Wearables, iPhone Fuel Dick’s Bumper H1
PS4, Xbox One, iPhone, iPad and Samsung gear all drove Dick Smith sales, pushing H1 profits to $25 million, it announced today. ... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Pandora OZ Hits ‘Sweet Spot’ – 1.5m Users
It has a new rival in iTunes Radio, but Pandora is unstoppable with 1.5 million users in ANZ. Pandora Internet Radio... Read More
Samsung Sues Dyson In Spat Over Samsung Image
The spat between the two appliance makers stems from a patent lawsuit from last year, one that was later dropped.Samsung claims that... Read More
HbbTV: Free-To-Air Internet TV To Hit ‘May’
Freeview, will go live with HbbTV, Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV service in May, AFR reports. The technology will allow TV networks like Seven... Read More
Microsoft Deny Xbox Losing The Game
According to NPD Group figures, PlayStation 4 was the best selling console in Australia last year, ahead of arch rival Xbox One.... Read More
Revenge, Downton Abbey: Quickflix Streams Disney, BBC TV
Quickflix (QFX) announced new agreements with Walt Disney Australia, NBC Universal and BBC Worldwide ANZ to license popular TV series, adding to its... Read More
CE Exec’s Give KickStart A Miss
First up was Paul Fletcher, parliamentary assistant to Comms Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he was the same key speaker used at last years... Read More
Slip Reveals That Sales Of Windows 8 Has Hit 200 Million
Executive Vice President of Marketing Tami Reller revealed the number that was later confirmed by Microsoft. The news comes about eight months... Read More
PS4 Leads Console Race
Thats according to NPD Group, PlayStation 4 was best selling console in Australia for 2013, ahead of arch rival Xbox One ... Read More
Mobile To (Candy) Crush Games Industry
By 2016, we’ll be buying more mobile games and downloads online, than from physical gaming stores. New figures out today, show the... Read More
Candy Crush, Flappy Bird: In-Game Purchases Gobbles Up Gaming
Australia’s video games industry is worth over $2 billion, new figures show. And although games bought at retailers like EB Games and... Read More
Westan Bring Atlas Cables Down Under
The award winning cables are an exciting addition to Hi Fi of products including Q Acoustics and Usher Audio. Atlas cables are hand... Read More
Listen Up, Pandora: iTunes Radio Turns On OZ
iTunes Radio, Apple’s free Internet radio featuring over 100 stations and an “incredible” catalogue of music from iTunes Store, is now available... Read More
Sony Still A Mess As Losses Pile Up
This week the company who commenced negotiations to sell their loss making PC division said overnight that they expect to report a... Read More
Windows XP STILL No 2 .. (But Where’s Win 8)?
Although support is soon to be killed, Windows XP remains the second most popular operating system, globally, in terms of internet usage,... Read More
Fisher & Paykel Brand Guru Unveiled
Hong, is the appliance giant’s new Senior Brand Manager, moving from her current role as Haier Brand Manager. She has been with the... Read More
Toshiba Hotel TV On The Move
Vic-based Westan is the new national distributor of Toshiba Hotel TV’s. The full line-up will be demonstrated at the distributor’s showrooms in... Read More
JB Hi-Fi : ‘Home’ The Place To Be (& Why TVs No Longer A “Drag”)
The only way is appliances, as demand for white goods fires up JB Hi-Fi sales 7% to $1.94 billion, lifting profits up... Read More
Sony To Launch New PS Vita Handheld, Vaio PC Brand Tipped To Be Killed Off
Up until now the Sony PS Vita Slim has only been available in Japan, the new model is 20 per cent thinner... Read More
From Vodafail To Vodafast: 4G Hits 1 million
But now Vodafone is witnessing 30,000 additions to its fledging 4G network per week. Vodafone says customers are returning to its network... Read More
Posh TV’s, Tabs, Xbox Drive JB HiFi
Yesterday, electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi announced a positive 10% rise in net profit, and a 7% sales hike to $1.94 billion, for... Read More
Telstra’s Brand New Future
Telstra debuted its new television commercial, entitled ‘A Brilliant Connected Future For Everyone’, broadcasted during the Australian Open men’s singles final on... Read More
LG Display Has Q4 Slump
The Company that is now now working on rolling out a new generation of OLED and 4K display screens managed to return... Read More
Harvey Norman CE + IT Sales Slump As Consumers Flick The Retailer
According to sources sales of technology linked products have fallen from $1.2B to sub $900M as younger consumers move to shop at... Read More
Acer MD Departs
Acer Sales Director Darren Simmons is unveiled as Acer ANZ new Managing Director. The appointment is effective from 10 February. Current Managing... Read More
Vodafone Calls PrePaid Users, Drops Rates
Vodafone has lowered its prepaid international call rates to 12 countries in Asia, Middle East and Germany. According to the telco, the... Read More
Is This ‘The Maserati Of Headphones’?
Bowers & Wilkins special P5 Maserati Hi-Fi Headphone is available in Oz from April RRP $549.95. The noise isolating Hi-Fi headphones have... Read More
White Goods: Its Not All Sunbeams
Gud Holdings today said profits fell 31% to $14.5 million (NPAT) for the first half of the fiscal year to 31 December 2013... Read More
Telstra Buys O2
Telstra announces the purchase of O2 Networks, a Melbourne based company which provides data networking, cloud and security consulting services for enterprise. ... Read More
Game Over, Mario? Nintendo Profits Crash ‘N Burn
Despite Christmas being a bumper period for gaming, Nintendo has crashed and burned against PlayStation and XBox, both launching new consoles in... Read More
LG To Manufacture New Curved Display For Apple iWatch
Currently facing production problems the iWatch will feature a 1.52 Inch plastic OLED display screen similar to that used in the $1,000... Read More
Lean, Green Drying Machine
Say goodbye to electricity eating dryers – Smeg has reinvented its new clothes dryer as a green machine using 50% less energy... Read More
Samsung’s New Boss Revealed
Samsung announces Mr. Jae Hoon Kwon as its new Managing Director for Australia. The former MD of Samsung Malaysia has a... Read More
BREAKING NEWS:Luxury TV Maker Loewe Has New Owners & Deal With Hisense
Earlier today Loewe whose products are distributed by Qualifi in Australia is set to be taken over by a group of investors... Read More
Hitachi Set To Launch Very Smart Large Screen Ecofriendly 4K TV’s In OZ
Several major TV retailers are currently vying to range the new Hitachi range which is tipped to be cheaper than similar major... Read More
Is 3D TV Dead? Big TV Brand Drops Support For 3D Glasses
At this year’s CES 2014 show Visio the often #1 US TV brand said that 3D with glasses is “dead” and that... Read More
Windows Phone 8.1 Wont Leave ‘8’ In The Cold
Redmond has confirmed its Windows Phone 8.1 upgrade will run on existing Windows 8.0 phones, brushing off fears by some developers that... Read More
Google New Nest Egg $3.2bn
Nest’s mission is “we reinvent things” unloved home devices like thermostats and smoke alarms, developers of the popular Nest Learning Thermostat. Google... Read More
LG Wins 35 CES Awards + Five SmartHouse Awards
They also won honors for its HomeChat communication system for smart appliances, EasyLoad Dryer Door, Lifeband Touch smartwatch, and Heart Rate Earphones.... Read More
REVEALED: ‘PlayStation Now’ Game Streaming @ CES
Sony snubs game retailers, offering a new Internet game streaming service direct to PlayStations, TV, smartphones, and even non-Sony devices. Unveiled overnight... Read More
Intel Drops McAfee
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich unveiled Intel Security brand at CES overnight, and revealed plans to ‘transition’ from the McAfee brand. Intel now plans to... Read More
Its War, XBox: Alienware Steam Machine Unveiled
Alienware and Valve, developers of the online gaming platform, have taken the wrapping off its gaming collaboration – the first Alienware Steam... Read More
CES 2014 Hisense: Smart TV Can Be …Smart
Hisense jump on Roku simplified Smart TV platform, with oodles of content, 1200 channels, movies and music ... Read More
INSIDE STORY: How Mitsubishi Electric Tried To Take Down A Dealer Simply Because They Offered Discounted Air Conditioning
The content of emails seen by ChannelNews revealed that the most senior management of the Japanese Company that had revenues of $248... Read More
Next Gen AKAI AC’s Have 3D Air, Designed For OZ Heat
Designed for the Aussie weather, AKAI reverse cycle split system air conditioners are to be sold exclusively at the DIY retailer, from... Read More
Xbox One “Biggest Console Launch” In OZ History
But now it looks like there may be a winner. Microsoft’s Xbox One has broken the record for the number of consoles... Read More
It’s In The Box! Telstra Pumps $10m Into Cloud Co.
It is joining a number of other international companies including Telef?nica, Itochu, Macnica, DST Global, Coatue and Mitsui who between them are... Read More
PS4: 2M Sold In 2 Weeks
PS4 at 2.1 million worldwide – a week after its global rollout to Europe and Australia. It went on sale in Oz... Read More
Mobile Case That DOUBLES Power
Logitech case+energy doubles the power of your for iPhone 5/ iPhone 5s battery, giving it extra boost if you’re sans your charger. Case+energy’s battery... Read More
Powermove Nabs Philips Headphones
A day after being dropped by Crest, Philips headphones is picked up by Powermove in Australia. Powermove has announced it is... Read More