Jabra New ANZ Channel Manager
Schmid will be responsible for Jabra’s partner system and customers in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania in the newly created role based... Read More
New Control 4 OS Home Automation Kit
The first thing you notice about the new OS is the introduction of a new UI which allows the screen to be... Read More
Another Samsung Executive Quits After Just 5 Months Running IT Division
At the start of the year Emmanuele Silanesu quit the same role citing “family reasons”. Ignatavicius told ChannelNews he could not explain... Read More
Who ARE Oz Retail Thiefs?
When the going gets tough, the thieves get going. So says ARA Exec Director Russell Zimmermann who says stealing from stores is... Read More
New Retailer Tech2Go Hits Sydney
As the downturn in consumer electronics continues, Tech2Go defies the trend, hitting the mainstream retail scene. Tech2Go has just set up a... Read More
How To Draw On Your iPad With Precision
iWorld is looking to banish illegible penmanship with their new product: the Adonit Jot Touch. It’s a pressure sensitive stylus that delivers more... Read More
Push Controls Qld, WA Sales
Click to enlarge Push’s new sales agents are Audio Industries in Queensland and PCA Marketing in Western Australia, it announced today. To... Read More
Make Your TV Smart With Android 4.0 For $99
The miracle upgrade is in the form of a Smart TV dongle that launches a TV friendly version of Android’s Ice Cream... Read More
Happy Hunting: Deeper Maps Fish On Your Smartphone
Fishing is much like a pagan religion. We speculate on the best spots, sacrifice the finest baits and then pray to the... Read More
Android Smartphone Accessories Driving Retail Growth
Shortly after the recent release of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Melbourne based iWorld released Speck branded covers with the Company set to... Read More
Nike’s GPS Watch Is An Invisible Exercise Companion
I love running. There’s nothing like the pita pata of your feet against the isolated tarmac, reminding you you’re moving forward. Unfortunately... Read More
HP Moves Into Schoolbags and Webcams
A new Select 120 backpack which is geared toward students has been announced by HP. It comes with multi-layer padding, a reinforced... Read More
Black Box For Cars Launched In OZ
IT and consumer electronics accessories company Laser Corporation has unveiled its new Crash Cam black box recorder with GPS tracking, a device... Read More
Apple’s Tim Cook Best Paid CEO…By Far
Click to enlarge A Wall Street Journal survey revealed the 10 best paid CEOs in America. Tim Cook didn’t just top the... Read More
Head Of Consumer & Xbox Quits Microsoft After 16 Years
According to sources Mclean quit the Company last week with Microsoft now looking for a new director of their recently formed consumer... Read More
Syntec Intl To Distribute ARCAM
With 39 years of trading experience, Syntec said it is “continually looking for opportunities to grow and improve their offering to retail... Read More
Fake Science Degree Nobbles Yahoo Boss
The news broke early this morning, Sydney time, Sunday night in the USA. Yahoo was expected to say he is leaving for... Read More
Telstra Tipped To Be Developing 24/7 Home Automation & Monitoring System
Rich Green a US based technology analyst and system designer who is in Australia for the 2012 CEDIA Show in Brisbane said... Read More
Big AV Brands Claim Electricians Taking Over CEDIA
Brands such as Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, LG and Yamaha are all no shows with one long time exhibitor, Pioneer claiming that the... Read More
Telstra Nab Publishing Guru As Director
Click to enlarge Telstra has just appointed Margaret (Margie) Seale as a non-executive Director. Seale has worked in senior executive roles in... Read More
Forget PCs: Microsoft Get Into ‘Smart Homes’
Click to enlarge HomeOS is an “operating system” for the home that provides holistic and “intuitive” control of devices in the home... Read More
Nike & TomTom Release GPS Exercise Sports Watch
They’ve tried to keep the watch simple by including three buttons and a ‘Tap Screen’ for navigation. When on a run, the... Read More
Colarado VNet Sold Again OZ Distribution Back On Agenda
Insiders are tipping a name change for the IP automation Company who are keen to resurrect their Australian distribution Network. SmartHome Distribution... Read More
Control4 Moves Into Entry Level Home Automation Market
The device, which is being sold via mass retailers in the USA, uses Control4’s operating system to deliver control of lighting, climate,... Read More
Sony’s New SmartWatch Isn’t Smart At All
Lately, different tech categories have been suffering from an identity crisis: new TVs are coming with computer processors and running smartphone operating... Read More
Smartphones As Home Control Devices CEDIA Issue White Paper
Titled ‘Mobile Devices in Residential Systems Integration.’ the white paper was developed after the custom install organisation saw a rise in the... Read More
NFC Free: PayPal Release iPhone Credit Card Reader
PayPal claims the tool is ideal for small businesses, service providers and casual sellers allowing them to conveniently make credit card payments... Read More
Russound Lays Off Senior Staff As Business Struggles
The Company whose products are distributed in Australia by the once bankrupt Leisuretech and Ness has struggled to establish their brand in... Read More
REVEALED: Telstra Sensis Boss Quits
Click to enlarge The shock departure comes after the struggling Sensis division was aligned into Telstra Digital Media business as part of... Read More
Wi Fi Killing CEDIA Audio Work Electrical The Future Claims New Lutron Distributor
Nick Libertone, Managing Director of Convergent Technologies claims the custom installer needs to stop handing electrical work over to electricians, but instead... Read More
Former Samsung Marketing Director Pops Up At LG
The appointment of Skropidis, who left Samsung in December, comes as the two Companies go head to head in the Smart TV... Read More
LG Over The Moon With New Boss
Click to enlarge The appointment of Mr Deok Hyeon Moon as Managing Director of LG Australia, announced today, comes just a week... Read More
From Grog To Bits N Bytes: Samsung’s New Marketing Director
Click to enlarge Ex Lion Nathan marketing exec, responsible for Boag’s beers ‘Pure Waters’ and Speight’s ‘Great Beer Delivery’ ad campaigns, Mr... Read More
Another Senior Executive Quits Sony
Last year Toby Barbour who joined Sony in 2006 from Olympus quit the Company which is struggling under the leadership of Sony... Read More
Toshiba Invades: New OZ Partner
Toshiba Tabs are part of the wares Synnex will be flogging. Synnex will distribute Toshiba’s full IT range, including notebooks, tablets, all-in-one... Read More
Why Harvey Norman Should Buy Dick Smith: CSLA
Woolworths announced yesterday Dick Smith would go up for sale following pleasing results, in a bid to align the company’s core groceries... Read More
Face Scan Signs You In Facebook, Netbank & More
Now it seems mundane everyday reality has caught up with the glitz of science fiction as smartphones and laptops gravitate towards facial... Read More
Optus Recruits Telstra’s Golden Boy
Paitaridis will assume the role of Managing Director of Optus Business following his stint as the Executive Director of Network Products and... Read More
Jobs: ‘Stop Pinching Apples’, Google
A court hearing Thursday revealed how Apple Chief Jobs wrote a bluntly worded e-mail to Google boss, Eric Schmidt, politely requesting him... Read More
Salesforce Nabs Obama Star
He is Vivek Kundra, who held the world’s No 1 CIO post from March 2009 until August last year, when he departed... Read More
Philips Moves Hotel TV In
Click to enlarge AVICO Electronics will now take care of distribution and marketing of Hotel TVs, effective from this month and will... Read More
Free TV: Set-Top Box Grants Unleashed
Click to enlarge Eligible households include Southern and Central NSW, the ACT and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, all of whom can opt... Read More
Microsoft Ditches CES To Host Its Own Shows
Instead, Microsoft is taking a page from its rival’s book, Apple, by intending on hosting its own events. The Sun Herald reports... Read More
Telstra Reveal New Finance Boss
Click to enlarge But today, Telstra announced British man Andrew (Andy) Penn has been appointed as his replacement as Chief Financial Officer.... Read More
Microsoft’s Kinect: Learning Medicine, Home Auto & Sign Language
Microsoft believes the success of its Kinect motion camera could see it being the essential ingredient in controlling home automation, monitoring hospital... Read More
Sonos Appoints 20 Year Veteran
Rooney is a 20-year veteran of the audio industry, having worked as a General Manager at Sydney Based Len Wallis Audio. “I’m extremely... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Management Shake Up At LG OZ
Cho is set to be replaced by Mr Noon a senior LG executive who has been running LG’s consumer electronics operations in... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Samsung Marketing Director Quits
Samsung Australia has offically confirmed that Mr Lambro Skropidis has resigned from the company. Mr Skropidis has held the role of Head... Read More
Altech’s SummIT Expo: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Click to enlarge The SummIT travelled across Australia’s East coast, spanning Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in less than two weeks. Vendors theatrically... Read More
Do New Victorian Smart Metres Torch Homes?
Melbourne’s fire brigade is investigating three recent house fires to see if they might have been started by smart meters. The fires... Read More