Centrelink Lines Longer Than Ever
Last night Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new round of businesses that would have to close their doors, and today the... Read More
Companies To Coordinate Supply And Local Manufacture Of Medical Equipment
In order to ensure the supply of ventilators, testing kits, personal protective equipment and other medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, the... Read More
Perils Of Working From Home: The Rise Of Zoombombing
Zoom, a video and audio conferencing platform, fast became the popular mode of communication for the thousands of businesses operating remotely. Now,... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Wesfarmers Close Kmart Stores Harvey Norman Tipped To Follow
Wesfarmers the operators of Target, Bunnings, Officeworks and Kmart has announced that the closure of 25 New Zealand K Mart stores, ChannelNews... Read More
CBA runs AI Over 230,000 Words Of ASIC Regulation
SYDNEY: The Commonwealth Bank has completed trials of an artificial intelligence tool first piloted in the UK that aims to help the... Read More
AU Govt Moves To Ban Web Sites
CANBERRA: Web sites that host graphic material following a terror attack are to be blocked by Internet providers for around five days... Read More
Big Data & AI Needed To Manage CCV-19 Induced Data Traffic
SYDNEY: Nokia has analysed the impact of social isolation measures on network traffic and says to cope with the traffic surge, telcos... Read More
Apple Watch Gets A Trump Deal
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: The Trump Administration has granted Apple a tariff waiver request for Apple Watch smartwatches. The exemption will enable Apple to import the finished... Read More
Online Scammers Exploit Coronavirus Outbreak
CANBERRA: As Australians are now working from home in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, they are increasingly vulnerable to... Read More
Supermarkets Take Online Operations On War Footing
SYDNEY: Aussie supermarkets are getting ready to shift their online sales and deliveries operations up a gear in a coordinated war footing... Read More
COVID-19: YouTube and Netflix Lower Bandwidth Streams To Cope With Demand
Both YouTube and Netflix have begun reducing the bandwidth streams of their videos to ease pressure on telecoms networks, given the unprecedented... Read More
Global Demand For Laptops, Network Gear, Chips Zooms
SEOUL/TOKYO: The growing number of work-from-homers across the globe is fuelling a huge surge in demand for laptops, network peripherals and supply-chain... Read More
COVID-19: New Coles Community Shopping Hour For Healthcare Workers
From tomorrow (Thursday 26th March) Coles will be dedicating its Community Hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays to emergency services and healthcare workers.... Read More
Australian Consumer Confidence Hits 30-Year Low
Last week the ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index fell by 27.8% to hit a 30-year low. The survey was conducted last weekend... Read More
Home Gym Equipment New Target Of COVID-19 Panic Buying
Following the federal government’s indefinite closure of gyms and indoor sporting venues that began at midday yesterday, Australian consumers have begun panic... Read More
Oz In Lockdown: What The Transition To Food Delivery Means For Jobs & Businesses
With the government restricting restaurants and cafes to takeaway and home deliveries only, restaurants are seeking out food delivery options, which could... Read More
S&P Forecasts COVID-19 Will Cost Asia-Pacific $620 Billion
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has estimated that the Asia-Pacific region’s total and permanent income loss caused by COVID-19 will amount to $620... Read More
UK ISPs Resist Free Broadband
LONDON: Internet service providers in the UK are coming under pressure to provide free services to help people during the coronavirus outbreak.... Read More
Plug Pulled On Private Aussie Visa Processing System
CANBERRA: The Federal Government has suggested that privatisation of Australia’s visa processing system may not have been one of its best decisions.... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Call To Shut All None Essential Retail Stores & Shopping Centres Immediately
State and Federal Government Ministers are facing a major dilemma, shutting down all retail shops which will see thousands hit the unemployed... Read More
BlackBerry Taps Local Leadership
SYDNEY: BlackBerry has overhauled its local leadership team as the company brings its Cylance artificial intelligence platform and BlackBerry unified endpoint management (UEM)... Read More
Huawei Takes Advantage Of Coronavirus To Jack Up Struggling OZ Channel
SYDNEY: Huawei is making plans to launch new networking equipment, including Wi-Fi 6 products, in a bid to turn around the Chinese... Read More
Harvey Norman CEO Talks Up Stock Levels & Coronavirus Impact
While husband Gerry Harvey is banging on about being 70, not scared of Coronavirus, while also scouting for new opportunities, wife and... Read More
MyGov Crashes As Thousands Flock For Dole Payments
CANBERRA: Australia‘s MyGov Web site came to a shuddering halt yesterday as thousands sought to get help from Centrelink amid the coronavirus... Read More
Tech Companies Combine Forces To Fight COVID1
WASHINGTON: The White House has announced an unprecedented collaboration between US tech giants as they merge forces to fight the coronavirus. The... Read More
COVID-19: Supermarkets Granted Authorisation To Work Together
In response to shortages caused by COVID-19 panic-buying, the ACCC has granted interim authorisation for supermarket operators to work together in order... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Speculation Running Rampart Wesfarmers Planning To Close Target
Speculation is running rampant among suppliers to the Wesfarmers owned Target that the struggling retailer is set to be closed down in... Read More
Coles: ‘There Are Signs Demand Is Beginning To Slow’
The mad rush of COVID-19 panic buying that has swept Australia may be starting to ease. “After unprecedented busy times, our stores... Read More
OZ Retailers Checking Distributor Credentials, Ayonz Revealed As Foreign Company
Retailers are moving to check the balance sheet of their suppliers some fearing that they could be left with warranty claims if... Read More
What To Do In A Recession – Angus Jones, Former CMO Of LG
Four weeks ago the Australian share market hit an all-time high, now it is about 30% less. A month later the world... Read More
Australian Retailers Association Calls On Gov For Rescue Package
In an open letter to the federal government the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA)... Read More
MS Teams Users To Hit 44mil.
SEATTLE: Everyone has left the Microsoft office, but the lights are still on as the software and services giant reaps the benefits... Read More
The Reject Shop’s Sales Up 36% In The Past Week
From the 16th to the 22nd of March 2020 sales at The Reject Shop’s 354 stores were up 36.1% year-on-year. This steep... Read More
Global Server Revenue Takes A Tumble: Gartner Report
SAN FRANCISCO: Research firm Gartner says global server revenue grew 5.1 percent in Q4 2019, while shipments increased 11.7 percent. But the... Read More
ZipTel Swallows Fintech Outfit
SYDNEY: ZipTel has agreed to buy 100 percent of a fintech outfit dubbed Douugh – presumably pronounced “dough”, rather than “doo-ugg”. Once... Read More
JB HI-FI’s Sales Continue To Boom In The COVID-19 Crisis
Total sales at Australia’s 204 JB HI-FI stores grew by 9.9% for the sales period from 1st of January to 22nd of... Read More
NBN Co Pulls Half-Price Offer
MELBOURNE: NBN Co is pulling its offer of half-price Internet for a year for long-term holdouts to its network after getting a... Read More
Oz Reputation Sliding, As Bribery, Corruption Figures Spiral: Deloitte
SYDNEY: Australia is among a group of Asia-Pacific nations that is likely to see a high new spike in bribery and corruption ... Read More
Telstra Agrees To Stall Sackings, Plans 5G Rollout Ramp-Up
MELBOURNE: Telstra says it has put on hold its plan announced in June 2018 to shed 8000 jobs and will accelerate its... Read More
Minister Calls For Crackdown On Panic-Buying ‘Parasites’
CANBERRA: Coronavirus panic buying is being aggravated by social media and Australia is in no danger of running out of food, says... Read More
Global Smartphone Sales Collapse – With Worse To Come
SAN FRANCISCO: Global smartphones sales have collapsed in their biggest fall since the invention of the device, according to research firm Strategy... Read More
Harvey Norman, Bunnings & CE Retailers To Stay Open
Consumer electronics, appliance and hardware retailers will be allowed to stay open with demand for goods likely to increase online as people... Read More
We Are Not A Bank Claim Distributors, Hi Fi Retailers Told To Pay Their Debts
An intense situation is developing with Hi Fi retailers now facing the real possibility that distributors who claim that they have become... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Bunnings, Big W, Harvey Norman Face Being Closed Down, Online Set To Be The Norm
Consumer electronic and appliance retailers in NSW and Victoria are facing the real possibility that they are going to have to trade... Read More
Covid-19 Set To Hit Worldwide Semiconductor Market In 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: The coronavirus disease 2019 is seriously affecting the worldwide semiconductor business, which is expected to take a hit of US$25.8... Read More
What’s Australia’s NBN worth? Nowhere Near Its Cost: Report
CANBERRA: If the government of the day wants to sell off the NBN sometime in the future, it will pretty quickly discover... Read More
NBN Co Offers Service Providers Up To 40pc Bandwidth Boost
SYDNEY: In a bid to ease any network strain caused by people working in isolation from home, NBN Co yesterday said it... Read More
Baffling Optus Outage Hits NSW
SYDNEY: So much for working from home, at least for Optus mobile users … The Optus mobile network yesterday suffered a severe... Read More
IT Cops A Hit As PM Closes Door To Non-Aussie Citizens
CANBERRA: Australia is implementing a new travel ban preventing all non-Australian citizens and residents from coming to the country, due to the coronavirus... Read More
No Loan Repayments For Small Business For Six Months
Small businesses hit by COVID-19 will be given a six-month deferral on loan repayments. AMP Bank, ANZ, Bank Australia, Bank of Queensland... Read More