FBI Cracks Encrypted iPhones
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice has skited it has retrieved information from a pair of iPhones linked to alleged terrorist without... Read More
‘Your Phones May Not Work’: Huawei Exec Warns Aust.
SYDNEY: Chinese networking giant Huawei has warned that Australian telecommunications could be severely impacted by the latest US technology bans on the... Read More
Click Frenzy 2020: Electronics Sales For The Next 35 Hours
Click Frenzy 2020, which commenced 7pm last night, is offering consumers a host of lucrative sales and deals. The Click Frenzy sales... Read More
Sony Moves To Wholly Own Its Financial Subsidiary
Sony has announced a new group organisational structure, which will include making Sony Financial Holdings (SFH) a wholly owned subsidiary. “The financial... Read More
Facebook Launch New Shopping Portal For Retailers & SMEs
Facebook has sought to further challenge e-comm giants like eBay, with news it will launch a virtual shopping platform (‘Facebook Shops’) specifically... Read More
MSI Giveaway: Free Bundle For Purchases Made At JB HI-FI
MSI has partnered with JB HI-FI to offer consumers a free bundle products with the purchase of select MSI products. If an... Read More
Audio Active Offering High-Value Home Theatre Bonus Bundle
Audio Active, Australia’s leading importer and distributor of consumer electronics, is now offering a high-value bonus bundle with every sale of a... Read More
Qantas Gears Up For Increased Travel With Free Masks & Sanitisers
Qantas has unveiled its ‘Fly Well’ safety programme as it prepares for higher travel volumes. This comes as the IT and distribution... Read More
How The ACCC Proposes To Make Google & Facebook Pay For Content
The ACCC has just released its concept paper for the mandatory code to address the bargaining power imbalances between Australia’s media companies... Read More
Microsoft Blazes A Trail Of Acquisitions And Collaborations
HELSINKI/REDMOND/JERUSALEM: There’s much ado about Microsoft, with the software giant announcing a collaboration with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia, along with several... Read More
Huawei Phone Pain Continues After US Ban
Chinese telco tech giant, Huawei, has continued to feel the pain of the US trade ban, this time with its semiconductor chip... Read More
Video Game Spending Hits Record
SAN FRANCISCO: Not surprisingly, American consumers spent a record US$10.9 billion on video games in the past quarter, up nine percent from... Read More
Chinese Ministry Protests New US Anti-Huawei Rules
BEIJING: China’s Commerce Ministry has lodged a firm protest against the latest rules by the US against telecommunications networking giant Huawei. Beijing... Read More
Superloop Traffic Soars 30pc As Covid-19 Increases Demand
BRISBANE: Not everyone is complaining about the arrival of the Covid-19 virus. Some high-tech outfits report the virus is doing them good.... Read More
Foxtel Set To Launch Streaming Service: 10K Hours On Offer
SYDNEY: Late out of the blocks, Foxtel – a joint operation between Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd and Telstra – has joined the... Read More
D-Link Launches AI-Powered Body Temp Measuring System With Thermal Camera
D-Link ANZ has just launched its new AI-powered DCS-9500T Kit – a body temperature measuring system with a dual vision thermal camera.... Read More
SoundBay Hunts For Investment & Growth Partner
The country’s largest DJ & Music production equipment retailer, SoundBay, is reportedly seeking a strategic investor to pursue growth – first round... Read More
Could E-Bikes Be The Safest Way To Get People Back To Work?
With gyms shut and less cars on the road, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the right conditions for cycling, leading to unprecedented... Read More
Woolies Eyes Check-Out Free, Contactless Buying
Australian supermarket giant, Woolworths, is reportedly preparing for an overhaul of its in-store operations, with checkout-free buying and digital assistants set to... Read More
Exclusive: Target Tipped To Exit TV’s, Seiki Could Be Big Loser
As speculation swirls around the future for the Wesfarmers owned Target, ChannelNews has been told that the big discount retailer is set... Read More
Boost Mobile Announces Its Support Of 2020 Supercars
Boost Mobile has announced that it will re-enter Supercars for the 2020 season, which is scheduled to return 27th-28th June at Sydney... Read More
ABS Survey Reveals Australia’s COVID-19 Habits
In the ABS’s most recent ‘Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey’, which was conducted from early April to early May, 58% of respondents... Read More
Big W Now Selling Lenovo Chromebooks & Tablets
Big W who has seen a 9.5% lift in sales during the COVID-19 lockdown is now ranging Lenovo Chromebooks and tablets. The... Read More
New Dual Screen Surface Tablet Delayed
As supply issues cause problems for notebook manufacturers, Microsoft who has already delayed the launch of their Windows 10X OS code named... Read More
Spike In Blu-Ray Disc Players
Alongside the surge in streaming services during COVID-19 lockdowns, The NPD Group has also noted a surprising increase in the sales of... Read More
Retailers Hit By Higher Tap-And-Go Fees
Contactless payments have risen substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in higher fees for smaller retailers, as banks send contactless... Read More
Digital Currency Arrest: Cash, Bitcoins Worth $120,000 Seized
SYDNEY: In a nascent criminal offence and potentially a first person to be charged with bitcoin offences, a 52-year-old Sydney woman has... Read More
Hot-Desking ‘Dead’: Many Home Workers Spurn Return To City
SYDNEY: Many Australian office workers who have spent recent weeks and months working from home are declining to return to office buildings,... Read More
Westpac Admits 23mil Breaches In Money-Laundering Case
SYDNEY: Westpac has formally admitted 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering laws, due to failures in its transaction reporting and record-keeping. Its... Read More
Myer Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19
This morning Myer confirmed that an employee at their Highpoint Shopping Centre store in Melbourne has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee... Read More
Shaver Shop’s Online Sales Grow 387%
The Shaver Shop’s online sales grew by a massive 387% over the six weeks to 10th May, “more than offsetting the material... Read More
Intel Invests In Chinese Chips
SHANGHAI: Intel Capital, the venture arm of chipmaker Intel, has invested in two Chinese start-ups in the semiconductor sector. The investment comes... Read More
Kogan.com Set To Move Into Homewares & Furniture With New Acquisition
Kogan.com has acquired the Australian, family-run furniture company Matt Blatt for $4.4 million. “Our acquisition of Matt Blatt gives us a springboard... Read More
Cisco Revenue Hits Bad Patch
SAN FRANCISCO: Cisco has reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings despite revenue dropping some eight percent year on year and steeper than the four... Read More
China Deal ‘No Deal’, Says Digicel
SYDNEY: Jamaica-based mobile phone carrier Digicel Group has denied an Australian newspaper report that it is planning to sell its Pacific unit... Read More
Apple Reconfigures Supplier Factories & Acquires VR Start-Up
Apple is moving quickly to adjust to the new reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Bloomberg, Apple is helping its suppliers... Read More
Xero Swings To $5 Profit But Warns It Won’t Last
AUCKLAND: Largely Australian-based but NZ-owned accounting software house Xero has recorded an NZ $3.3 million full-year profit – it’s first – but... Read More
NBN Revenue Hits $2.8 Billion As Seven Million Target Looms
CANBERRA: NBN Co has reported a 38 percent revenue increase in Q3 to $2.8 billion, driven by strong demand spurred by the... Read More
Some Restaurants, Pubs Open Today – But Little To Cheer
CANBERRA: “This is a tough day for Australia,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday – and he wasn’t kidding, as the Australian... Read More
Major CE Stock Shortages Up To September Set To Affect Retailers
Is CE and appliance retailing entering a twilight zone driven more by a shortage of stock than a shortage of customers wanting... Read More
COVID-19 Gaming: MSI’s Sales Revenue Up 24%
Driven by increased demand for gaming devices during the COVID-19 lockdowns, MSI’s sales revenue increased by 24% year-on-year in April, reaching NT$10.6... Read More
PM: “Very Tough Day”, 594K Jobs Lost April
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said it’s a “very tough day” after latest Bureau of Statistics numbers revealed 594,300 jobs were lost... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Now Spotlight Owned Harris Scarfe Tries To “Screw” Suppliers
Back in April, department store chain Harris Scarfe was sold to Spotlight Group, leaving unsecured creditors in the lurch for millions, now... Read More
Breville Shares Soar After $94M Placement
Kitchen appliance manufacturer, Breville Group, has seen its shares soar over 10% after the company successfully completed a $94 million fully underwritten... Read More
Cyber-Attackers Get Creative Targeting Employees Returning To Work
Cybersecurity company Mimecast has reported that attackers are exploiting users’ anxiety and need for information during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since January COVID-19-related... Read More
Chinese Smartphone Shipments To Vendors Rebound By 17pc
SHANGHAI: Smartphone shipments to vendors in China rose 17 percent in April, compared to the same month a year ago. According to... Read More
Ransomware Study Shows Half Oz Biz Hit – Pay-Offs Double Cost
SYDNEY: Cybersecurity vendor Sophos has revealed the findings of its global survey, The State of Ransomware 2020, which shows paying cybercriminals to... Read More
Contactless Payment Systems Sweep In Bid To Stop Coronavirus
MELBOURNE: Spurred on by the Covid 19 outbreak, some 10.8pc of Australians are pointedly using non-bank contactless mobile payment services such as... Read More
Tracing App Now ‘Fully Functional’
CANBERRA: Deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly says the Federal Government’s coronavirus tracing app is working, after all states and territories signed... Read More
Parliament Inquiry Urges Plan To Make 5G Gear In Australia
CANBERRA: The parliamentary inquiry into 5G in Australia has tabled its report, calling on the Morrison Government to investigate how 5G gear... Read More