Two Big Investment Groups Team Up To Bid For Big W
While no formal bid has been made Fairfax Media are tipping that an offer is being formalised. The Carlyle Group who has... Read More
Electrolux Fight To Take On Samsung And LG In Appliance Market
The US Justice Department has sued to block the $3.3 billion deal with GE, arguing it would increase consolidation and suppress competition... Read More
Now New York Moves To Ban Same $798 Hoverboard Being Sold By Harvey Norman
The latest ban came after the New York Police Department’s 26th Precinct tweeted a warning to citizens last week stating that: “The... Read More
LG Forced To Pull New Smart Watch, Due To Major Hardware Problems
The device which has not gone on sale in Australia yet, due to LG Australia’s policy of not delivering smartphones and watches... Read More
Panasonic’s Post Focus Mode Delivers Preferred Focus
Post Focus mode captures all possible focus points from foreground to background with each shutter press, with Panasonic stating it is “ideal... Read More
LG Confirms LG Pay Mobile Payments Service Being Developed
The move will see LG join fellow tech companies Apple, Samsung and Google in the mobile payments field, with LG announcing the... Read More
Myer Cull Of CE + Hi Fi Brands Pays Off As Sales Soar
The Melbourne based retailer saw comparable store sales almost 4 per cent higher in the first quarter while overall revenue rose 3.4... Read More
Entries Open For 2016 Michael Page Retail Executive Award
Now in its fourth year, the winner will secure a place on the Westfield World Retail Study Tour next May, the “ultimate... Read More
Google Plus Slims Down
The search giant has released a new version Google Plus that’s more like a chat line than a social network. Google says... Read More
Apple Shares Tipped To Jump 43PC
Goldman Sachs says investors are shifting their focus from the amount of iPhones the company is selling to the number of services... Read More
Govt Delays Telco Security Plan
The amendments to the Telecommunications Act would force telcos to hand over sensitive information about network changes and procurement plans, supposedly to... Read More
Aldi Hurting Masters House Brand Appliance Sales, Move To Branded Products Tipped
Sources have told ChannelNews that Aldi house brand sales of ovens, microwaves and washing machines are impacting house brand appliance sales at... Read More
Experts Claim That OLED TV Technology Is Expensive, & Not What It’s Cracked Up To Be
Sony claim that there are too many problems with the production of OLED technology and that OLED TV’s have reliability issues and... Read More
SwannOne Now Compatible With Additional Brands
Philips Hue, Nest, Yale, Lockwood and Jasco are among the new brands that SwannOne is now compatible with, expanding the ecosystem of... Read More
Philips Introduces Shoqbox Mini Bluetooth Speaker
Housed in a compact, rugged case, the Shoqbox Mini has been tested to IPX6 standards, meaning it can resist splashes, and will... Read More
Cambridge G5 Wireless Speaker Designed For Style
Sporting an elegant metal and leather exterior, the G5 “produces impressive audio performance with clear treble and bass detail, plus rattle-free, crystal-clear... Read More
Windows Phone Sales Slide In Q3: Market Share Now 1.7%
The overall smartphone market posted 15.5 per cent year-on-year growth, totalling 353 million units, with Huawei a star performer, recording the highest... Read More
Spotify Reveals Fan Data
With about 20 million paying subscribers and about 55 million free users, Spotify has a wealth of data to reveal. Fan Insights... Read More
Xero Inks Two Big Aussie Deals
Xero Australia managing director Chris Ridd said integration with BigCommerce would ease the pain of managing accounting for many users. Meanwhile KPMG... Read More
SVOD Uptake To Zoom 17 Times
The calculation is made in a report from Ovum commissioned by NBN Co. The report, launched at the OTT Summit in Sydney... Read More
We’re Saving You Heaps: ACMA
It lists the annual savings as coming from three sources: a fall in TIO complaints ($3.78 million); reductions in “wrong contract” problems... Read More
Microsoft Gets Oz Govt Security Certification For CRM Online
It claims to be the only cloud provider in Australia to have received this certification for anything beyond infrastructure-as-a-service. “We have just... Read More
CE + IT Multinationals Seek Talk With ATO As Avoidance Laws Near
While not naming the companies, Jordan said he expects the Tax Office to reap $1.1 billion from them. ChannelNews has been told... Read More
LG Looks To All Metal Case G5 After Leather Backed G4 Flops
But don’t expect to see the new G5 soon as LG Australia have a reputation for delivering their smartphones months after the... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Is Simply Smarter
Bush Australia recently launched a new marketing concept called ”Wake Up To Breakfast Radio” that bundled Bush’s best selling TR82 Retro Digital... Read More
Apple Pay Lands In Oz From Tomorrow
The payments service will become available locally, following its rollout in Canada on Wednesday, Fairfax Media has reported, however its availability will... Read More
Click Frenzy Fails Again CE Retailers Not Happy
The problem appears to be an issue with the Commonwealth Bank’s credit card processing gateway. A spokesman for the bank said CBA... Read More
D-Link Introduces Vigilance Surveillance Cameras
D-Link states the new line has been created to address “changes and requirements in the marketplace over the last year for key... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Alcatel Takes #3 Slot In OZ Smartphone Market After Apple + Samsung
According to new IDC data obtained by ChannelNews Alcatel One Touch which is a Chinese Company owned by TCL, who are better... Read More
Pioneer Launches LX Series AV Amplifiers In Oz
The three models support the latest DTS:X object-based audio and Dolby Atmos sound, producing “the ideal surround-sound environment that lines up and... Read More
Acer Brings Aspire One Cloudbook Series To Aussie Market
Running Windows 10, the Aspire One Cloudbook series comes with a range of cloud-enabled services straight out of the box, including up... Read More
Samsung Goes One-Chip
It has sparked speculation that Samsung’s future high-end Galaxy smartphones will use only one chip to run applications and enable wireless connections.... Read More
Chrissie Online Sales Pick Up
That compares with just 18pc of retailers in 2012 and 21pc in 2014, according to Deloitte’s Retailers’ Christmas Survey. The figures may... Read More
Ziggy Calls For End To Media Laws As Netflix Swamps Oz Market
ACMA’s survey of 1505 Australian adults in May and June found that an estimated 3.2 million Australians (or 17 per cent) watched... Read More
Parrot Bepop Drone Get’s Major Battery Life Top Up Plus Fish-eye Lens
The Parrot Bebop quadcopter was a ground breaker, able to stream live drone’s-eye 1080p video to a phone, tablet or even virtual-reality... Read More
Another Microsoft Consumer Initiative Flops
But progress on the tool is not progressing as planned and the company wouldn’t say whether Astoria has been cancelled or whether... Read More
LG To Start Offering Google Play Movies + New TV Service
Owners of an LG Smart TV with Web OS as well as the older Netcast application system will be able to get... Read More
Marching Towards 5G: 150 M Subscriptions By 2021
South Korea, Japan, China and the US are predicted to experience the fastest 5G subscription uptake, with 5G to connect new types... Read More
Fitness Wearables Poised For Steep Growth
A new Juniper study has found that the fitness wearables sector will generate over US$10 billion in hardware revenues by 2020, up... Read More
Pandora Set To Acquire Rdio Assets
Pandora has announced an agreement “to acquire several key assets” from Rdio, stating that in addition to acquiring technology and intellectual property,... Read More
Netflix Dominating Oz SVOD Market
The ACMA survey of 1,505 Australian adults in May and June of this year found that an estimated 3.2 million Australians (17... Read More
Fitbit Slides After Share Debacle
Fitbit, which went public in June at $20 a share, had put an extra three million shares of common stock up for... Read More
Tom Tom To Guide Uber
Under the deal, TomTom will provide Uber drivers with digital maps and traffic data in more than 300 cities around the world.... Read More
Go Pro Snaps Up Vic Offer
Rodney Block, head of Asia-Pacific sales, said the company wants to move beyond action sports. He noted that in the US GoPro... Read More
Senate Probe Calls Uber, Airbnb
The inquiry is chaired by Labor Senator Chris Ketter, who has replaced former leader Sam Dastyari. Executives from a number of other... Read More
Six Billion Internet ‘Things’ To Connect In 2016: Gartner
The number should reach 20.8 billion by 2020, Gartner analyst Jim Tully told the research firm’s Symposium/ITxpo in Barcelona late last week.... Read More
Another Microsoft Flop Bites The Dust, As Apple Kills Off Beats Music.
It was only nine years ago that Microsoft was telling us that their Zune Player and their Zune Music service was set... Read More
360-Degree Cameras Such As 360Fly Are Set To Be Big Next Year
360Fly is a remarkable little camera, sturdy it is capable of shooting and then stitching together full 360-degree video in seconds. In... Read More
Apple To Go 100% Renewable With Singapore Operations
Reuters has reported that solar energy developer Sunseap Group will provide Apple with 100 per cent renewable electricity from solar energy systems... Read More
BenQ Adds To Oz Home Projector Line-Up
BenQ states the video projectors deliver a “1080p full-HD-optimised optical system for unmatched picture clarity and details”, delivering professional-quality audio-visual projection. The... Read More




























































