Two-In-Ones Drive Oz Tablet Market: Telsyte Review
The Australian tablet market is entering a new phase of competition, with Apple and Microsoft going head to head for touch-screen dominance.... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:E3 Style Placed Into Administration, Banks, Lawyers + Partners All Owed Money
E3 Style, a former major supplier of house brand products to mass retailers including JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman has been... Read More
Intel Shares Could Lift 25pc
Intel’s shift to higher-growth businesses such as server chips and embedded chips for cars could drive a 25 percent increase in its... Read More
Opal Ticketing System Future In Doubt: Pay-Wave Waved Through
The future of the NSW Government’s controversial Opal contactless card fare-payment system is in some doubt, after Transport Minister Andrew Constance yesterday... Read More
Rupert Moves Into AR
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has pumped big money into augmented reality with a major investment in Melbourne-based AR start-up Plattar. Plattar, which... Read More
Exec Sues Grand Theft Team
A legal battle is brewing over the profit-sharing deal between a former lead developer for Grand Theft Auto and the hit videogame... Read More
MS Sues Justice Department
Microsoft has sued the US Justice Department, saying it’s unconstitutional for the Government to prevent tech companies from telling customers when federal... Read More
ACCC Raps Telstra Knuckles
Telstra has received a minor rap over the knuckles by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for failing to protect confidential or... Read More
Cybercrims Prepping New Round Of Payroll Heists, AFP Warns
Cyber criminals are in a position to raid the payrolls of Australian companies employing hundreds of thousands of workers between them, an... Read More
Facebook Focuses On Chatbots
Facebook is enlisting more than two dozen companies to help it turn its Messenger app into a hub for shopping, news and... Read More
Coles Defends Extra Charges For Some Online Shopping
Coles shoppers are paying a hefty premium on some groceries when they shop online and use the supermarket’s supposedly free “click and collect” service or home... Read More
Oz Bitcoin Industry Facing Demand For More Regulation
The Australian bitcoin industry is facing demands for more regulation, following recent events, including news that South Australian-based bitcoin exchange Igot may be... Read More
Winklies, Dorsey Hunt Oz Biz
New York’s Winklevoss twins, the ex-Olympic rowers who famously – and unsuccessfully – sued Facebook for a fortune in 2011, claiming founder... Read More
Daily Mail Mulls Bid For Yahoo
The UK’s Daily Mail is stalking Yahoo’s assets – joining a line-up of companies, including telecoms giant Verizon Communications – as an... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: JB Hi Fi Announces Major Management Restructure, Expanded Focus Online
JB Hi Fi has announced a major restructure which CEO Richard Murray said will further strengthen JB Hi Fi’s day to day... Read More
IPhone Unlock Issue Not Over
The battle between the US Justice Department and Apple over the unlocking of iPhones isn’t over – not by a long chalk,... Read More
Tas Premier Clams Up On Basslink Talks In Singapore
Mystery continues to surround the future of the Basslink undersea cable system that supplies energy and telecoms systems to Tasmania, following the... Read More
Lenovo Bring On The Good Guys, As HP Expand Direct Online Sales
Lenovo, whose consumer products were initially only sold via JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman has expanded their range to now include... Read More
Android Increases Oz Lead
Android commanded a 55.1 percent share of the Australian mobile phone market for the three months ending February 2016, up from 50.6... Read More
Shoretel Rebrands M5 Service
With market demand for cloud communications in Australia growing rapidly, US-based Shoretel has launched a cloud-based IP telephony operation in Australia dubbed... Read More
Hackers Demand Big Money For Aussie Bank Account Info
International hackers are demanding big money for stolen information on Australian credit and debit cards and bank accounts, according to security vendor... Read More
Hackett Boosts Redflow Holding
Redflow chairman and NBN director Simon Hackett has increased his shareholding in the SA-based battery maker, which has recently shown off its... Read More
Global IT Spending To Drop In 2016 – But Oz Spend To Rise
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total US$3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5 percent over 2015 spending of $3.5 trillion... Read More
Former Dick Smith Chairman Rob Murray To Be Questioned Over Dick Smith Collapse
Serious questions are being asked as to why Dick Smith Chairman Rob Murray the former CEO of Lion, did not publically raise... Read More
Fitbit Challenger To Launch On ASX
An Israeli Fitbit competitor is planning to list on the ASX via a reverse takeover by Victory Mines. The company aims to raise at least... Read More
Drones Set To Land At Officeworks
Officeworks stores in Australia – already pretty big – are likely to get even bigger as the Wesfarmers-owned chain plans to add... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: After Selling To Sennheiser Syntec Boys Back In Business, New Brands Signed Up
The Syntec boys are back in the distribution business three years after selling the assets of their original business to Sennheiser. The... Read More
EIU Report Suggests Some Retailers Overconfident
A global report launched by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) suggests that some retailers are overconfident, with the survey of retail executives... Read More
Apple To Grow Services Business
Apple’s services business is set to double by 2020, according to a Credit Suisse analyst. The upbeat report comes as analyst sentiment... Read More
Aussie Banks Sign On As MS Pushes Blockchain Tech
Microsoft has taken the lead from Google, IBM, and Amazon.com in the race for supremacy in blockchain markets – and is finding... Read More
Oz Business ‘Losing Out On Online Sales To Millennials’
Australian businesses are losing significant sales to overseas-based online retailers, PayPal has warned in a new survey of spending by Australian millennials... Read More
Queensland Facing Multi-Million Payout Over Health Debacle
After a shattering defeat in its case against IBM Australia, the Queensland Government has been ordered to pay Big Blue’s costs which... Read More
QualiFi Announces Several New Hirings
QualiFi has made a number of new appointments, with Sean O’Carroll joining the company in a sales and product management role. O’Carroll,... Read More
Foxconn, Sharp Ink It – Finally
Foxconn and Sharp have formally signed their long-awaited deal that will see the Taiwanese company take control of the Japanese display maker.... Read More
Forget Start-ups: Be Boring But Better, Says ComBank Exec
National discussion on innovation is focusing too much on technology start-ups and new products like contact-fee payments – and too little on... Read More
RIO Snares Highly Rated BenQ W3000 Projector Distribution Deal
Days after snaring the rights to several leading sound brands Melbourne based distributor Rio has snared the rights to the W3000 BenQ... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Norman Franchisees Given Confidential Dick Smith Sales Numbers, As ASIC Probe Collapse
Harvey Norman franchisees have been given the sales records of Dick Smith stores close to where they operate, the information was supplied... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: JB Hi Fi Score Major Duty Free Airport Deal
Days after Harvey Norman walked away from buying the Dick Smith Move stores at Australian airports, JB Hi Fi has cut a... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Maxwell Shut Up Shop, TNS Take Over Selected Brand Distribution
Photo Industry distributor Maxwell International is shutting up shop as of the end of April. The Company currently distributes Lowepro, Joby, Tamron,... Read More
Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Dick Smith Stock To Be Dumped
Millions of dollars’ worth of Dick Smith stock that failed to sell despite heavily marketed closing down sales, is set to be... Read More
Former Dick Smith & Sony Executive To Head Appliances At Samsung
Former Dick Smith Interim General Manager Jeremy Senior has been appointed Director, Home Appliances at Samsung. Senior, spent the last 18 months... Read More
Dick Smith Online Set To Be More Of The Same Under Kogan
Online publicity junkie Ruslan Kogan who recently acquired the Dick Smith name and on-line web site is set to continue selling, notebooks,... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Powermove Snare Toshiba TV Brand
On the day that Toshiba announced that they are getting out of appliances worldwide, Adelaide based distributor Powermove told retailers that they... Read More
AS TIPPED: Kogan Snares Dick Smith + Move Brand Names, 1M Customer Database + Online Operations
As we exclusively tipped last month the Dick Smith and Move brand names along with all trademarks and online operations as well... Read More
COMMENT: Pork Barreling Tony Windsor & His NBN Claims What An Utter Joke!
COMMENT: Tony Windsor is an opportunist politician, who has suddenly stuck his hand up to announce that he wants his old seat... Read More
CHOICE:Publicity Junkies Go after Car Industry Over Bluetooth Complaints
Choice, the consumer mob, who love publicity stunts, in an effort to drive subscriptions is at it again, this time claiming that... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: JB Hi Fi Set To Fly In 360 Degree Camera Market
JB Hi Fi who was looking to range the Solo 3DR Drone, has snared exclusive distribution of the hot new 360Fly camera... Read More
Dick Smith Receiver Struggles To Flog Assets As So Called “Sale” Flops
The National Australia Bank and HSBC who knocked back a $70M conditional offer for Dick Smith are struggling to sell remaining assets... Read More
Haier Close To Closing US$5.4B GE Appliance Deal
Haier the Chinese Company that aquired Fisher and Paykel could soon be launching GE appliances in Australia after the Companies US$5.4 billion... Read More
Amazon Is Coming & Retailers Had Better “Be Ready” Warns Officeworks Boss
Amazon is coming to OZ and retailers had better be ready. At a Retail Leaders forum in Sydney yesterday, Wesfarmers group managing... Read More