Vertiv Adds Ingram Micro As Australian Distributor
Vertiv, a global distributor of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has appointed Ingram Micro as a provider of Vertiv’s full portfolio of... Read More
The Good Guys Join Narta
Australia’s largest retail services group Narta has today announced the integration of The Good Guys business into its structure, through the JB... Read More
Dicker Takes Over Exeed
Technology hardware, software, and cloud distributor Dicker Data, has agreed to acquire New Zealand IT distributor Exeed Group. Dicker stock rose 11.2... Read More
Aust Network Infrastructure Market Recovers From COVID
The Australian network infrastructure market, comprising ethernet switch, router and wireless LAN hardware, has started to recover from the losses experienced in... Read More
TPG Telecom Boosts 5G Spectrum, Targeting 85% Capital Coverage
TPG Telecom has entered into an agreement to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air. This... Read More
CovidSafe App More Relevant Now, But Report Delayed
The Federal Government has done itself a disservice by delaying the release of the CovidSafe app report despite it continuing to show... Read More
Amazon Cops Billion-Dollar Privacy Fine
Amazon has been fined 746 million euros, or over $1.2 billion, by a European Union privacy regulator, the largest fine ever issued... Read More
Zoom Settles Privacy Suit For $117M
Zoom has settled a very costly privacy class action lawsuit, to the tune of $117m. The US suit alleged Zoom had shared... Read More
Square To Pay $39 Billion For Afterpay
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square will acquire Australian company Afterpay, in a massive $AUD39 billion takeover deal. The dollar... Read More
Tesla Battery Reserve On Fire Near Geelong
Emergency services are currently attempting to contain a huge blaze at the Tesla battery reserve near Geelong. “We are currently responding to... Read More
EB Games Stores May Rebrand To GameStop In Australia
EB Games’ parent company GameStop has announced its plans to rebrand all Canadian EB stores by the end of 2021. GameStop enjoyed... Read More
Amazon’s Lockdown Sales Start To Slow
Amazon was one of the big winners of the ongoing pandemic, but the rush to digital retail has slowed as more of... Read More
Preorders Start For Qualcomm’s Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders
Pre-orders have began to roll out for Qualcomm’s first ever smartphone, the ASUS-made Smartphone For Snapdragon Insiders. American customers can already pre-order... Read More
Google Sued For Overcharging Millions Of Users
Google is being sued in London over claims it overcharged close to 20 million UK users, after a similar case was filed... Read More
Harvey Norman Airs Almost 57,000 Radio Ads In Year So Far
Harvey Norman’s big ad spending is extending to radio, with the consumer electronics retailer taking out the most ad spots in two... Read More
Priceline Owner’s Board Nixes Wesfarmers Buyout Offer
Wesfarmers has hit a snag in its bid to buy out Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, with the Priceline owner’s board unanimously rejecting the... Read More
Will Google, Facebook Require Oz Office Workers To Be Vaccinated?
Google and Facebook have both publicly announced they will require all American workers to be vaccinated before return to the offices. In... Read More
Investors Concerned Over China Tech Crackdown
China’s move to crackdown on tech stock IPOs is fuelling growing doubt among international investors according to analysts. Chinese tech stocks faced... Read More
Openpay Is Planning US Launch
Buy now pay later (BNPL) platform Openpay has revealed it is planning to launch in the crowded US market. The BNPL recorded... Read More
PayPal Shares Slump As Earnings Miss Estimations
PayPal shares dropped 8.5 per cent today, after June quarter revenue fell well short of Wall Street analysts’ estimates, and the current... Read More
KEF Add Immersive Sound To Lotus Vehicles
British high-end audio company KEF has announced a partnership with Lotus, to kit out the company’s sports cars and premium electric vehicles... Read More
Facebook Warns Investors Of ‘Headwinds’ From Apple’s Data Clamp
Facebook, like Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft, reported a hefty profit climb during the June quarter, but warned that Apple’s new data collection... Read More
Apple Increases Chip Order To Ward Off iPhone Delays
Apple has increased its order of A15 chips to over 100 million, in an effort to meet its own launch deadline. The... Read More
Google Launches Cloud Region In Melbourne
Google has launched its cloud platform region in Melbourne, its second physical region in the country, following 2017’s Sydney launch. Google also... Read More
Retail Ad Spend Bolsters Google Earnings As Anti-trust Suits Loom
June quarter sales for Google’s parent company Alphabet flew by Wall Street estimates as retailers turn to its online advertising ecosystem to... Read More
Facebook Confirms Work On ‘Instagram For Kids’
Facebook has confirmed what we are feared, that it is working on ‘Instagram for Kids’, as it steps towards making the platform... Read More
Retail Industry Groups Release Five-Point Plan To Save Sector
A coalition of Australia’s peak industry groups has released a five-point plan for “business survival” which they are hoping to get endorsed... Read More
Shopify Slip Predicted As Company Passes $200B Mark
Shopify passed the magic $200 billion mark last week, in terms of market valuation. However, the company’s adjusted earnings are expected to... Read More
BBQ Kings Weber Cook Up $5 BIllion IPO
Among the many company that benefitted greatly from the lifestyle changes brought out by the ongoing pandemic, Weber, creator of portable and... Read More
Apple Posts Record Results But Warns The Party May Be Over
Apple has shattered Wall Street estimates, by posting a sales gain of 36 per cent in the June quarter, with revenue of... Read More
Retailers Flee From CBDs Again
Empty storefronts in central business districts are again rising, with vacancy rates hitting all-time highs in some cities. Perth saw vacancies surge... Read More
Commonwealth Bank CEO Attacks Apple
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn has asked Parliament to regulate Apple’s Pay system, accusing the tech giant of anti-competitive measures. Comyn... Read More
Samsung Australia Reveals Release Date For Foldable Phones
Samsung’s Unpacked event on August 12 promises to reveal details about the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3,... Read More
Mall Owner GPT Dumps Earnings Guidance For 2021
Diversified shopping mall owner GPT Group has dumped its earnings guidance, in a sure sign of a muted second half to the... Read More
Oz Consumer Confidence Falls To Lowest Point Since November
As Sydney sees no way out of lockdown every time soon, and Melbourne’s prospects of keeping Delta at bay continue to waver... Read More
Myer Boosts Supply Chain With New Distribution Centre
Myer is opening a new 40,000-square-metre national distribution centre in Victoria as it looks to bolster its factory-to-customer supply chain and online... Read More
Samsung Reveal First S Pen Designed For Foldable Phones
Samsung’s President & Head of Mobile Communications Business, Dr. TM Roh, has announced that the company will unveil the first-ever S Pen... Read More
Temple & Webster Earnings More Than Doubled In FY21
Temple & Webster’s earnings soared 141 per cent in the 12-months ending June, as the move to e-commerce, and increasing spending on... Read More
Facebook Teams With Apple For The Good Of Your Health
Facebook is currently planning a feature that will let users of its Oculus VR headsets share workout data with Apple’s Health app.... Read More
Telstra Allocates $75m To Regional Connectivity
Telstra is set to spend $75 million from the sale of its InfraCo Towers business on further enhancing regional connectivity. This is... Read More
Kaseya Denies Paying Ransom To Hackers
Kaseya says it didn’t pay hackers to gain decryption keys for its customers’ networks after the company was hit by a huge... Read More
Upgraded Apple Silicon iMac Not Coming Until Next Year
Speculation that Apple is planning to launch its new, high-end iMac in the fourth quarter this year, is said to be false,... Read More
Lynas Reports Record Quarter Rare Earths Demand Spikes
Lynas Rare Earths has reported a spike in sales during Q2 as demand for its products continues. Revenue for the three months... Read More
CIA Backs Aussie Start-Up
IQT International Australia, the Sydney-based arm of the CIA’s venture capital firm, has been identified as a backer of computer-vision start-up Visionary... Read More
New Beem It CEO Plans National Rewards Program
The new CEO of payments platform Beem It, Mark Britt has kicked off plans for national Aussie rewards program Eftpos, which purchased... Read More
ACT QR Codes Tampered With
Someone is meddling with the ACT’s QR code system replacing the official QR codes with ones that relay a message saying “you... Read More
EU Say Google ‘Misled’ Travel Customers
European Union regulators are questioning Google about why they rank certain flights and hotels above other in searches, accusing the company of... Read More
Right To Repair Could Lead To Mass Counterfeit Problem In Oz
During last week’s Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the Right To Repair laws, the Consumer Electronics Suppliers Association said “major household appliances (including... Read More
Catch Promotes CCO To Newly-Created Role
Online marketplace Catch.com has promoted its chief commercial officer Jason Bagg to a newly-created role as its new chief marketing and commercial... Read More
Wesfarmers Hits All-Time ASX High
Wesfarmers has been trading at an all-time high today on the ASX, reaching $62.69 just after 11am, after opening strongly at $62.11.... Read More