Trump’s Tariff Deadline Offers No Sign Of A Reprieve
The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things – especially the US tariff deadline imposed by the Trump... Read More
TPG Accused Of Building Over Planned City’s Cable
The developers of Australia’s largest planned city are suing a subsidiary of TPG that allegedly betrayed them after being paid to install... Read More
Aldi Vs Kaufland War Set To Hurt CE & Appliance Retailers
The emerging battle between German supermarket powerhouses Kaufland and Aldi in Australia is set to impact consumer electronics and appliance retailers many... Read More
Lenovo’s Latest Consumer Line-Up Unveiled Ahead Of IFA
Lenovo has unveiled its new portfolio of consumer PCs, tablets and monitors ahead of consumer electronics trade show IFA 2019. Local pricing... Read More
Samsung Galaxy Home Mini Beta Testing Begins
Samsung has announced its new Bixby-powered smart speaker, the Galaxy Home Mini, and is currently inviting its South Korean smartphone users to... Read More
Dell Beat Estimates To Report $23.4bn Revenue
US computer maker Dell Technologies has beaten estimates to post a nearly US$23.4 billion in revenue for the second quarter. But the... Read More
Amazon Pushing Consumers To Own Brand Before Rivals
Amazon has introduced a new feature which pushes consumers to its own private-label brands before it does rival products, in a move... Read More
4G Tech Developer InterDigital Suing Lenovo
US mobile technology developer InterDigital is suing Lenovo over accusations the company infringed on the company’s patents for 4G technology. The suit... Read More
Harvey Norman Profit Up, Oz Flat, Overseas Strong
Harvey Norman has reported an 8.4% lift in full-year net profit [before tax] to $574.56 million, with Australian franchisee sales slipping 1.8%... Read More
Apple To Provide Tools & Parts To Independent Repairers
iPhone users could soon have more options to get their phone fixed after Apple announced a new repair program for out-of-warranty devices.... Read More
Nike Unveil Siri-Controlled Self-Lacing Shoes
Nike has announced its new Adapt Huarache range, featuring its self-lacing motor technology that can now be controlled by Siri via the... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Dumped Harvey Norman Executive Turns Up At Officeworks
Anthony Liberto the former National Product and Marketing Manager of Computer Hardware at Harvey Norman is set to join Officeworks. Liberto who... Read More
Apple Apologises For Siri Privacy Breach
Apple has apologised for contractors who retained audio recordings users made to its smart voice assistant Siri – promising to make changes.... Read More
Trade War Hurts Autodesk
Software company Autodesk says the US-China trade war could hurt its financials in Q2, despite reporting revenue of US$797 million in the... Read More
Aussie Shares $15m E-Games Prize
A European team with an Aussie member has become the first to win one of the highest-profile and most lucrative video games... Read More
Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Stealing Secrets, Pleads Not Guilty
A pioneer in self-driving car technology, Anthony Levandowski, has been formally charged with stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before... Read More
MacTel Net Profit Takes A Hit
Macquarie Telecom has posted FY net profit after tax down three percent to $16.5 million, compared to a profit of $17 million... Read More
Human Element Is Significant Factor In Data Breaches
National figures on data breaches show about one in three breaches in Australia in the last quarter were caused by compromised credentials,... Read More
Village Roadshow Sell Promo Business For $32M
Entertainment and media group, Village Roadshow, has announced the sale of its promotional solutions agency Edge Loyalty Systems for $32.3 million, with... Read More
Big W Post $85M Loss Amid Store Closures
Embattled discount department store, Big W, has suffered a $85 million full-year loss, amid several store closures and rumours of a proposed... Read More
Target Struggles With CE While Big W Delivers Growth
The value consumer electronics and appliances battle between Big W and Target appear to be favouring Big W who unlike Target have... Read More
Lenovo Launch New ThinkPad With Intel 10th-Gen Chip
Lenovo has announced its latest line of ThinkPad laptops which are powered by the latest 10th-gen Intel Core processors. The updated commercial... Read More
Flexigroup, Afterpay Expand BNPL With Mastercard, Visa
Humm owner Flexigroup has announced a new deal with Mastercard to make the company’s buy now, pay later services available in more... Read More
Q2 Phone Sales Slump, Samsung Rebounds, Huawei Falls, But Gartner Forgot To Count Alcatel
As second-quarter global smartphone sales continue to slump, Samsung has returned to growth after six straight quarters of declines while Huawei has... Read More
Microsoft Announce Special Surface Event October
Microsoft has announced a special Surface event in New York City on October 2, which could serve as the company’s official launching... Read More
Major Updates End For First-Gen Chromecast
The original Chromecast, first released in 2013 and discontinued in 2015, will no longer be receiving major firmware updates from Google. First... Read More
Telstra Blow, Qualcomm Supports W6 Mimo Wireless Technology For The Home
In what could be a major blow to Telstra, leading smartphone processor maker Qualcomm has thrown their support behind Wi Fi and... Read More
Retail Space A Problem For CE Retailers As In Store Display Takes Off
Retailers in Australia are falling behind when it comes to the use of large instore 4K TV display walls and point of... Read More
David Jones, BP Announce Food Partnership
Australian high-end department store David Jones has inked a surprising deal with BP service stations to stock the store’s premium packaged food... Read More
Vivo Confirms 5G Phone After Landing JB Hi-Fi Deal
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has confirmed its NEX 3 5G will unveil in September, days after the brand was discovered to be... Read More
Baidu Overtakes Google In Global Smart Speaker Market
Amazon has continued to trump the global smart speaker market, with Chinese tech giant Baidu overtaking Google in second place according to... Read More
Wesfarmers Triple Profit, Kmart & Target Slump
Wesfarmers has reported a 360% jump in [statutory] full-year profit buoyed by its de-merger from Coles – with strong performance from Officeworks... Read More
Amaysim Stock Sinks On $7.4M Loss
Australia’s largest mobile virtual network operator Amaysim lost $7.4 million last financial year thanks to increased competition and the acquisition of Click... Read More
Global 5G Network Revenues To Reach $4.2bn In 2020: Gartner
IT researcher Gartner says worldwide 5G wireless network infrastructure revenues will reach US$4.2 billion, in 2020, an 89% increase from $2.2 billion... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Now Ranging TCL’s Tiny Palm Phone
JB Hi-Fi has begun selling the TCL-backed “minimalist” Palm phone close to a year after it went on sale overseas. The phone... Read More
Isentia Books Loss On Writedown
Media monitoring and intelligence company Isentia Group has swung to a net loss of $34.3 million because of writedowns. Revenue for the... Read More
Huawei Warns 5G Ban To Cost Jobs
Huawei Australia said it will be forced to axe 50% of its local workforce due to its ban from working on Australian... Read More
Tech Sector In Trade War Turmoil
Australian technology stocks are expected to follow their US counterparts downwards when the ASX opens this morning following China’s decision to impose... Read More
WPP Owner Of Australia’s Biggest Tech PR Companies Reports 2,000%+ Fall in Profits As Clients Walk Away
WPP AUNZ, the owners of some of Australia’s largest tech PR Companies have reported that profits have been smashed by over 2,000%... Read More
Kogan Co-Founders Sell Off 5% Of Shares
Kogan co-founders Ruslan Kogan and David Shafer have sold off another $30 million worth of shares in the company, reducing their ownership... Read More
LG Renews OZ E-Sports Team Sponsorship
LG Australia has announced its renewed partnership with one of Oceania’s most successful League of Legends team, LG Dire Wolves, as part... Read More
The Reject Shop Post $17M Loss As CEO Search Continues
Struggling discount retailer The Reject Shop has breached its financial covenants and posted an after tax net loss of $16.9 million as... Read More
Hitachi Vantara Appoints New ANZ VP & MD
Hitachi has announced the appointment of a new vice president and managing director for the Australia and New Zealand arm of its... Read More
AusPost Profit Plummets Despite Record Revenue
Australia Post has reported before tax profits of $41 million for the last financial year, plummeting two-thirds from the $126 million in... Read More
Stan Near Profitability But Facing Stiff Competition
Nine Entertainment Co’s Stan streaming platform now has more than 1.7 million subscribers, but that hasn’t stopped it taking a $21.3 million... Read More
Rogers Returns To Oz With New Distribution
British hi-fi brand Rogers has returned to Australia with a new distributor and a reissue of an iconic pair of the company’s... Read More
Kogan Launch Low-Fee Online Super Fund
Kogan.com has expanded its burgeoning business empire by launching a new low-fee superannuation fund, Kogan Super, in collaboration with Mercer. The fund... Read More
JB Hi Fi Director Flogs Shares
JB Hi Fi board member Richard Uechtritz appears to have dipped out on a rise in the retailers share value when he... Read More
Zip Acquires BNPL Services In Global Expansion
Buy now, pay later provider Zip Co has chased local rival Afterpay in expanding overseas by acquiring payment platforms that will give... Read More
Coles Secures 10-Year Solar Power Agreement
Coles has secured a 10-year agreement with global renewable power generation company Metka EGN to build three new solar power plants. The... Read More