Large Appliance Market Set To Struggle In OZ Warns GFK
New GFK data reveals that the MDA market experienced a slow-down in quarter 1 sales, recording its second successive quarter of value... Read More
Microsoft Smart Watch For ‘Every Heart Beat’
Forbes reports the Microsoft watch will have “a sensor-rich smartwatch” which goes one better than many of the current generation of smart... Read More
eBay Web Site “Not A Safe Place To Visit”, New Security Flaws Discovered
UK university student Jordan told eBay about the second vulnerability last Friday but the Company failed to respond so he has gone... Read More
Samsung Simband: The Future Of eHealth?
Samsung wants to be the future of health, just as Apple is rumoured to unveil an iWatch. Announced at ‘Voice of the... Read More
Apple Boss Explains Why Apple Purchased Beats.
CEO Tim Cook said that Apple has a solid history in music, from selling Macs to musicians to the launch of the... Read More
BREAKING NEWS:Its Official Apple Buys Beats For US$3 Billion
Despite having poor subscription numbers when compared with several other leading music streaming services Apple said it would pay $2.6 billion in... Read More
TomTom Sports Watches Race In $349
TomTom has announced two new sports watches: Runner Cardio and Multi-Sport CardioGPS. The funky looking sports watches shows real-time info on the... Read More
Makes Dumb TVs Smart: $49 Google Chromecast Hits OZ
The USB stick makes a ‘dumb’ TV instantly ‘smart’ by ‘casting’ apps, content from your smartphone, tablet, PC to the big screen.... Read More
Myer Calls Crisis Talks As Summer Weather Kills Heating Sales
Among the retailers facing pressure are Harvey Norman, Bunnings, Masters, Bing Lee, The Good Guys, Myer and David Jones. The situation is... Read More
Sony Bank On 4K TV’s To Save Their CE Division From Being Flogged Off
This is despite the fact that brands such as Samsung and LG are significantly outselling Sony TV’s at retail stores in Australia.... Read More
Spotify Customers Jump To 10mil.
The new data showed a 66 percent increase in both paying customers and active users overall. The last time Spotify shared data... Read More
NBN: ACCC Sets Rules For Telstra Copper/HFC Disconnections
Regions scheduled for disconnection include parts of Armidale and Kiama in New South Wales; Brunswick and South Morang in Victoria; Townsville, Queensland;... Read More
Anonymous Hacker Who Worked Part -Time For CE Retailer Arrested By AFP
SmartHouse has been told that the NSW person who was arrested worked part time for a major consumer electronics retailer. The Australian... Read More
Samsung Tipped To Acquire Struggling TV Company
The acquisition could be part of a deal to broaden the content Samsung can deliver via their Boxee offering which has still... Read More
Yahoo Sniffs At Video Start-up
RayV, based in Los Angeles but with operations in Tel Aviv, helps manage video streaming to wireless gadgets and other devices for... Read More
Channel Ten A Mess, 150 Axed As Viewers Shun Network Content
At 1.30pm the stations web site had crashed with visitors left with no content and an error message.(See below). Ironically, today we... Read More
Aussies Loving Wi-Fi, Mobile Broadband Shunned
Telco’s are missing out on revenue as consumers embrace Wi-Fi and smartphone tethering, a new study by Telstye shows. Australia’s mobile broadband... Read More
Revealed: World Cup TV Pricing Slashed, 4K + Full HD
Harvey Norman has just released its World Cup TV promotion catalogue featuring 4K (UHD) and Full HD TVs from the likes of... Read More
Sony 2014 World Cup Fever @ Chatswood
Sony is looking to spread World Cup fever ahead of the Brazil kick off. Sony’s Kiosk in Chatswood, Westfield has undergone a... Read More
More Harvey Norman Stores Exposed Conning Consumers
This is not the first time that the mass retailer’s franchisees have been caught out by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission,... Read More
Optus Chief Vocal On NBN
The Federal Government and NBN Co are locked in to a series of reviews that are critical to the NBN’s structure and... Read More
RATS Scatter As Aussie Caught In Blackshades Raid
Dozens of suspects in several countries have been arrested after homes were raided and computers seized by authorities. The AFP has been... Read More
OZ Networks Desperate To Establish Netflix Beachhead
According to Reed Hastings the CEO of US streaming giant Netflix the only thing holding Netflix back from entering the Australian market... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Another Senior Exec Quits Pioneer Electronics As Distributors Circle
Kotis joins a long list of senior executives who has quit the struggling Japanese Company, who is tipped to be close to... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Pioneer To Bail Out Of CE Products
ChannelNews has been told that the Japanese Company is in talks with Funai Electric along with two other Chinese manufactures to sell... Read More
Philips Sue Nintendo Over Motion Control Patent
Philips claim this is a breach of their motion patent. Filed in Delaware on May 14th, Eurogamer reports the lawsuit pertains to... Read More
Kinect-Less Xbox One Drops $499
Microsoft has unveiled a lower-priced option for its Xbox One in a bid to wrest sales from market leader Sony. The new... Read More
Sony TV, Smartphone + PS4 Sales Up, Profits Plunge $1.25B
Contributing to the loss was a decision by the Japanese Company to bail out of the PC market. In the consumer electronics... Read More
Big Losses + Falling Market Share..A Normal Day At The Office For Sony
What is becoming a familiar pattern at Sony raises the question of whether this Company is heading to the same place as... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Exploring Concept Of Launching Premium Wireless Speakers
What we have been told by sources in Asia is that Apple has developed prototype Wireless speakers that easily connect with Apple... Read More
Under Threat, Sonos Move To Update Wirelss Audio Software
Under threat from several new players who have entered the mesh network audio market, Sonos has officially launched version 5.0 of the... Read More
Telstra Takes 4G To The Sky
It has not yet been used on a commercial flight, but has reportedly been tested on flights between Melbourne and Sydney, using... Read More
Senior Exec Departs Sennheiser
Michael Sloss Operations Manager at Sennheiser ANZ, will leave his role at the end of May. Distributor Syntec, which was taken... Read More
Apple + Samsung Arch Enemies One Minute Bedfellows The Next
It’s now been revealed that Samsung is now supplying more than half of all high-resolution Retina displays for Apple’s full-size iPad. According... Read More
Arcam rDock-Uni iPad/iPhone + iPod $399
Tagged as the best way to get killer sound from an Apple, the new rDock-uni is made by UK audio guru Arcam.... Read More
‘Home’ Is Where.. The Growth Is: JB Hi-Fi
Forget audio, one in three JB Hi-Fi stores will be Home appliances-only stores by 2015. JB Hi-Fi will convert 13 existing tech stores... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Apple In Talks To Buy Beats For $3.2B
In Australia the headphone brand that was initially distributed by Convoy and later by Ingram Micro has been the #1 headphone brand... Read More
McIntosh + Sonus Hi Fi Brands Set To Get New Owners Major Expansion Planned
Fine Sounds SpA CEO Mauro Grange and McIntosh president Charlie Randall, along with two European investment firms, are moving to purchase Fine... Read More
Belkin Grow Channel 300%
The launch of the new Linksys WRT 1900 AC router this week is a very important milestone for the brand, as its... Read More
McLean Quits As CEO Of Belkin
Mclean the former CEO of Netgear and a senior executive at Seagate is set to be replaced by Stephanie Ogden who is... Read More
JBL + Harman Kardon Sales Up As Harman International Reports 32% Rise
Net income for Harman International has more than doubled year on year in its fiscal third quarter, ended March 31. Net sales... Read More
Back To The Future: Sony Tape Cassette Smashes Storage Record
This new cassette format, announced by Sony is aimed at big-data users. It offers storage able to hold up to 185 terabytes... Read More
Antivirus ‘Dead’, Says Symantec: New Service Approach On Way.
Brian Dye, Symantec’s senior vice president for information security, told the Wall Street Journal, that antivirus protection is “dead”. “We don’t think... Read More
NBN Goes Back To FttP In Plan To Beat TPG Cherrypick
While NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow this week told a Senate Select Committee that NBN Co aims to begin offering fibre-to-the-basement (FttB)... Read More
Foxtel Plays PS4, Finally
Foxtel Play, the Pay TV giant’s internet service, has landed on PlayStation 4, as it looks to boost lagging subscriber numbers. ... Read More
NetComm Inks Big Japan Deal
The deal involves delivery of wireless M2M products to Kanematsu Communications’ major export and telecommunication carrier customers, NetComm told the ASX yesterday.... Read More
More Aussies Watching Video On Handhelds: OzTAM Report
Its recently released Australian Multi-Screen Report for the fourth quarter of 2014 shows Australians still use their traditional TV sets for the... Read More
Telstra Tipped To Be Looking To Exit Foxtel
The business that is 50% owned by News Corporation has been valued at around $4.5Billion, the exit if it happens could create... Read More
Hisense TV’s: Dumb..But Cheap
Hisense has unleashed 10 affordable new TV’s, starting from $299 for a 24″ to $1299 for a 55″ LED TV. The new... Read More
Curved, Soccer Mode + EA Games: Meet Samsung Ultra HD’s
Forget flat panels – the future is curved. And Ultra High Def, according to Samsung. The world’s biggest TV maker has... Read More