HP First In Chromebooks As Education Drives Demand
HP has taken the top spot in Chromebook shipments as the market continues to grow despite headwinds from the global chip shortage.... Read More
Apple, Oppo, Tangerine, Amaysim Take Top WhistleOut Gongs
Amaysim, Tangerine Telecom, Oppo, and Apple have taken out top honours in the 2021 WhistleOut awards, which focus on consistency and value... Read More
The Good Guys Join Narta
Australia’s largest retail services group Narta has today announced the integration of The Good Guys business into its structure, through the JB... Read More
Aust Network Infrastructure Market Recovers From COVID
The Australian network infrastructure market, comprising ethernet switch, router and wireless LAN hardware, has started to recover from the losses experienced in... Read More
TPG Telecom Boosts 5G Spectrum, Targeting 85% Capital Coverage
TPG Telecom has entered into an agreement to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air. This... Read More
CovidSafe App More Relevant Now, But Report Delayed
The Federal Government has done itself a disservice by delaying the release of the CovidSafe app report despite it continuing to show... Read More
Telstra’s Fury At “Insufficient” NBN Co. Relief
NBN Co’s pledge of $5.2 million in “relief credits” for retail service providers has been baulked at by Telstra, who say the... Read More
Sony Delays Blockbuster PS5 Game To 2022, Sources Say
A highly-anticipated PlayStation title is tipped to be delayed to next year as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the game... Read More
Amazon Cops Billion-Dollar Privacy Fine
Amazon has been fined 746 million euros, or over $1.2 billion, by a European Union privacy regulator, the largest fine ever issued... Read More
ACCC Probes TV And Furniture Toppling Hazards
The ACCC is investigating the dangers of furniture and TVs toppling over, which is a serious safety hazard especially to small children... Read More
Apple TV+ Struggling To Gain A Foothold
Over 18 months since launching into a crowded marketplace, streaming service Apple TV+ is struggling to gain any traction against rivals Netflix... Read More
Zoom Settles Privacy Suit For $117M
Zoom has settled a very costly privacy class action lawsuit, to the tune of $117m. The US suit alleged Zoom had shared... Read More
Square To Pay $39 Billion For Afterpay
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square will acquire Australian company Afterpay, in a massive $AUD39 billion takeover deal. The dollar... Read More
Demand For LG Appliances Booming
Demand for LG appliances is booming the only problem is being able to get one’s hands on stock with some Australian customers... Read More
Tablet Sales Soar, Samsung & Lenovo Grow Share
Samsung Electronics who compete head on in the tablet market with Apple have seen demand for their popular Galaxy tablets soar with... Read More
Tesla Boss Fingers Apple App Fees As A Tax
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has fingered Apple claiming their App Store fees are a tax on the Internet, he has... Read More
Foxtel Cuts Major Deal With Amazon Prime Weeks Out From New iQ5 Box
The Foxtel Group has cut a deal with archrival Amazon Prime Video a month out from the launch of a new IQ5... Read More
Tesla Battery Reserve On Fire Near Geelong
Emergency services are currently attempting to contain a huge blaze at the Tesla battery reserve near Geelong. “We are currently responding to... Read More
EB Games Stores May Rebrand To GameStop In Australia
EB Games’ parent company GameStop has announced its plans to rebrand all Canadian EB stores by the end of 2021. GameStop enjoyed... Read More
LG Celebrates Biggest Revenue Ever In June Quarter
LG has hailed its highest quarterly revenues ever, with skyrocketing sales driven mainly by home entertainment and appliances. The South Korean tech... Read More
Global Smartphone Market Grew 13.2% Despite Shortages
The components shortage that crippled the global smartphone market is showing signs of easing. Overall shipment volumes for smartphones during the June... Read More
B&O Finally Launches ANC Earbuds
Bang & Olufsen has revealed its first pair of true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation. Though somewhat late to the party,... Read More
Motorola Announces Three New Edge 20 5G Phones
Motorola has officially announced its new suite of 5G-capable handsets: the Motorola Edge 20, Edge 20 Pro and Edge 20 Lite. All... Read More
Apple Axes 22 Third-Party Siri Integrations
Apple is slashing Siri’s third-party integration, with a number of features – including booking rideshares – to be cut in its upcoming... Read More
COMMENT: Why We Need Immediate Regulation Over QR Codes
At the start of the pandemic and before State Governments in Australia got their own act together retailers and in particular restaurants... Read More
Amazon’s Lockdown Sales Start To Slow
Amazon was one of the big winners of the ongoing pandemic, but the rush to digital retail has slowed as more of... Read More
Preorders Start For Qualcomm’s Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders
Pre-orders have began to roll out for Qualcomm’s first ever smartphone, the ASUS-made Smartphone For Snapdragon Insiders. American customers can already pre-order... Read More
Older Kindles To Lose Connectivity As 3G Winds Down
Older Amazon Kindle e-readers are set to lose Internet connectivity as telcos switch off their 2G and 3G networks. In an email... Read More
Scarlett Johansson Says Disney+ Cost Her $50 Million
Scarlett Johansson has filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Disney, claiming the decision to simultaneously release the new... Read More
Optus Trials Amazon-Style Fast Delivery With Uber
Optus has teamed up with Uber to offer customers in selected areas delivery of their new smartphones within the hour. The Amazon-esque... Read More
Google Sued For Overcharging Millions Of Users
Google is being sued in London over claims it overcharged close to 20 million UK users, after a similar case was filed... Read More
Samsung Mobile Sales Fall 25%, 90% Now Mid Tier Models
Days out from a major Samsung mobile launch it’s been revealed that sales of the South Korean’s Android smartphones have fallen 25%... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Aqipa Set To Add Brands After Dropping Nextbase
Melbourne based Aquipa has moved to switch out brands, gone is the poor selling Nextbase dash cam, replaced with a top swelling... Read More
PCs And Home Electronics Key To Qualcomm’s Future
Qualcomm may be sitting pretty as the world’s largest smartphone chipmaker, but the company’s new CEO sees expansion into computers, networking gear,... Read More
Harvey Norman Airs Almost 57,000 Radio Ads In Year So Far
Harvey Norman’s big ad spending is extending to radio, with the consumer electronics retailer taking out the most ad spots in two... Read More
Optus Installs mmWave In Brisbane Flagstore Store
Optus has installed mmWave 5G technology into its Queen Street retail flagship store in Brisbane. This marks the first location in Australia... Read More
Samsung Saved By OLED And Memory Demand
Samsung Electronics has announced a 20 per cent increase in revenue for the June quarter, as the memory market bounces back. Samsung... Read More
ACCC Greenlights Big Magazine Distribution Buyout
The ACCC says it will not stand in the way of publishing giant Are Media’s bid for Australia’s largest magazine distributor. Are... Read More
Telstra Opens Data Centres For Use By Other Telcos
Telstra has opened two data centres which will be carrier-neutral, aiming at customers who don’t wish to have Telstra as their carrier... Read More
Priceline Owner’s Board Nixes Wesfarmers Buyout Offer
Wesfarmers has hit a snag in its bid to buy out Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, with the Priceline owner’s board unanimously rejecting the... Read More
IKEA Described As “Swedish Tax Dodgers, Milking Australia”
IKEA is a big foreign Company who manage to get away with generating billions in revenue and then avoiding paying taxes by... Read More
Will Google, Facebook Require Oz Office Workers To Be Vaccinated?
Google and Facebook have both publicly announced they will require all American workers to be vaccinated before return to the offices. In... Read More
PayPal Shares Slump As Earnings Miss Estimations
PayPal shares dropped 8.5 per cent today, after June quarter revenue fell well short of Wall Street analysts’ estimates, and the current... Read More
NBN Co Still Undecided On Retail IP Relief
NBN Co says it has still not decided whether to provide relief for retail internet providers including Telstra, Optus and TPG Telecom... Read More
KEF Add Immersive Sound To Lotus Vehicles
British high-end audio company KEF has announced a partnership with Lotus, to kit out the company’s sports cars and premium electric vehicles... Read More
Uniden Launches Two AI-Powered Dashcams
Uniden is bringing a pair of new dashcams to Australia, which feature 2K resolution and AI sign recognition. The Uniden iGO Cam... Read More
Facebook Warns Investors Of ‘Headwinds’ From Apple’s Data Clamp
Facebook, like Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft, reported a hefty profit climb during the June quarter, but warned that Apple’s new data collection... Read More
4 In One ‘Qooker’ The Next Big Thing From Samsung
Samsung Electronics is getting into the combo bespoke cooker market with a new product called ‘Qooker” that has four key cooking capabilities... Read More
Apple Increases Chip Order To Ward Off iPhone Delays
Apple has increased its order of A15 chips to over 100 million, in an effort to meet its own launch deadline. The... Read More
OZ Retailers Snubbed As PlayStation 5 Sales Soar
As Australian retailers struggle to get stock of Sony’s new PlayStation 5 gaming console the Company has taken to bragging about how... Read More
