Acer Adds Leading Edge Computer Group To Diamond Partner Program
Acer signs Leading Edge Computer Group to its recently launched Diamond Partner Program, giving the Group’s 105 independent reseller members – from... Read More
Google Probe May Include Search
The 50 US state attorneys-general currently investigating Google are preparing to expand their anti-trust probe beyond the company’s advertising business and include... Read More
Huawei In Two-Week Potential Concession Amid Trade Talks
In what appears to be a concession to Chinese demands surrounding the phase-one trade deal, the Trump Administration will allow US companies... Read More
Apple Tipped To Capture Top 5G Smartphone Spot In 2020
Apple’s entry into the 5G race in Q3 of 2020 will catapult the iPhone maker to top position, ahead of Samsung and... Read More
China Phone Sales Take A Tumble
Sales of smartphones in China fell 7.5% sequentially in Q3 after registering a 22.4% growth in the previous quarter. Digitimes Research found... Read More
ACCC Calls On Facebook And Google To Pay For News
Google and Facebook have been engaged in a process of “atomising” media news as they attempt to become the source of all... Read More
Telstra Calls On Government To Invest More On 5G Rollout
Telstra has called for substantial Government investment in both equipment and spectrum for the 5G network in Australia. In a submission to... Read More
Smaller Operators Stealing NBN Market Share From Telstra
Optus and smaller retail service providers ( RSPs) are now eating into Telstra’s NBN retail market share, the latest quarterly report from... Read More
Attempts To Get ‘Joker’ Onto Harvey Norman Board A Big Publicity Stunt
Proxy adviser Ownership Matters has admitted that a cheap publicity stunt involving Harvey Norman and CEO Katie Page was never going to... Read More
HP A ‘Basket Case’ As PC Sales Slump 16% Xerox Deal Rejected
The Hewlett Packard PC and printer division is facing a torrid time with their PC sales slumping 16% and thousands of staff... Read More
Apple Tipped To Bundle All In One Subscription
Following the launch of Apple TV+ in Australia and around the world, rumours are starting to swell over the possibility that the... Read More
Foxtel Score Major NBC/Universal Content Deal As Questions Raised About Stan Showtime
Foxtel has scored a new content deal with NBCUniversal, the owners of popular shows such as Law & Order and movies such... Read More
PayPal Pull Precarious PornHub Payments
PayPal has blocked transactions from adult video-site PornHub over concerns the website made certain business payments without permission, which the website claims... Read More
Dell Takes On Amazon & Microsoft With Subscription Service
Dell, a major partner of JB Hi Fi, who at the same time invests heavily in driving traffic to its own website,... Read More
NBN Now In Over 6.1 Million Homes
According to the ACCC’s latest quarterly Wholesale Market Indicators Report, NBN is now providing over 6.1 million homes with broadband services, with... Read More
Optus Net Profits Climb 24% Revenues Up 11%
Optus who last week rolled out their 5G offering, has posted an increase in second-quarter profits and a double-digit increase in revenue,... Read More
Compensation For Missed Appointments? NBN Says Nah
The NBN is criticising the excessive and unjustified nature of the draft decisions handed down from the National Consumer Watchdog regarding the... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Move To Sack Harvey Norman CEO After ‘Bizarre” Claim
A move is being made to sack the CEO of Harvey Norman a $5.2 billion dollar Company who stand accused of failing... Read More
Battle Lines Drawn Between Amazon & Retailers Over Black Friday
A head-on battle between local retailers and Amazon is set to play out again next week as Black Friday looms. Some observers... Read More
Most People Don’t Who Disney+ Is Days Out From The Launch
Disney’s new “Netflix killer” will launch in Australia next week, but a recent survey shows that most in the country don’t even... Read More
JBL Live Now At Bing Lee, New Retailing Concept
JBL has been pushing ahead in its audio offerings from headphones to portable speakers and even connected home products, but now the... Read More
Apple TV+ Program Exec Bails 2 Weeks From Launch
Kim Rozenfeld, Apple’s head of current scripted programming and unscripted content at Apple TV+, has reportedly left his role and will return... Read More
Oz Consumer Sentiment Down & Still Sceptical Of 5G
Challenging market conditions characterising 2019 have resulted in pessimistic outlooks for the all-important holiday trading period, while telcos are still struggling to... Read More
Alcatel Release Sub-$300 Smartphones For Xmas
Alcatel has announced the launch of its two new sub-$300 smartphones with JB Hi Fi – the Alcatel 3X and 1S –... Read More
Disney+ Cracks 10M Subscribers After Early Glitches
After a disastrous launch the new Disney + streaming service is now breaking records attracting more than 10 million subscribers and their... Read More
Call To Ban Google Fitbit Deal
The proposed $3 Billion dollar acquisition of Fitbit by Google has been slammed with several groups urging the US Federal Trade Commission... Read More
Disney+ Is Okay With Account Sharing.. For Now
Disney+ subscribers will be allowed to share their accounts with other users – for now – although the media giant has said... Read More
IFA 2020 To Ramp Up Smart Home Dedication
Smart home technology and services are currently taking the world by storm, with the maturing technology segment becoming a major revenue stream... Read More
Apple AR Ambitions Unveiled
Apple executives unveiled its augmented reality (AR) roadmap during an internal October meeting, with the company aiming to release an AR headset... Read More
Extensive Marvel Movies Added To Disney + OZ Launch Nov 19th
Retailers selling content such as Blu ray movies are set to be hit by the release of Disney+ claim researchers after the... Read More
Watchdog To Investigate Bunnings, Adelaide Tool Acquisition
The consumer watchdog has announced the recently proposed acquisition of Adelaide Tools and Oaklands Mower Centre by Bunnings Group Limited is under... Read More
LG Takes On TCL Over Mobile Technology
LG Electronics has filed a lawsuit against Chinese handset manufacturer TCL for infringing on the company’s LTE technology patents. The lawsuit launched... Read More
Amazon Caught In New Antitrust Violation Accusation
In a letter sent to Congress, an online merchant has accused Amazon of forcing themselves and other sellers to use the company’s... Read More
Samsung’s Hyun-Suk Kim To Deliver CES 2020 Keynote
Hyun-Suk Kim, President and CEO of Consumer Electronics Division at Samsung, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming CES 2020. Kim’s... Read More
‘We Will Give Fitbit Users The Choice,’ Google
Fitbit users have been in a frenzy since the announcement of Google’s acquisition of the smart-wearable device company over fears the tech... Read More
Samsung To Focus On Foldables
Samsung has confirmed the company has aims to sell many more foldable devices in 2020. The South Korean company plan to significantly... Read More
Hero Boosts GoPro Revenue
Action-camera maker GoPro says its Q3 revenue was boosted by demand for its new Hero camera line – but overall revenue still... Read More
Cost Cuts Propel Tosh Profit – But Memory Chips Stall
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, which has recently struggled under the weight of bad investment and top-level scams, has had a dramatic turnaround. Tosh’s... Read More
Aust Leads News Corp Tumble
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp took a slide as it reported a loss of US$306.7 million for the September quarter – in stark... Read More
Canadians Snare Aussie group
Vancouver-based Sierra Wireless is to acquire Australian IoT company M2M Group as Sierra looks to expand its IoT systems business in the... Read More
Australian Tax Sleuths Help Uncover More Cyber-Crims
Australian tax officials have met with counterparts in Washington and identified dozens of potential cryptocurrency tax evaders or cybercriminals. The meeting, known... Read More
More Data Breaches: Aussie Banks To Cop New Warning
Australian banks have received a warning from the nation‘s peak financial regulator to improve their poor “cyber hygiene”, following revelations that there... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Major Move, Cygnett Sales President Joins Tempo
In a major announcement, Sydney based distributor Tempo has moved to expand their executive management team with the appointment of George Souris,... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: ACCC Appeal Over TPG Prepayment Fine Print
The Australian Consumer watchdog has launched its appeal against TPG Internet Pty Ltd following the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss its case... Read More
Apple Launch New Privacy Website Despite Unchanged Policies
Apple have recently expanded its website on privacy, providing more explanations on its commitments in this space, despite the fact that none... Read More
MSI Crack Millionth Gaming Monitor Milestone
One of the world’s fastest growing monitor brand goes from strength to strength, having just cracked the milestone of having sold 1... Read More
Winning Group Launch World-Class Training Centre
Winning Group have announced the November 18 launch of its world-class, purpose-built training facility, the Winning Academy, along with an industry-first training... Read More
Appliance Retailers Abysmal Customer Service
A new survey has revealed the abysmal customer service customers experience from appliance brands available in the Australian market, with new research... Read More
Samsung OZ TVs Not Affected By Netflix Global Problems
It’s good news time for Australian Netflix subscribers, after we were able to confirm that no Samsung TVs sold in Australia are... Read More
Australians Shipped Nearly 1 Billion Parcels In 12 Months
Australian consumers reportedly shipped nearly a billion parcels in 2018 according to global parcel shipping research. As reported by Appliance Retailer, global... Read More