Large OLED Panel Shortage Forecast For 2024, Possibly 2023
The increased demand for OLED televisions will eventually lead to a shortage of large OLED panels which will hit by 2024, warns... Read More
ACCC Seeks Solution On Deadly Baby Sleepers
The ACCC is looking for recommendations on dealing with “potentially deadly” baby sleepers following recalls of products linked to more than 70... Read More
Former JB Hi Fi Boss Quarantined From Myer Fight Ring
Richard Murrey the former CEO of JB Hi Fi has been “quarantined” from being involved in direct dealings with Myer by his... Read More
Microsoft Warns Of PrintNightmare Part II, The Sequel Nobody Wanted
Microsoft has only just patched the PrintNightmare vulnerability in Windows, but just two weeks later, there appears to be another printer-related issue... Read More
Refurbished Samsung Smartphone Market Booming, But Are They Certified
The market for refurbished smartphones are booming and the likes of Kogan, Dick Smith, OZMobiles and Certified Tech Direct are ranging hundreds... Read More
Zelda NES Cartridge Sells For World Record At Auction
A sealed Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge of The Legend of Zelda has sold for a “world record” sum of US$870,000, according to... Read More
Netflix Fires Execs for Insulting Bosses Over Slack
Netflix has reportedly fired three senior marketing executives who were caught insulting their bosses on a Slack chat. According to The Hollywood... Read More
$80M Worth of Fake AirPods Seized
Over $80 dollars’ worth of fake AirPods have been seized by customers, with ChannelNews told that the Australian market is “awash” with... Read More
Direct Sell Bose, Undercuts Retailers JB Hi Fi, David Jones
Despite CE retailers doing it tough with COVID lock downs in both Victoria and NSW, US sound Company Bose has decided to... Read More
Ultra-Affordable Galaxy Tab A7 Lite Out Now
Samsung Electronics Australia has released the Galaxy Tab A7 Lite in Australia from today, priced at $249 for the Wi-Fi version and... Read More
ChannelNews Surges As COVID Lockdowns Kick In
As Victoria goes into lockdown and the lockdowns in Sydney are extended traffic to ChannelNews has surged. Back in in June ChannelNews... Read More
Expectations For Telcos Dealing With Vulnerable Consumers
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released guidelines for the telecommunications sector when dealing with consumers in vulnerable circumstances. ACMA... Read More
New Hisense GM Now Has To Placate Harvey Norman
Hisense Australia who gave Harvey Norman a two-finger salute with the appointment of The Good Guys as exclusive retailer for their premium... Read More
Is Intel Set To Boost Its Chipmaking With $40bn Deal?
Rumours are swirling that Intel is planning to buy the world’s fourth largest chip foundry in a $30 billion USD (around $40... Read More
Katie Page Talks About Having A Better IQ Than Gerry Harvey
As Harvey Norman digests their loss of the Toshiba TV brand to archrival The Good Guys, CEO Katie Page has spent this... Read More
Facebook Pay Takes On PayPal In Payment Wars
Facebook are expanding its Facebook Pay services, currently only used on its own websites, to compete with PayPal, Amazon Pay and others.... Read More
A1 Global Media Fails To Respond To Dodgy Audio Award Handout
Serious questions are being asked about a UK Company, A1 Global media who via a subsidiary operation APAC Insider picked little known... Read More
Sega Sued Yet Again Over “Rigged” Arcade Game
Sega is facing a lawsuit over a “rigged” game cabinet found in shopping centres and arcades. The game Key Master (image from... Read More
Telstra CEO Slams Federal MPs In Rural Councils
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has taken aim at Federal MPs who fail to convince rural councils to agree to tower installation,... Read More
Galaxy Watch 4 Will Have 16GB Storage
The Galaxy Watch 4 series will feature a brand new chip, the Exynos W920, which will apparently be coupled with additional memory... Read More
Lockdown Bill Keeps Rising As Shopping Centres Squeezed
Pandemic lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne are hammering shopping centres and discretionary retail as the Australian Retailers Association warns of a $7... Read More
Xiaomi Shipped More Smartphones Than Apple In Q2
The US cooling on Chinese products has done little to stop the global growth of Xiaomi, who breezed past Apple to become... Read More
Wesfarmers Might Be Buying Class Action Headache With API
Wesfarmers might be buying more than a chain of pharmacies, as Australian Pharmaceutical Industries faces a pending class action suit from current... Read More
Valve Takes Punt On Handheld To Rival Nintendo Switch
Gaming giant Valve, owner of the Steam distribution platform, has unveiled its long-rumoured Steam Deck handheld console as a rival to the... Read More
Interdyn Brands Intros Debut Pro Turntable
Interdyn Brands has introduced the Debut Pro turntable as well as the Pick-It Pro cartridge and Record Puck Pro to the Pro-Ject... Read More
AusPost Execs Follow Holgate Through The Out Slot
Not surprisingly, the public shaming and scapegoating of former Australia Post head Christine Holgate has led to a mass exodus of execs... Read More
Google Workers As Productive At Home, Yet Ordered Back To Office
Google is sticking to its plan to bring most employees back to the office by September, despite internal research displaying that most... Read More
Ambertech Brings Two New Philips Smart Projectors To Oz
Philips has released a pair of new smart projectors for home entertainment, distributed in Australia by Amber Technology. The NeoPix ULTRA2TV (top)... Read More
Motorola Appoints Kurt Bonnici As New Head Of Oz/NZ
Kurt Bonnici has today been announced as Head of Motorola for Australia and New Zealand. Bonnici was previously Business Development Manager ANZ,... Read More
Regulator Sues Amazon Over Dangerous Products
Amazon has been hit with a product safety lawsuit accusing the online retail giant of not doing enough about hundreds of thousands... Read More
Appliances Online, The Good Guys & Narta Caught Up In Changhong China Ban
Winnings via their Appliances Online business, as well as The Good Guys and Betta Electrical, have found themselves selling products that are... Read More
Switch OLED Costs Nintendo Just $10 Extra, But Retails For Way More
While Nintendo have been lambasted for the minor update to the Nintendo Switch that they teased for most of the year before... Read More
Xbox Moves To Clamp Down On Kids’ Excess Spending
Xbox has added new features to its Family Settings app to help parents better monitor and manage their children’s game spending. Responding... Read More
Zip And Afterpay Stocks Plummet After PayPal, Apple Wage War
Australian payment companies had a disastrous day on the ASX yesterday, as both PayPal and Apple announced competing offerings. Zip fell 11.4... Read More
LG Makes $7B Push Into Battery Manufacturing Business
LG has earmarked $6.96 billion dollars over the next four years to greatly expand its battery production operations, as the electric vehicle,... Read More
Netflix Gears Up For Push Into Gaming
Netflix has hired a former EA and Facebook executive to lead its charge into the gaming market, which will pit Netflix against... Read More
Tidal Offers Three Months Free For Premium And HiFi Tiers
Tidal is offering customers three whole months to get used to its Premium and HiFi Plus tiers, with a free offer to... Read More
Apple Orders 20% Increase In 2021 iPhone Production
Apple has tasked its suppliers with building 90 million next-generation iPhones this year, a 20 per cent leap from its 2020 iPhone... Read More
Amazon Planning Wearable Child Tracker
After being given permission earlier this week by the FCC to monitor your sleep using radio waves, Amazon is now considering developing... Read More
Samsung 46 COVID Cases, Smartphone Supply Set To Be Hit
Samsung Australia who are weeks away from a major smartphone launch are facing the potential of limited supply after their factories in... Read More
Avast and NortonLifeLock In Merger Talks
Cybersecurity software company Avast is in “advanced talks” to merge with security firm NortonLifeLock. However, Avast were cautious in a statement announcing... Read More
Definitive Technology’s Descend Series Subwoofers Will Rumble You
Definitive Technology has announced its new Descend Series of four high-performance subwoofers. The new range boasts unique 3XR Architecture, which employs dual... Read More
Back To The Future As NBN Co Doles Out $1bn For FTTP
NBN Co has awarded four construction contracts valued at more than $1 billion to upgrade homes and businesses across Australia to fibre... Read More
Microsoft Takes Windows To The Cloud
In a step up from Office 365, Microsoft has launched a subscription service for its Windows operating system. Dubbed “Windows 365”, the... Read More
REPORT: Almost All 2021 OLED Phones Have 6-Inch Screens
A study of the 122 models of OLED smartphones that were launched during the first half of 2021 found that just three... Read More
Russian Ransomware Gang Suddenly Disappear From Internet
A Russian ransomware gang that is responsible for hundreds of attacks of major businesses around the globe has gone dark. A blog... Read More
Mobile Gaming Spending Rises Despite Lockdowns Easing
Mobile gaming continues to be a growth area, as spending rose 10 per cent in June despite COVID-19 lockdown restrictions being lifted... Read More
Really! Australia’s Best Audio Products Distributor Announced
If you have not heard of Final Link Audio, it’s not surprising as very few in the industry have, but that has... Read More
Facebook Wants ‘Biased’ FTC Chair Removed From Antitrust Hearing
Facebook has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to recuse chair Lina Khan from the current antitrust action against the company, arguing her... Read More
Transport Union Strike Could Spell Havoc For Retail
The Transport Workers Union is threatening to take strike action in protest at transport company Toll, who are planning to lower working... Read More
