Reject Shop Sales Skyrocket As Consumers Panic Buy
In the three weeks to the 15th of March, the Reject Shop’s sales rose by a massive 15.1% year-on-year. This sharp increase... Read More
How Canberra Spent $490bn On Contracts In 10 Years: New Report
CANBERRA: Australian Government entities were awarded A$490.8 billion in procurement contracts between 2009 and 2019, according to a new report by the... Read More
Food Delivery Companies Launch Contact-Free Service
Food delivery companies such as Deliveroo, Menulog, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Domino’s are introducing contact-free delivery for customers concerned about COVID-19. Deliveroo... Read More
Optus Mobile Customers To Receive Extra Data For Coronavirus Outbreak
Optus will give its mobile phone customers additional data to facilitate remote work and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible postpaid mobile... Read More
CORONAVIRUS LIVE UPDATE: Harvey Norman Move To Close Stores
Harvey Norman has moved to close stores as analysts warn that a plunge in economic activity looms in the second quarter, as... Read More
JB Hi Fi To Benefit From Apple Store Closures In Australia
JB Hi Fi one of the biggest sellers of smartphones, iPads and notebooks, in Australia is set to benefit from a decision... Read More
Hibernation Economy Helping CE & Appliance Retailers
Consumers who have taken to hibernating, working from home and stocking up on food in Australia are driving CE and appliance sales... Read More
Aussie Dollar Plunges To $0.62 Suppliers Set To Be Hit Hard
The volatile global economic conditions have caused the Australian dollar to fall even further, with the value of the AUD declining to... Read More
Retailers Clammer For Killer Coronavirus Covers
Leading health and fitness company Homedics is set to launch two new products to protect consumers from COVID-19 and retailers can’t wait... Read More
EU’s Economy Action Plan To Force Change In Electronics Industry
The EU’s New Circular Economy Action Plan revealed the EU Commission plans to “launch concrete actions on electronics and ICT” to ensure... Read More
Microsoft In Botnet Takedown
REDMOND: Software and services giant Microsoft and partners in 35 countries have linked up to bring down one of the largest global... Read More
No Tracking Please! We’re Corona-Infected Europeans
BRUSSELS: EU technology experts are at loggerheads over whether the tracking of people with the coronavirus is legal. Some analysts say Europe’s... Read More
Aussie And UK Spooks Team For Stolen Credit Card Crackdown
CANBERRA: The spooky Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have been working jointly to crack down on... Read More
NBN Co Warns Against Cams
SYDNEY: Scammers have ramped up their efforts to use the NBN brand to steal people’s personal or financial details, according to NBN Co’s contact... Read More
Canberra Plans Covid-19 App
CANBERRA: Yes, there’s an app for that – or soon will be in the case of the oncoming Covid-19/coronavirus disaster. The Federal... Read More
Aussie Tech Stocks Plunge Again
SYDNEY: Any hope that the Australian sharemarket might continue to respond positively to global events after Tuesday’s surprise rise thundered back to... Read More
Jabra Marketing Director Out
Sid Rashid the Marketing Manager at Jabra has suddenly left the Company after just 18 months in the job. He joins a... Read More
Retailers Concerned As Australian Consumer Sentiment Hits Five-Year Low
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Confidence has fallen by 3.8% to hit 91.9, from 95.5 in February. This marks the index’s... Read More
Facebook Sues Domain Registrar
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is suing Arizona domain name registrar Namecheap and its proxy service Whoisguard for allowing people to register domain names... Read More
When Will Australians Get The Right To Repair?
While the US and the EU appear to be progressing with ‘right to repair’ regulations, Australia is still struggling to make headway... Read More
Gig Economy Hit By Virus
SAN FRANCISCO: Gig-economy companies from Uber to Doordash have been rolling out a raft of new policies as coronavirus continues to spread across the... Read More
Amazon Bezos Biggest Loser
SAN FRANCISCO: It’s easy-come, easy-go for the world’s wealthiest man, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who lost US$7 billion in paper wealth... Read More
New Wave Of 5G To Hit Aust.
SYDNEY: Many Australians should finally be able to get their mits on 5G services when Telstra launches what it says is the... Read More
NetApp Snaps Up Cloud’s Talon
SYDNEY: Talon, which first opened its doors in Australia and New Zealand two years ago, has been bought out by NetApp and will... Read More
Huawei Throws In The 5G Towel Down Under
SYDNEY: Huawei Australia CEO Hudson Liu, pictured, has confirmed at the first in a series of Town Hall meetings that the Chinese networking... Read More
Aussie Tech Stocks Survive Early Slaughter Fears
SYDNEY: Australian technology stocks by and large survived what had been expected to be a day of slaughter on the stockmarket yesterday.... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Calls For Sydney Hi Fi Show To Be Cancelled Due To Coronavirus Risks
Serious concerns have been raised as to whether the NSW Health Department should prevent a Hi Fi Show scheduled for 3rd Of... Read More
Telstra In New Bid To Abandon $270m/Year NBN Voice Contract
MELBOURNE: It’s not like Telstra to give away easy government money, but that seems to be just what it’s about as it... Read More
Govt. Agencies Warned To Expect IT Gear Shortages
CANBERRA: The Australian Government has warned agencies they are likely to face lengthy delays in acquiring new IT gear, due to the... Read More
Bauhn’s 4K Ultra HD Android TV Now Available in Oz For Under $700
From the 14th of March Aldi will be selling Bauhn’s 58-inch 4K Ultra HD Android TV for just $699. This high-value product... Read More
Murdoch, Journos Seek Bits Of The Action As AAP Crumbles
SYDNEY: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is looking at setting up an internal newswire service to produce extra content for its newspapers, Web... Read More
Remote Workers Offered Aldi Deals As Coronavirus Takes Hold
As fears over the spread of COVID-19 mount, Aldi’s week of specials, starting on the 14th of March, is filled with home... Read More
UPDATED:Tech Stocks Walloped Fitbit Survives The Carnage
Tech stocks have been walloped after shares around the world had their worst day since the financial crisis at one stage Wall... Read More
Robot Vacuum And Mop Cleaner Sold For $400 At Aldi
On the 11th of March Aldi will once again be selling ECOVACS robot vacuum cleaners for $399. This time round, they will... Read More
Wuhan suppliers Score A Green Light – Despite Coronavirus
SHANGHAI: Semiconductor and display makers in Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, are being given special permission to maintain operations. Special... Read More
AT&T links with Google on 5G
SAN FRANCISCO: US media giant AT&T has partnered with Google Cloud to use 5G edge computing technologies to help clients improve speed... Read More
Nvidia acquires SwiftStack
SAN FRANCISCO: Nvidia has acquired software-centric data storage and management platform SwiftStack, which supports public cloud, on-premises and edge deployments. SwiftStack focuses... Read More
Apple Crackdown On Dodgy Apps
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has issued a review of its App Store guidelines for developers, telling them to follow the new rules –... Read More
US Tech Giants Moving Out Of China
SHANGHAI: Battered by the US-China trade war and the coronavirus outbreak of the new coronavirus, US tech giants Apple, Microsoft and Google are not surprisingly looking to... Read More
Huawei Scores For The Raiders
CANBERRA: Huawei Australia has been tapped as the main sponsor of the Huawei Raiders’ rugby league centre in Canberra, including naming rights... Read More
Google Cloud to cover Melbourne
MELBOURNE: Google Cloud is planning to open a new datacentre in Melbourne as part of its strategy to set up new facilities... Read More
Industry CEO Fined $15,000 over $357,000 invoice
SYDNEY: Former NewSat CEO Adrian Ballintine has been fined $15,000 in the County Court of Victoria after pleading guilty to a charge... Read More
EXCLUSIVE:Lifestyle Store Claims They Are Not Going Broke Despite Rumours
The CEO of Australia’s largest retailer of premium audio and custom installation has said that they are “not going broke”, though they... Read More
Big CE & Applice Brands In Middle Of OZ Coronavirus Epicentre
The head offices of some of the biggest consumer electronics and appliance brands are located right inside one of Australia’s Coronavirus epicentres.... Read More
NBN Co wants to set own prices for new home developments
SYDNEY: Increasingly undercut by rival operators, NBN Co is trying to set its own prices to deploy telecommunications infrastructure to new housing... Read More
New links for network services
SYDNEY: The Internet Association of Australia (IAA) has signed an agreement with PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong Telecom... Read More
Australia scores a tick for cyber attack defences
CANBERRA/WASHINGTON: A study into nations’ cybersecurity has ranked Australia 15th, ahead of Singapore and the US, as among the most prepared for... Read More
CE Retailers Warned By ACCC Over Coronavirus Pricing
CE and appliance retailers in particular, online operators have been put on notice by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to not... Read More
Tech & Health: Australians Could Soon Have Mandatory Age Verification On Porn Sites
Australians could soon be forced in the next year to use a federal government identification verification service to access pornography sites. It... Read More
Workers Fear Coronavirus After Vodafone Head Office Evacuated
Australians are becoming concerned about Coronavirus as several big Companies let their staff work from home. New gloBAL research reveals that more... Read More