Australia, Beware: US Considers Retaliation Against Digital Taxes
WASHINGTON: The US is investigating digital services taxes now being adopted or considered by Britain, Italy, Brazil and other countries, including Australia.... Read More
Bye-bye, Office Meetings: Cloud Conferences Rule
SAN FRANCISCO: Worldwide end-user spending on cloud-based Web conferencing will grow nearly 25pc in 2020 on the back of workplace restrictions, due... Read More
ABS: Record Falls In Personal Retailing & Department Stores In April
According to the final Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures for April, the sector’s turnover fell by 17.7%. This is... Read More
NBN Co Extend Free 40% Extra Capacity Offer To August
The NBN Co has extended its offer to internet providers for an additional 40% capacity at no cost until 19 August 2020,... Read More
Carriers Ban Huawei, Questions Over TPG & Optus Relationship With Security Risk Company
First it was the USA, then Australia chose to dump Chinese Company Huawei from building out telecommunication structure for their 5G networks,... Read More
ACCC Prohibits Minimum Advertised Prices On Dewalt Power Tools
The ACCC has rejected Stanley Black & Decker’s proposal to set a minimum advertised price for Dewalt power tools, accessories and attachments,... Read More
COVID-19 Tech: Fitbit Launches Low-Cost Emergency Ventilator ‘Fitbit Flow’
Fitbit has designed a “high-quality, low-cost and easy-to-use” emergency ventilator called the Fitbit Flow to meet global needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More
CES 2021 To Go Ahead As In-Person Event
The organisers of behemoth consumer electronics trade show, CES, have confirmed they’ve commenced planning for an-person event in January 2021 in Las... Read More
Snapchat Stops Promoting Trump’s Account
Snapchat’s parent company Snap has announced that it will no longer promote US President Donald Trump’s account on the Discover tab for... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Another Distributor Walks Away From Q Acoustics, BusiSoft Set To Have A Crack
Known for their revolving door distributor policy Armour Home the owners of the Q Acoustic audio brand has been dumped by Melbourne... Read More
NRL Drives Customer Return To Foxtel And Kayo
Some 4.5 million Australians tuned in to watch the NRL’s 2020 round-three games, making it the fifth-largest TV audience for a regular... Read More
Oz GPD Contraction Fuels Recession Talk
Latest ABS numbers reveal the Australian economy decreased by 0.3% for the first three months of 2020, alongside the slowest through-the-year growth... Read More
Exertis ProAV Australia Snares Contacta Distributorship
Exertis ProAV has been appointed the exclusive distributor of hearing loop and speech transfer system manufacturer, Contacta, across Australia and New Zealand. Based in the UK,... Read More
Macquarie Analysts Tip JB HI-FI To Outperform
Macquarie analysts expect JB HI-FI to outperform previous forecasts, raising their price target to $41 per share. As of 11am today JB... Read More
Samsung Demand Boost Spurs Production Of New Chips
SEOUL: South Korean electronics giant Samsung has begun construction of a new domestic production line for NAND flash memory chips. The company... Read More
Huawei UK Deal Looking Shaky
LONDON: The British Government is showing signs of reneging on a decision to allow controversial Chinese networking giant to participate in the... Read More
Huawei MateBook X Pro Lands at JB Hi-Fi For A$3299
Chinese tech giant Huawei has released its latest flagship notebook, the MateBook X Pro (2020) in Australia today, available from retailers including... Read More
Apple cuts China iPhone prices, closes US stores again
SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has cut the prices of its latest iPhones in China, ahead of a major online shopping festival called 6.18,... Read More
Zip To Snare Yankee QuadPay
SYDNEY: Buy-now-pay-later giant Zip has is entering a deal to sacrifice 23.3 percent of its shares in exchange for ownership of New... Read More
NBN Co Urged To Bring Telstra Fibre Into Mix
CANBERRA: NBN Co should look at options to bring Telstra’s fibre networks and new housing networks owned by Opticomm into its fold,... Read More
Ombudsman: Telco Problems Cost Small Businesses Time And Money
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman’s latest report has found that small business complaints related to telcos have increased steadily, and that problems with... Read More
Aussie Dollar Hits Four-Month High
The Australian dollar (AUD) has reached a four-month high, hitting US67.94 cents as of this morning. A number of distributors told ChannelNews... Read More
Consumer Confidence Improves Ninth Week In A Row, Up 6%
The latest ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index has improved for the ninth week in a row, increasing by 6% last week... Read More
Vicinity Centres $1.4B Raising Reveals Landlord Pain
ASX-listed shopping mall owner, Vicinity Centres, has provided a snippet of landlord pain amid the coronavirus pandemic, after suspending half-year dividend payments... Read More
Majority Stakeholder In David Jones Calls It A ‘Poor Acquisition’
The investment management company Allan Gray, which recently bought a 20% stake in David Jones’ parent company Woolworths Holdings, has called the... Read More
CEDIA 2020 Expo Cancelled
Residential technology trade expo, CEDIA, has officially been cancelled, with a virtual event set to take place in September instead. “While we are deeply disappointed... Read More
Customers Queue For Hours To Get Into Ikea
Yesterday, thousands of shoppers have reportedly queued for hours to get into newly reopened Ikea stores across England and North Ireland, leading... Read More
Gumtree Completes Acquisition of CarsGuide and Autotrade
eBay Classifieds Group (eCG), through Gumtree, has completed its acquisition of Cox Australia Media Solutions, which includes CarsGuide.com.au and Autotrader.com.au. Moving forward,... Read More
Google’s New AR App Sodar Making Social Distancing Easier
Google has launched a new ‘experiment’ app called Sodar, which gives users an augmented reality (AR) view of their surroundings, outlining a... Read More
EB Games To Issue Refunds For Fallout 76
EB Games has agreed to refund Australian consumers for the online video game Fallout 76, acknowledging that they were misleading in their... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Tempo To Sell Full Sharp Consumer Range From July 1
Leading Japanese appliance and TV brand Sharp has handed all their consumer business to Australian distributor Tempo, according to retail sources, with... Read More
AFL Expected To Drive A Harder Bargain With Broadcasters
While the NRL accepted reduced prices for its contracts with broadcasters Nine Entertainment Co and Foxtel, AFL leadership is tipped to drive... Read More
Microsoft Taps Robot Journos
SEATTLE: Dozens of journalists have been sacked after Microsoft decided to replace with them with artificial-intelligence software. Staff who maintain the news... Read More
Apple Postpones iPhone 12
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is expected to delay the launch of its new iPhone 12 series by at least two months to November,... Read More
Toll Restores Features, Preps To Deal With Customer Demands
SYDNEY: The Toll Group – motto “We embrace change” – which is currently seeking to restore its key systems following its second... Read More
NBN High-Speed Plans Get Nod
CANBERRA: The Morrison Government has ushered in three new high-speed residential plans on the National Broadband Network (NBN), via retail service providers... Read More
Is Mosman Council Setting Up Woolworths To Fail?
They say that the devil is in the detail, which in the case of the of the battle between Mosman Council and... Read More
Kogan Shares Soar To Record High
Kogan.com.au has noted unprecedented growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and today the company’s share price soared by 5.2% to reach a record... Read More
Trump Goes After Social Media Companies With Executive Order
In response to Twitter putting a fact-check label on his tweets, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at... Read More
Microsoft Releases W10 Update
SEATTLE: Microsoft is starting to release the latest twice-annual update to Windows 10, featuring enhancements to the longstanding Notepad app and a... Read More
IPhone 11 Most Popular Smarty
SAN FRANCISCO: And the world’s most popular smartphone is …. (drum roll). You guessed it, another Apple, the iPhone 11 to be... Read More
Dell Hit By Coronavirus But Wins Millions In Govt Deals
SYDNEY: In its third year in a row, Dell Australia has posted a drop in profits. This year the company posted an... Read More
Covid Hits 50pc Of Aussie Biz
CANBERRA: The way most businesses operate has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 50pc of businesses in every industry... Read More
Nikon Struggling, 700 Jobs Slashed Profits Slump 88%
Nikon the struggling Japanese camera Company has moved to slash over 700 jobs after the Company admitted that they are facing sustained... Read More
ABS: Biz Investment Scales Back Despite Aid
Local business investment decreased 1.6% during the March quarter, with RBA governor Philip Lowe saying it’s “entirely possible” the economic impact of... Read More
LG Appoints Former Pana Exec, New Home Entertainment Manager
LG Electronics Australia has appointed former Panasonic executive Joshua Marshall as the new General Manager for Home Entertainment. Previously, the position had... Read More
Global NAND Flash Market Grows
TAIPEI: Revenues of the global NAND flash industry increased 8.3 percent sequentially to US$13.58 billion in Q1 due mainly to growth in... Read More
Sony Smartphone Shipments Hit Low
TOKYO: Sony Mobile Communications saw quarterly smartphone shipments hit a 10-year low of 400,000 units in Q1 the Company quit the Australian... Read More
Breaking News: News Corp Axe Over 100 Print Papers, Jobs Lost
News Corp Australia has announced it’s ceasing over 100 print newspapers, with 14 titles to completely close, and hundreds of jobs made... Read More
Two-City Start For Telstra’s New 5G Portable Gadget
SYDNEY: Dying to try 5G communications, but don’t know where to start? Telstra may have just the answer, after this week launching... Read More