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Charles Davey has been appointed the new general manager of Raleru Limited, the parent company of Camera House, following the departure of...

Amazon Introduces New Thinner, Lighter Kindle

Amazon has introduced a new thinner and lighter Kindle, decked out with a number of new features. Sporting a more rounded design,...

EXCLUSIVE: Confirmed Amazon Prime To Take On Netflix Q1 2017 In OZ

Amazon Prime Video will launch in Australia in the second quarter of 2017 according to local sources, however the battle will be...

Huawei P9 Flagship Smartphone Launching In Oz July 5

Huawei is bringing its Huawei P9 smartphone to the local market, with the flagship set to launch in Australia from July 5....

Who Has The Best Air Conditioners?

Panasonic who has been making head roads into the air conditioning market up against Fujitsu and Daikin has come on top in...

The Good Guys Set To Be A Major Threat For Both JB Hi Fi & Harvey Norman Claims New Report

The pressure on Harvey Norman is “Intensifying” while The Good Guys is set to become an even more aggressive appliance retailer when...

Slight Q1 Growth For PC Monitor Market, Curved Monitors Surge

The worldwide PC monitor market recorded 0.5 per cent year-on-year growth in the 2016 first quarter, with curved monitors posting 495 per...

Telstra Set For Smart Home Platform Launch Later This Year

Telstra is branching out in the smart home market, today revealing plans for the launch of its Telstra Smart Home platform later...

New Verve Earbuds And Headphones Land In Oz

Uniden is bringing new Motorola audio accessories to the Australian market in the form of two products, Motorola’s Verve Ones+ waterproof wireless...

Desperate Microsoft, Has A Crack At Mobile Payments Despite Having Few Phone Customers

Desperate to keep up with Apple and Samsung in the mobile phone market, Microsoft has launched a mobile payments app for Windows...

Panasonic Introduces New Premium Refrigerator Range

Panasonic has added to its refrigerator line-up, introducing a new French Door model and its new BX Series models. The 547 litre...

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Looking To Take On Netflix In OZ

According to Amazon sources in Europe the Company is looking at the concept of launching their Amazon Prime video streaming service in...

Telstra & Samsung Reveal Major Investments In IoT Technology

As new technology emerges, Samsung and Telstra have both moved to invest in, internet of things (IoT) development, the Korean Company is stumping...

Vendors Line Up For International Hi Fi Show After “Disaster” Of Former Australian Show

Several major Hi Fi distributors, who were disapointed with the Australian Hi Fi AV show run by the Chester Group, have moved...

Ultimate Ears Brings Siri, Google Now Voice Integration To UE Boom 2 And Megaboom

Ultimate Ears has introduced Siri and Google Now voice integration to its UE Boom 2 and UE Megaboom Bluetooth speakers. Ultimate Ears...

Swann Unveils Xtreem SkyRanger Video Drone And Atom II Quadcopter

Swann has introduced two new additions to its Xtreem remote-controlled toys range in the form of its SkyRanger Video Drone and Atom...

Netflix Numbers A Massive Problem For Free To Air TV Stations

US streaming Company Netflix, now has nearly 5 million viewers in Australia, with competitors such as Foxtel, Fetch TV, Stan and Presto...

Vodafone Ramps Up Competition With New Money-Back Network Guarantee

Vodafone is ramping up competition in the mobile sector, introducing a new money-back network guarantee. Having first introduced a network guarantee in...

LG Looks To Grow Appliance Business Via Aquisition

LG Electronics is looking to buy up appliance Companies in an effort to expand their market growth. The move follows the recent...

Smartphones And Wearables To Play Increasing Role In Mobile Ticketing

Smartphone and wearables users will increasingly use their devices for mobile ticketing, a new study from Juniper Research has found. The study...

D-Link Adds To Oz Vigilance Camera Line-Up

D-Link ANZ has added to its professional-grade Vigilance IP surveillance series, launching the Vigilance Full HD Outdoor Mini Dome Network Camera (DCS-4802E)....

REVIEW: New LG 4K UHD TV With HDR & Dolby Vision

LG has taken a leadership position at the top end of the TV market with their exclusive OLED TV range but it...

Turnbull Signals End To Big Govt. Outsource Deals

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The days of the IT industry finding it easy to capture swards of multi-million dollar contracts to organise and run IT systems...

Paradigm Ditches Current Signature Series Hi Fi Speakers

Paradigm has pulled the pin on their current Signature Series speakers ahead of a new series that will be launched in September....

New Samsung Note 6 Tipped For New York Aug 2 Launch

Samsung is tipped to launch their new Note 6 though it could be called Note 7 at a gala event in New...

CEO Of E3 Style Chases Down Money To Fund Questionable Court Case

The CEO of Brisbane based distributor E3 Style Vannessa Garrard, who often bragged to audiences about her success, running a Company that...

Digital Assistants To Communicate With Connected Homes

Digital personal assistants are set to take on an increasing role in interfacing with connected home services, according to Gartner. Gartner has...

Telstra To Deploy 135 4G Small Cell Base Stations

Telstra will deploy 135 4G small cell base stations to communities across Australia as part of the federal government’s Mobile Black Spot...

Research Reveals 45% Of Aussie Smartphone Owners “Can’t Live Without” Their Smartphone

Can you live without your smartphone? New Roy Morgan Research data reveals that 45 per cent of Australian smartphone owners (14+) say...

Jabra And Synnex Partner For Channel Distribution Agreement

Jabra and IT distribution company Synnex have formed a channel distribution agreement, with Jabra appointing Synnex as its Australian distributor. The partnership...

Major Recall Of Dodgy Dimplex Portable Air Conditioning Unit

Several leading Australian retailers have been forced to recall a number of Dimplex portable air conditioners after fears of overheating. The units...

COMMENT: Why Current VR Goggles Don’t Work With Smartphones

Virtual Reality shot on 360 degree cameras and then transferred to a smartphone to playback is not going to work. While it’s...

Whirlpool Relaunch Set To Feature Some Very Smart Appliances

Whirlpool appliances that are undergoing a major relaunch in Australia could include technology that gives cooks access to “a vast online database...

LG OZ Doubles Sales Of OLED TV’s Following Comparison Test

LG Electronics who said that they have “doubled” sales of their premium priced OLED TV’s in Australia following the launch of a...

Big Vendors Oppose JB Hi Fi Takeover Of The Good Guys

Several vendors are believed to have approached the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission seeking reassurance that their submissions to an inquiry into...

D-Link To Launch Apple Home Kit Range In OZ In Q3

D-Link plans to launch its first smart-home product with Apple HomeKit certification in ASustraloa in the third quarter. The first product,will be...

Bluetooth 5 Is Coming: Quadruple The Range, Double The Speed

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s (SIG) next release will be coming in late 2016 to early 2017, with the new version of...

Messenger Gets A Makeover: Facebook Rolls Out Update

Facebook has given its Messenger platform a makeover, as it looks to bring further dimensions to the inbox. In unveiling the update,...

COMMENT: Why NBN Boss is Right & Hysterical Socialist Journalists Are Wrong

I have dealt with NBN chairman Ziggy Switkowski firstly at Kodak, where he was CEO and then when he was the CEO...

Oz Business Still Lagging On IT: ABS

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Some 94.7 percent of Australian businesses now have Internet access – but only 48.6 percent have a Web presence and just 33.8pc...

World Wi-Fi Day: Telstra To Provide Free Wi-Fi

Telstra will be providing free access to its Telstra Air Wi-Fi hotspots around the country as part of World Wi-Fi Day. Launched...

SBS Delivers On Demand Drama With Box Sets

SBS is bringing more world dramas to Australian screens via its SBS On Demand streaming service, today launching its world drama box...

Wearables Sales Strong: Clothing And Eyewear To Gain Traction Going Forward

Worldwide wearable device shipments are poised for healthy growth this year, with the International Data Corporation (IDC) expecting shipments to reach 101.9...

Sony OZ Finally Cracks A Profit As Revenues Rise

Sony are back on the up and up, with the local subsidiary Sony Australia, reporting a $7M profit for the last financial...

Fetch TV Use Mighty & Mini To Take On Problem Plagued Foxtel

Fetch TV, has taught Foxtel a lesson with the launch of two new content boxes that are fast, responsive and unlike the...

EXCLUSIVE: Sharp Exit, Shocks OZ Staff, Cost Cutting Move

Sharp Staff in Australia are up in arms after they were told yesterday that the Company is set to exit their Blacktown...

Panasonic Unveils Leica DG Summilux 12 mm/f1.4 ASPH Lens

Panasonic has unveiled its Leica DG Summilux 12 mm/f1.4 ASPH lens (35 mm camera equivalent: 24 mm), adding to its range of...

Samsung Pay Launches In Oz With American Express And Citibank

Samsung’s mobile payment service Samsung Pay is now available in Australia, having today launched with partners American Express and Citibank. Samsung Pay...

Mobile Money Surging: 1 Billion Users By The End Of The Year