Telehealth Consultations Soar
CANBERRA: The Federal Government says more than one million telehealth conferences between doctors and patients have been held in Australia since strict... Read More
NBN Co & Retail Service Providers Form Working Group To Meet Demand And Support Consumers
NBN Co and five of the country’s major retail service providers (RSPs) – Telstra, Optus, Vodafone Hutchinson, TPG and Vocus – have... Read More
Coronavirus Wipes $47 Billion Off Technology Spend
NEW YORK: When the top-of-the-bill Mobile World Congress (MWC) cancelled this year, it was followed in quick succession by many major IT... Read More
COVID-19: Australian Consumer Confidence Plunges To Record Low
In the ANZ-Roy Morgan survey conducted on the weekend consumer confidence hit 65.3, the lowest level since the survey commenced in 1973.... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Marketing Director Quits Netgear For Key Distributor Role
Andrew Tyler the Marketing Manager Netgear has quit after 18 months to join Sydney based distributor Panmi the distributor of the popular... Read More
Angus Jones, Former CMO Of LG: Positive Responses To The COVID-19 Crisis
My previous article discussed how to survive the recession. This time I wanted to applaud some of the companies doing smart stuff.... Read More
Retail Boss Questions Whether $130-Billion Handout Will Be Enough
Rob Scott, the Managing Director of Wesfarmers Group, believes that the government’s wage subsidy payment of $1500 per fortnight “only goes so... Read More
Distributors Move In To Sieze Back Audio Stock Retailers Threatened With Legal Action
Distributors of high-end audio are not bothering with niceties during the Coronavirus epidemic, with at least two major distributors moving this week... Read More
COVID-19: Medicine Wholesalers Allowed To Cooperate To Facilitate Distribution
The ACCC has granted wholesalers of medicines interim authorisation to cooperate in order to facilitate the distribution of essential medication and pharmacy... Read More
Bunnings Gets Greenlight To Acquire Adelaide Tools And Oaklands Mower Centre
The ACCC has announced that it will not oppose Bunnings’ acquisition of Adelaide Tools and Oaklands Mower Centre, which sells power tools... Read More
Electronics Manufacturer Foxconn Reports Third Year Of Falling Profits
Hon Hai Precision Industry, more commonly known as Foxconn, reported that its net profits fell for the third consecutive year in 2019,... Read More
Microsoft Snaps Up Virtualised Telco Affirmed Networks
SEATTLE: Microsoft has confirmed it has struck a deal to buy telecommunications virtualisation specialist Affirmed Networks for an undisclosed sum to take... Read More
BMC, NEC Oz Link Arms To Promote Digital Strategy
SYDNEY: BMC and NEC Australia have struck a deal that sees NEC using BMC’s Helix program to offer its clients service assurance... Read More
Telco Industry Offers COVID Guide
SYDNEY: The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and Communications Alliance have set up a joint Web page dubbed “Keeping Australians Connected”, with... Read More
Video Meetings Up 1000 Percent
SYDNEY/SANTA CLARA: Online or video meetings, in these blighted days of the coronavirus invasion, are very much to be preferred to physical... Read More
NSW Govt. Techies Call For Help
SYDNEY: If you’re a techie who’s been sacked due to the coronavirus extravaganza, here’s one possible path to at least a short-... Read More
A Story Of Four Magnets – And A Pain In The Nose
SYDNEY: Not all the technology news is grim, as we have discovered. Here’s a little bit of schadenfreude that bobbed up yesterday.... Read More
No Quarantine Cops To Prowl Aussie Streets: ScoMo Promise
CANBERRA: Scott Morrison has denied that the Australian Government might follow the example of Britain and the USA in using technology to... Read More
Banks Coordinate On Relief Package For Commercial Property Landlords That Do Not Evict Tenants
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACCC has granted a second interim authorisation for the Australian Banking Association (ABA) and its... Read More
Wesfarmers Pitch To Keep Officeworks & Bunnings Open As They Exit Coles
Wesfarmers who has not denied speculating that they are set to close down their loss making Target stores has said that they... Read More
Daytime Traffic On NBN Up 70%, Mobile Networks Up 40%
Advice to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased pressure on the NBN and telecom networks in non-CBD areas. The... Read More
$130 Billion Package Designed To Save Distributors & Retailers Announced
The Prime Minister has unveiled a $130 billion economic package but to get access to this distributors and small retailers will have... Read More
Retailers & Distributors Told To ‘Hang On’ As Government Moves To Prop Up Business
Consumer electronics and appliance retailers who are moving to online to drive business have been told they “Must innovate and iterate” to... Read More
COVID-19: Woolies Joins Coles In Asking Customers To Pack Their Own Bags
Woolworths has joined Coles in asking customers to pack their own bags at the checkout in order to reduce the amount of... Read More
CORONAVIRUS: Not All Doom & Gloom For Audio, CE & Appliance Retailers
Big audio brands are air-freighting stock into Australia, as consumers with money look to entertain themselves at home while demand from work... Read More
CORONAVIRUS: Big Brands Lining Up To Ditch China, Consumers Set To Shun Chinese Brands
Major consumer electronic suppliers are moving to shift their manufacturing out of China at the same time Australians are shunning Chinese brands... Read More
BREAKING NEWS:Winnings Stores Close Appliances Online Booming
Leading specialist appliance retailer has moved to close their 22 showrooms, staff working for the Companies online operation Appliances Online will not... Read More
UPDATED:David Jones Tipped To Follow Myer & Close Down Stores
Myer has jumped the gun and announced that they are set to start closing all stores from this weekend, David Jones is... Read More
Aus Gov: ‘We Expect Energy Companies To Keep Their Customers Connected’
The Australian Energy Regulator has issued a set of expectations for energy companies, which aims to ensure that households and small business... Read More
Savage Response, To Ogilvy PR Heritage Claim
Serious questions are being raised about the credentials of former PR executive Chris Savage after marketing web site Mumbrella claimed recently that... Read More
Concerns Over Move To Set Minimum Advertised Prices On Power Tools
The ACCC has moved to disallow power tool distributer Stanley Black & Decker’s from setting a minimum advertised price for Dewalt brand... Read More
Microsoft Puts Security Ahead Of Previews
SEATTLE: Microsoft has decided to halt Windows preview releases next month due to health concerns arising from COVID-19. The software and service... Read More
UK Government Denies Signing Off On Order For 10,000 ‘CoVent’ Dyson Ventilators
Dyson, which is famous for producing high-end vacuum cleaners, has begun work on designing and manufacturing a new ‘CoVent’ ventilator – allegedly... Read More
Another Overseas Op Goes Pear Shaped For Telstra
SYDNEY: Telstra yesterday was forced to stop transferring landline numbers to other providers, apparently due to COVID-19-related lockdowns in India, where much... Read More
UPDATED: Retailers Face Close Down PM, QBE Tipped To Cut Insurance Risk
Despite pleas to both Federal and State Governments consumer electronics and appliance retail stores face being shut down from Monday of next... Read More
Canberra Spooks Concerned About Govt Home Workers
CANBERRA: The Australian Cyber Security Centre – part of Canberra’s spooky Australian Signals Directorate – is urging government departments and agencies that... Read More
Stream Aid 2020: Twitch’s COVID-19 Charity Event This Sunday
Twitch is hosting a live streaming charity event this Sunday (29th March) 3am-3pm (GMT+11), with all proceeds going to the COVID-19 Solidarity... Read More
Woolies Calls For Tap-And-Go Limit From $100 To $250
CANBERRA: High-powered reps from government departments are sitting down with supermarket organisers and supply-chain operators in a bid to prevent the current... Read More
Yes, Some Industries Still Hiring
SYDNEY: Australia is certainly buckling under the coronavirus pandemic, leaving thousands of jobs on the scrap heap. Treasury estimates that more than... Read More
IT Spend Set To Plunge As Virus Hits Asia-Pacific
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hamper economic activities around the globe, impacting businesses and industries at nearly every level, and IT... Read More
Coles Asks Customers To Pack Their Own Bags To Minimise Contact, Among Other Measures
Coles has announced new social distancing measures at the checkout to keep their staff and customers safe as the COVID-19 crisis in... Read More
Woolworths To Hire 20,000 In The Next Month
The Woolworths Group has announced it will hire up to 20,000 new staff over the next month to cope with the unprecedented... Read More
COVID-19: Regional Express, Virgin Australia & Qantas Airways To Share Revenue
Regional Express (Rex), Virgin Australia and Qantas Airways will be coordinating flight schedules and sharing revenue on 10 of Australia’s important regional... Read More
REVIEW: Technics Ottava S SC-C50 – Brilliant Sound Networking An Issue
Panasonic’s Technics brand has an awesome reputation the only problem is that the products made by the Japanese brand have not been... Read More
Government Hiring During Downturn: ‘Thousands Of Jobs’ On Offer
As the retail and hospitality sectors stand down hundreds of thousands of employees, state governments are trying to hire more people and... Read More
$40million Bauer Takeover Of Pacific Magazines Gets The Go-Ahead
Bauer Media has been given the greenlight by the ACCC to acquire Pacific Magazines. The $40 million deal will see Bauer Media,... Read More
JB Hi Fi Closes Stores As Premier Sack 9,000 No Rent To Be Paid
JB Hi-Fi has temporarily closed its New Zealand business while retail Group Premier Investments has moved to sack 9,000 people. The JB... Read More
Super Retail Group Cancels Dividend Despite Positive Sales Momentum
The statement published on the ASX this morning read: “In the present environment the Board believes that preserving cash is the most... Read More
COMMENT: Why Gerry Harvey Needs To “Piss Off” Now His Use By Date Is Out
When Gerry Harvey Chairman of Harvey Norman told the Australian Shareholders Association to “piss off” last year after they questioned his actions... Read More
Telecoms Industry Ombudsman Opens Urgent Line For At-Risk Consumers & Small Businesses
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has opened phone lines to deal with urgent complaints resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on... Read More