Over The Wire Snaps Up Digital Sense For $27 Million
BRISBANE: ASX-listed IT and telco services provider Over the Wire is set to buy up all of the shares of cloud hosting... Read More
Rare Earth Boom Expected As Trump Declares Emergency
WASHINGTON/PERTH: Before being hospitalised with Covid19, US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on rare earths and called for a boost... Read More
Foxconn To Finish microLED AR Smart Glasses In 2022
Component manufacturing giant, Foxconn, has revealed it will finish development of its microLED augmented reality smart glasses by 2022 – indicating a... Read More
Olimpia Splendid Launches Wi-Fi Portable AC At The Good Guys
Olimpia Splendid is bringing its new range of portable air conditioners exclusively to The Good Guys this month, including two models with... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: John McAfee Arrested For Multi-Million Dollar Tax Evasion
Antivirus software creator, John McAfee, has been charged with evading millions in tax, after failing to disclose income, and submit tax returns... Read More
Lime Launch Ex-Uber Electric Bikes In Sydney
Micromobility provider, Lime, has snared many of Uber’s former electric bikes, and is launching a new red fleet in Sydney concurrent with... Read More
Apple Sues Recycling Partner For Illegal Device Sales
Apple has sued former recycling partner, GEEP Canada, for reselling over 100,000 devices, now seeking US$22 million in compensation for the theft... Read More
Cellnet Reports Loss After Sales Fall 13% Now Moving To Sell Direct Online
Queensland based distributor The Cellnet Group have reported a $1.96M loss after sales fell 13%. The Company who recently took on several... Read More
Microsoft Roll Out New Notebooks As They Hose Down Office 365 Problems
Microsoft who have spent the week hosing down problems with their Office 365, Teams and Outlook has overnight rolled out a cheap... Read More
Online Retail Sales Slow Down in August
The NAB online retail sales index fared a slowdown in August, slipping to 4.2% [on-month, seasonally adjusted] versus 6.6% in July. Online... Read More
Shopping Holiday Urges Aussies To Buy Local Today
Consumers have been urged to shop local today, with October 1 the inaugural ‘National Buy Aussie Day.’ The initiative has been backed... Read More
Microsoft Tipped To Unveil New Surface Laptop This Week
Microsoft is tipped to unveil a new Surface laptop this week, with the rumoured 12.5-inch ‘Surface Laptop Go’ potentially launching as early... Read More
Google Meet Will Stay Free Until End Of March
Google is extending free unlimited Meet calls to all its Gmail customers until the end of March next year. In April this... Read More
Smart Home Device Sales Up Amid COVID19
Worldwide shipments of smart home devices are forecast to remain resilient despite the impact of COVID19, climbing 4.1% on-year in 2020, according... Read More
ACCC Fines SOS Alarm Maker $25K Over Dodgy Claims
The ACCC has hit mobile personal alarm seller Live Life Alarms with $25,200 in fines for alleged false or misleading claims on... Read More
Will Tim Cook Stay At Apple? $160 Million In Stock Says Yes
Apple has given CEO Tim Cook up to $160 million in stock bonuses to keep him in the job for another five... Read More
Google Welcome 5G With New Pixel 5, Pixel 4A
Google has brought 5G technology to its Pixel smartphone range, with the launch of its latest Pixel 5 (A$999) and Pixel 4a... Read More
Toshiba Exits Image Chips
TOKYO: Toshiba says it will exit its money-losing system LSI chip business as the Japanese conglomerate aims to boost the group’s profit... Read More
Aussie Supply Chains Slip, As Retail Business Soars
SYDNEY: Retailers including Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and Kogan may have recorded bumper sales and profits during the coronavirus lockdown, but they’re... Read More
Digi-Checks For All, Big Push For 5G As Govt. Embraces Tech
CANBERRA: The Morrison Government is expanding the use of digital identity checks when accessing services online. Digital identity checks are set to... Read More
Austere Makes Debut In Oz Through Audio Active Australia
Technology accessories brand Austere has entered the local Australian market with a bang, with their exclusive distribution partner Audio Active Australia. Austere... Read More
Apple Stole Blood Oxygen Technology For Watch Series 6, Says Sensor Maker
A medical sensor manufacturer has accused Apple of trying to delay a legal battle over allegedly stolen technology in order to sell... Read More
Harvey Norman To Open 12 New Stores After Record Growth
Harvey Norman is opening 12 new stores but despite their record growth in Australia the bulk of their new stores will be... Read More
JB Hi Fi Giving Away 5 82″ 8K TVs For Cyberpunk Game Launch
A contest from JB Hi-Fi is sweetening the pot on preorders for Cyberpunk 2077, a highly anticipated game that has also come... Read More
Banned Huawi Splashing The Cash With Retailers While Also Competing Against Them
After a massive failure in the Australian smartphone market Huawei is now trying to flog notebooks at JB Hi Fi and is... Read More
Earbuds Set To Gain Sales Momentum In 2021
True wireless Bluetooth earbuds are forecast to gain significant sales momentum next year according to supply chain sources, prompt by work from... Read More
Lenovo Launch Lightest ThinkPad Ever
Lenovo has launched its lightest ThinkPad to date, the X1 Nano, pledging robust functionality and processing despite weighing just 907 grams. Australian... Read More
Lenovo Reveal Aussie Pricing For New ThinkBooks
Lenovo has announced local pricing and availability for its next-generation range of ThinkBooks, including its first 2-in-1 the ‘ThinkBook 14s Yoga.’ The... Read More
Amazon Scanner Puts Payment In The Palm Of Your Hand
Contactless payments could become even quicker with a new palm reader from Amazon. Dubbed Amazon One, the device scans users’ palm prints... Read More
People Are Keen To Ditch Paper Money Altogether Post Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the world to mostly abandon cash payments in favour of digital currency – and it seems most... Read More
Former Amazon Manager Made $1.4m From Insider Trading: SEC
SEATTLE: The US Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that Laksha Bohra, who worked as a senior manager in Amazon’s tax department, had... Read More
Huawei CFO Meng Fights US Extradition
VANCOUVER: Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou returned to a Canadian court to resume her fight against extradition to the US, saying fraud claims... Read More
SA Video Game Biz Said To Be Booming – Thanks To Covid
ADELAIDE: While much of the arts sector has taken a massive hit this year during the coronavirus pandemic, Australia’s video game industry... Read More
Disney Lays Off 28,000 Staff
Disney has cut the jobs of 28,000 staff as the financial impact of the COVID19 continues to ravage discretionary demand, and hamper... Read More
PM And Treasurer Launch $800 Million ‘Digital Business’ Plan
CANBERRA: Continuing to find ways to stoke the hard-hit economy with new spending, PM Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday lifted... Read More
Foxtel Publicity Director Departs Amid “Difficult Changes”
Foxtel has announced its long-standing Group Director of Publicity and Talent Relations Jamie Campbell will depart at the end of this week,... Read More
Apple-Epic Battle Should Be Heard By Jury, Says Judge
The judge overseeing the legal stoush between Apple and Fortnite developer Epic Games has said the matter should be resolved by a... Read More
McAfee Makes A Comeback With IPO
Cybersecurity maker, McAfee, is gearing its comeback as a public company, following a filing to the SEC earlier this week. According to... Read More
Dell Unveil New Notebooks With Latest Intel Chips
Dell has unveiled two new notebooks with the latest 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake processors – the XPS 13 and XPS 13... Read More
NBN Speeds Improve Despite COVID Demand
NBN speeds have held up despite unprecedented demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the ACCC crediting NBN Co’s decision to offer additional... Read More
Digital Platforms Code Tipped For Year End Amid Google Fuss
The Federal Government is reportedly set to push legislation for the upcoming digital platforms code into parliament by year end, despite former... Read More
Retailers Sell New Chromecast Before Official Reveal
In a major blunder, Google’s new Chromecast has accidentally gone on sale at several US retailers before its official announcement. Customers were... Read More
Amazon Prime Day War Down To Stock Levels For Retailers
CE and appliance retailers looking to take on Amazon and their October Prime Day sale are banking on getting stock off the... Read More
Amazon Spotlights Small Business In 66-Hour Prime Day
Amazon’s Prime Day sale will run from October 13-15 this year, and will highlight small businesses with their own dedicated sale section.... Read More
LG Rolls Out OLED Black Screen Fix
Owners of LG’s 2019 and 2020 OLED TVs should soon see them work as intended with NVIDIA’s new RTX 30 series GPUs,... Read More
Microsoft Boss Unconvinced About Permanently Remote Workplaces
Microsoft is one of the few tech companies which hasn’t yet offered full-time remote working for its employees in a post-COVID 19... Read More
Last-Minute Injunction Spares TikTok From App Store Ban
TikTok has won an eleventh-hour injunction against the Trump administration’s ban, which would have seen it forced off Apple and Google’s app... Read More
US Tightens Screws On China’s Top Chipmaker
The Trump administration has slapped new export restrictions on China’s biggest chip manufacturer. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s (SMIC) suppliers will have to... Read More
Washington Determined To Bar WeChat App
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge to allow the US Government to bar Apple and Google from offering... Read More
EU To Challenge Apple Tax Verdict
BRUSSELS: The European Commission plans to appeal against a ruling that Apple does not have to pay €13bn euros in back taxes... Read More