Facebook Expands Live Video, Taking On Periscope
Facebook will expand its live-streaming video service over the coming weeks as it takes on rival services such as Periscope. Vadim Lavrusik,... Read More
Tablet Market To Fall Again In 2016
Global tablet shipments are set to fall again in 2016, although at a lower rate than last year, according to a new... Read More
Apple Announces Massive Recall
Despite their accessories being overpriced, Apple has been forced to initiate a massive recall of their AC wall adapters in Australia and... Read More
No Real Bidders For Dick Smith, Supplier Support Evaporates
No real bidders have emerged for the Dick Smith retail chain with both private equity firms and overseas investors failing to put... Read More
Samsung Posts 40% Profit Fall In Q4
Samsung has seen its net profit plunge 40 per cent year-on-year in the 2015 fourth quarter, and has forecast challenges ahead in... Read More
Smartphone Shipments Reach Record Levels In 2015
International Data Corporation (IDC) figures show that over 1.4 billion smartphone units were shipped in 2015, making it the highest year of... Read More
Merged Sony PlayStation Business To Be Based In US
Sony is creating a new company joining its Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment International units, to be headquartered in San... Read More
GoPro Joins With Periscope For Live-Streaming
GoPro has teamed up with Periscope, allowing users to live-stream from GoPro Hero4 Black or Silver cameras. Twitter-owned Periscope, available for iOS... Read More
LG Mobile Business Takes Company Profits Down
LG Electronics who is set to launch a new G5 smartphone next month is bleeding losses in their mobile business while overall... Read More
Apple Stripping Millions From Australian Economy By Paying Only 1% Tax
Apple, the big US Company who generates $8 Billion in revenue in Australia but pays just 1% in tax is currently under... Read More
Dick Smith Receiver Sale Described As One Big “Con”.
The Dick Smith receivers, Ferrier Hodgson are believed to be under investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over their... Read More
Apple And Google Steering Connected Car Market
The connected car market will produce revenues exceeding US$600 million by 2020, with Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto gaining traction, according... Read More
NAB Pay Launched For Android Smartphones
NAB has today launched its new mobile payment service NAB Pay, for Android smartphones, as competition in the Australian market intensifies. From... Read More
Defunct Dick Smith, David Jones Deal Was ‘Lipstick On A Pig’
Several Hi Fi and AV suppliers have approached David Jones directly after Ferrier Hodgson announced that the deal that saw Dick Smith... Read More
Dick Smith Store Revenues Slump, Creditors Meeting Delayed
Administrators to the failed Dick Smith Chain have moved to delay the next creditors meeting until August 2. A none binding information... Read More
Debt Riddled Sharp Gets $7B Takeover Offer
Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles the bulk of the world’s iPhones wants to buy the debt riddled Sharp Corporation, an offer... Read More
Macquarie Claims JB Hi Fi Looks Good In 2016, Virtual Reality Set To Contribute To Growth
JB Hi-Fi is looking the goods in the short, medium and long term, according to Macquarie, which has upgraded the stock claiming... Read More
PCs In For The Long Haul: 2.4 B Device Shipments In 2016
Gartner expects that worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) will rise to 2.4 billion units in 2016,... Read More
Foxtel Lays Off 100+ Staff, More Cuts Tipped
Foxtel who are struggling to hold onto premium subscriptions customers following the launch of Netflix has laid off more than 100 employees.... Read More
Samsung To Back Pedal On New Galaxy S7 Camera Sensor
Days out from the release of a new Samsung Galaxy S7 comes news that the Korean phone maker is set to change... Read More
Microsoft Has A Shocking Problem With Surface Pro Tablets
Microsoft has a problem with their Surface Pro tablets 2 and 3 with some owners getting a shock when using the devices.... Read More
Netflix Posts Strong International Growth
Netflix closed in on the 75 million member mark in the 2015 fourth quarter, adding 5.59 million members, while at a local... Read More
CE Retailers Set To Invest In Virtual Reality
CE retailers looking for new categories in 2016 are set to invest in Virtual Reality head gear in a move that will... Read More
Hisense To Launch ‘FUHD’ 8K TV’s In Australia This Year
Hisense is set to be one of the first TV brands to launch 8K TV’s in Australia. Known as ULED Vs OLED... Read More
TCL To Sell 4K UHD TV With Built In Roku Streaming Technology, Similar To Telstra TV
Chinese TV brand TCL who are looking to expand their TV presence in Australia is set to launch a top end Quantum... Read More
Major Retailers Drop Belkin WeMo IOT range
Several major retailers have moved to drop the Belkin WeMo product from their stores citing poor sales, and a lack of understanding... Read More
Haier Stumps Up $6.4B For GE Appliance Business
The Australian appliance market is in for a shake up after Chinese Company Haier, forked out $6.4 Billion to buy General Electric’s... Read More
Intel Posts Steady Q4 Figures Amid Declining PC Market
Intel’s fourth quarter results have seen it post a slight year-on-year revenue rise along with a slight fall in net income as... Read More
Netflix Success Rattles Nine Network CEO
Netflix who now has over 1.4 Million subscribers in Australia is looking to commission local content production, for global release, according to... Read More
Publicity Seeking Choice, Now Has A Go At Netflix
Choice the Australian consumer advocacy group who has turned to publicity stunts to drum up interest in their organisation, has taken a... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Former Dick Smith CEO Facing Bullying Claims
Desperate to prove himself after being passed over by Myer, the former CEO of Dick Smith Nick Aboud is today facing serious... Read More
Samsung To Use Snapdragon 820 In New Galaxy S?
Samsung will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chip in some versions of the next Galaxy S smartphone, Bloomberg has reported people with direct... Read More
Asus Launches Professional Gaming House In Oz
Asus Australia’s inaugural Asus ROG Gaming House will be home to its professional gaming ambassadors Legacy eSports, fostering gaming talent in the... Read More
Netflix To Block Proxies, Preventing Streaming From Abroad
Netflix is taking steps to prevent members using proxies to access titles available outside of their region. The move comes in the... Read More
Harvey Norman Franchisee Hit With Penalties Of $52,000
The Federal Court has ordered Harvey Norman franchisee Bunavit to pay $52,000 in penalties for making false or misleading representations regarding consumer... Read More
Logitech Receives Good Design Awards Recognition
Logitech has seen a number of its products recognised by the 2015 Good Design Awards, with five products named 2015 Good Design... Read More
Panasonic Adds To Local Lumix Line-up
Panasonic Australia is set to expand its Lumix camera range, with the DMC-TZ110 premium compact travel camera among its new models set... Read More
GoPro To Cut Jobs Following Slow Q4 Sales
GoPro is set to cut 7 per cent of its workforce, having forecast lower than expected fourth quarter revenue ahead of the... Read More
Bunnings Buying Into UK Hardware Chain
Wesfarmers whose Bunnings stores are looking to be a retailer of Iot automation devices despite limited success with the Belkin Wemo gear,... Read More
Who Will Be First At Taking A Pot Shot At Netflix?
After driving up sales of media players and smart TV’s, Netflix the US Company who are stripping tens of millions out of... Read More
Telstra Retail Group Executive Exits
Wildberger was appointed to the role in October, with Telstra appointing three new group executives following the announcement that retail group executive... Read More
Fitbit, Apple And Xiaomi Lead Soaring Wearables Market
The IDC has found that total shipment volumes for the quarter came to 21 million units, up 197.6 per cent year-on-year. However,... Read More
Klipsch Reference R-4B Soundbar Set To Land In Oz
The two-way soundbar is decked out with premium drivers, two lightweight 0.75″ horn-loaded textile dome tweeters for “distinctive high-frequency detail”, along with... Read More
Target Coughs $39.4m Data Breach
The settlement should end a class-action claim by lenders who are seeking to hold Target responsible for their costs to reimburse fraudulent... Read More
Google Takes Chrome To Desktop
Google said this is down to lack of use.Also included in the launch are 41 security fixes provided by the community as... Read More
Banks Get Protection On Dell
The rate cap has been set by lenders led by JP Morgan Chase as part of its underwriting agreement with Dell, which... Read More
Foxtel Seeks Site-Block Order
Foxtel hasn’t named the alleged offenders but says they are piracy sites that offer content that infringes on Foxtel’s copyright.The new Copyright... Read More
Govt. flayed: NBN Facing $630mil. Bill To Fix Telstra Copper
A report in The Australian, quoting supposedly confidential NBN documents, said the NBN company is looking at a tenfold blowout on what... Read More
Brands Put Dick Smith On Credit Hold As Questions Raised About Dick Smith Share Movement
In other moves several consumer electronics and appliance brands have chosen not to take the risk of supplying Dick Smith. Yesterday, Taiwanese... Read More
Telstra Partly Backs Down On Roaming Price Hikes
The price hikes, in some cases costing travellers over a hundred dollars more per month, had seen Telstra defending the rationale behind... Read More
