Aussie Broadband Launches 1000Mbps NBN – With Qualifications
SYDNEY: Never one to miss a chance at delivering high-speed Internet, Morwell, Victoria-based Aussie Broadband says it plans to hitch a ride... Read More
Apple Adds To Its AI Acquisitions With Machine Learning Start-up
Apple has just added another firm to its list of AI acquisitions, purchasing Canada-based Inductiv – a machine-learning start-up. Inductiv has developed... Read More
David Jones Struggles, Stores To Be Sold, Network Shrunk, & Borrowings Extended
David Jones is looking at more asset sales in an effort to reduce debt after a shocker start to 2020, parent Company... Read More
Gartner: Global Device Shipments To Slip 13.6% in 2020
Gartner has forecast a 13.6% drop in global device shipments (including tablets, mobile phones and PCs) for 2020, warning the coronavirus pandemic... Read More
Morgan Stanley Tip Westfield Malls Best Set To Recover
Morgan Stanley analysts predict Scentre-owned Westfield will be among the best set shopping malls for recovery amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The news... Read More
Vodafone Looks To Transform
LONDON: A former chairman of beermaker Heineken will take the reins of Vodafone Group when current chairman Gerard Kleisterlee retires from the... Read More
Telstra Trials High-Spectrum 5G
SYDNEY: Telstra has begun trialling faster millimetre-wave 5G mobile phone technology. The technology, which could be eight times faster than 4G, is... Read More
‘It’s Going To Last Forever’: Lenovo Sees Good Times Ahead
SAN FRANCISCO: PC maker Lenovo sees good times ahead as more companies tell staff they can work from home permanently. Facebook, Square,... Read More
Crims Chuckle As Toll Reveals 200GB Of Data Now Missing
SYDNEY: The luckless Toll Group – still looking to recover from its second attack and pilfering of large amounts of corporate data... Read More
NBN Usage Jumps, Rollout Nears End On Work-From-Home
CANBERRA: More than seven million Australians are now connected to the NBN – and usage has jumped significantly, apparently due to the... Read More
Retailers Face Appliance & CE Shortages After Containers Lost At Sea
Appliance and CE retailers desperate for stock could have a new problem this morning after a container ship bound for Melbourne lost... Read More
79% Of Australians Have Purchased Devices To Support Online Activities During COVID-19
According to NBN Co’s latest Behavioural Change Survey, which examines how Australia’s internet habits have changed since the start of the COVID-19... Read More
Xiaomi Share Outside China Grows: 50% of Q1 Sales Overseas
Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi, has continued to expand market share outside its home country of China, with half of Q1 total revenue... Read More
Smartphone ODM Shipments Fall
TAIPEI: Digitimes Research has cut its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2020 to 1.15 billion units, down 15.4pc from 2019’s 1.36 billion... Read More
Telstra 5G Hits 157Mbps – But US Operator Achieves 506Mbps
SYDNEY/LONDON: Telstra’s 5G service has been rated at an average 157 megabits per second (Mbps) in a UK-based survey of leading 5G... Read More
Telstra 5G Rollout Undeterred By Coronavirus
Local telco Telstra is reportedly ahead of schedule for the rollout of its 5G network, with the coronavirus pandemic said to not... Read More
Wesfarmers Tipped To Lament $3.6B Target Hole
Wesfarmers-owned department store, Target Australia, is tipped to have accrued total write-downs, impairments and goodwill relocation of $3.65 billion since 2012 according... Read More
ABS: Laptop Imports From China Surged During COVID-19 Lockdowns
According to the latest trade figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), imports from China continued to recover in April from... Read More
Serious Questions Being Asked About Big W Future After Target Chainsaw Carve Out
Serious questions are being asked about the future of Big W following the decision by Wesfarmers to take a chainsaw to Target... Read More
Citi Analysts: ‘Target-To-Kmart Conversion Set To Boost Sales
Citi analysts expect that Wesfarmers’ move to close unprofitable Target stores and convert other Target locations to Kmart stores will help to... Read More
ARA: ‘Retailers Need More Flexible Trading Hours’
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is calling for greater flexibility when it comes to trading hours and penalty rates, in order to... Read More
Breaking NEWS:Westan Pick Up Denon & Marantz, Qualifi Gets Speakercraft
Melbourne based distributor Westan has been appointed as the distributor for Denon and Marantz products in New Zealand. Sound United made the... Read More
Drone Deliveries In Canberra Surge 500%
Wing, a drone delivery company that is owned by Alphabet, has been trialling its services in Canberra, and since February, the firm... Read More
Apple Recovers In China
SHANGHAI: Apple sales in China continued to recover in April, due partly to the release of a cheaper iPhone. It’s an extraordinary... Read More
US Ramps Up Pressure On Chinese Tech Outfits
WASHINGTON: The US is adding 33 Chinese companies and institutions to an economic blacklist including technology companies, some of which have links... Read More
Ticketek Joins Up With Afterpay For Expected Post Covid-19 Rush
SYDNEY: Australian entertainment ticketing company Ticketek is preparing to offer a buy-now, pay-later service in a deal with ASX-listed Afterpay. Ticketek, owned... Read More
Wesfarmers Boss ‘Businesses Need To Think About Diversifying Supply Chains’
Rob Scott – the CEO of Wesfarmers, which includes Bunnings, Catch, Kmart and Officeworks – has stated that Australian businesses should consider... Read More
Aussie Research Team Demos World’s Fastest Optical Chip
MELBOURNE: A team of researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities claims to have achieved the world’s fastest communication speed from a... Read More
E-Bike Sales At Bicyclesonline.com.au Surge 310%
E-bike sales at Australia’s largest online bike retailer, BicyclesOnline.com.au, have surged by 310% this month. This comes as a study by Oxford-based... Read More
Google Wins US Defence Contract
WASHINGTON: Google Cloud has announced it has inked a deal with the United States Department of Defence to help detect and respond... Read More
Shares Climb As Afterpay Reports Finds More Customers In The USA
MELBOURNE: Afterpay shares jumped 2.7 percent on the ASX yesterday after the Melbourne-based company reported strong growth in the USA. The shares... Read More
Amazon To Build A Second Solar Farm Down Under
SYDNEY: Amazon has revealed plans to build a 105-megawatt solar energy farm in Australia – its second such project Down Under. (The... Read More
Official Wesfarmers To Close Target Stores
In order to further accelerate the strong growth that Kmart has witnessed since the onset of COVID-19, Wesfarmers has outlined a plan... Read More
Experts Say Australia’s Digital Healthcare Is Vulnerable To Cyberattacks
According to top cybersecurity firms, Australia’s digital healthcare networks are vulnerable to cyberattacks, which is particularly problematic during the COVID-19 pandemic, as... Read More
Big CE Retailer Wobbles Move To Tip Dollars Into Online & Same Day Delivery
After a stellar first quarter that saw JB Hi Fi and The Good Guys sales surge as COVID-19 demand kicked in global... Read More
NBN Speeds Begin To Recover From COVID-19 Demand
According to the ACCC’s Measuring Broadband Australia report, NBN speeds have begun to recover from the spike in demand and lower speeds... Read More
Oz New Job Ads Surge 26% in May
Popular online job board, SEEK, has reported a notable 26.8% on-month jump in new jobs listed during the month of May, suggesting... Read More
Apple’s iOS 13.5 Update Adds New Features For The COVID-19 Era
In keeping with the times, Apple’s latest update iOS 13.5 allows iPhone users to unlock their phone more quickly while they’re wearing... Read More
LG Launch Real-Time Digital Signs For Retailers Re-opening
LG has expanded its professional display market share during the COVID19 pandemic, after debuting new digital signages which allows retailers to communicate... Read More
Could Apple & Google’s COVID-19 Tracing Tech Make COVIDSafe Better?
Apple and Google have made their COVID-19 tracing technology – which they call ‘Exposure Notifications’ technology – available to public health agencies... Read More
Apple May Ditch Free EarPods With New iPhones
iPhone manufacturer Apple is tipped to cease shipping a free pair of its iconic wired white headphones (‘EarPods’) with new smartphones, according... Read More
‘Criminal Offence’: Fletcher Warns 5G Opponents
CANBERRA: The Federal Government has warned Australians about misinformation being spread across the nation by people who claim that the 5G technology... Read More
Huawei On The Offensive Over Latest US Bans
SHENZHEN: After Beijing rounded on Washington over its latest bans on Huawei Technologies, it’s now the telecommunications networking giant’s turn. In its... Read More
David Jones Grapple Lease Contracts & Big Debt
Iconic premium department store, David Jones, is reportedly working with KordaMentha as it grapples with landlords to manage debts of at least... Read More
BREAKING NEWS:LG Up TV Capaciity 50%, New Plant, Samsung, Hisense TCL Targeted
As the TV market gets brutally competitive LG has moved to increase their TV output by 50%, this will be achieved by... Read More
COVID-19 Trends: 78% of Australians Are Spending Spare Time Watching TV
According to the most recent Dentsu Consumer Intelligence Study – which was conducted from 13th April to 7th May – 78% of... Read More
17.9% Drop In April Marks Historical Fall In Retail Turnover
According to preliminary figures from the ABS, Australia’s retail turnover was down 17.9% in seasonally adjusted terms in April, marking the sharpest... Read More
Top Streaming Boss Mayer Jumps From Disney – Now CEO Of TikTok
SAN FRANCISCO: Walt Disney’s top streaming executive, Kevin Mayer, will leave the entertainment and theme parks giant to become CEO of popular... Read More
Lenovo Deliver Record Pre-Tax Income Despite Coronavirus
Chinese PC manufacturer, Lenovo, has reported an all-time high pre-tax income of US$1.02 billion for FY19/20 (up 19%), despite the economic impact... Read More
Square Says Forget The Office
SAN FRANCISCO: Employees of Jack Dorsey-led Square have been told they can continue to work from home permanently, even after offices reopen.... Read More