’s unconcerned about Verizon’s deal to... Read More
Online Shopping On Smartphones Surpasses Desktops
According to e-commerce solution provider Demandware, smartphones users have overtaken desktop ones when it comes to online shopping. The firm claims mobile users accounted for... Read More
Nintendo Stocks Continue To Fall Despite Pokemon Go Passing 75 Million Downloads
Data research firm SensorTower are reporting that Pokemon Go has amassed more than 75 million users in the three weeks it has... Read More
Deloitte On The Hook For Dick Smith Accounting?
A potential breach of accounting standards uncovered by Dick Smith liquidators McGrathNicol could see the company go up against accounting firm Deloitte.... Read More
Copyright Law Under Attack
Digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has taken the US government to court in a bid to overturn parts of US copyright... Read More
Yahoo Accepts Verizon Deal
As anticipated, the long drawn out auction process for beleaguered Internet company Yahoo has been finalised after it accepted a US$4.8 billion... Read More
Woolworths To Close 27 Stores And Cut 500 Jobs
Supermarket chain Woolworths has announced radical restructuring that will see the company close 27 stores and shed 500 jobs. “Today’s announcement demonstrates... Read More
Verizon Set To Buy Yahoo For $4.8 Billion
US Telecomms giant Verizon is set to acquire search engine player Yahoo. Bloomberg broke the story earlier today, saying “Verizon Communications Inc. will announce... Read More
Census Ahead: Protests Grow A ABS Insists On Data Retention
In two weeks, Australians will have to complete their details for the 2016 census, but some privacy groups are outraged after the... Read More
Administrators Move Dick Smith To Liquidation Phase, Criminal Charges Yet To Be Leveled At Directors
Dick Smith administrators McGrathNicol and creditors officially moved the company into the liquidation phase with today’s creditor meeting. With a potential-$270 million shortfall leaving unsecured... Read More
Chromebooks Outsell Macs In US Education Market
According to IDC numbers, May sales saw Google’s Chromebooks officially overtook Macs in the American education market for the first time this year.... Read More
Apple To Make $3 Billion On Pokemon Go Microtransactions
Brokerage firm Needham & Co estimate that Apple is set to make $3 billion in revenue from Nintendo’s enormously successful augmented reality title,... Read More