ATO Allowing Netflix To Pay Next To Nothing In Taxes & It’s All Legal
Netflix are big, American and they are raking in over a billion in revenues in Australia, but unlike most Australian’s they are... Read More
Have You Ever Felt You Are Being Screwed By Apple?
When you buy an Apple iPhone, you are setting yourself up to be right royally screwed by the world’s largest and most... Read More
Amazon Echo Gaining Share In OZ Seen As Key For Smarthouse Automation
It’s often been asked as to who will control the smarthouse market going forward, while Microsoft and their Windows OS has the... Read More
Acer Australia Delivers Record Revenues During COVID-19 Despite Major Supply Restrictions
Acer Australia who are a major supplier to Government and education departments and a market leader in gaming PCs has seen revenue... Read More
LG Announce Initial 2021 TV Line-up
LG Electronics have announced pricing, availability and other details for its 2021 range, which includes OLED, NanoCell and 4K UHD TVs, with... Read More
Has Former JB Hi Fi Boss Already Got A Problem?
Former JB Hi Fi boss Richard Murray appears to already have challenges in his new role wehere he is said to be... Read More
Clive’s Not Gonna Take It: Palmer Fined $1.5 Million For Unauthorised Use Of Twisted Sister Song
Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay UK rockers Twisted Sister and Universal Music Publishing Group $1.5 million for his unauthorised mangling... Read More
China’s Smartphone Market Records First Growth In Four Years
The Chinese smartphone market has recovered after a horror run over the past four years. Smartphone shipments increase 27 per cent, with... Read More
Google Moves To Slow Zoom By Pre-Installing Meet and Chat On Chrome Devices
During the pandemic, Zoom hit that rarefied level of ubiquity when it became a verb, as well as the world’s most popular... Read More
Texas Power and Water Outages Cost Samsung Over $347 Million
Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that a four-week shutdown at its Texan chip manufacturing plant cost it over AUD$347 million in losses.... Read More
Samsung Trademarks ‘S-Foldable’
Samsung are going hard on its foldable technology, with numerous Z Fold and Z Flip products due to roll out this year.... Read More
AFP Investigates Microsoft Tech Support Scam
The Australian Federal Police have set up Operation Rayko to investigation a Wollongong-based business that is scamming Microsoft users. The business offers... Read More
Qualcomm’s Optimistic Sales Projection Hinges On Fast 5G Takeup
The world’s largest supplier of smartphone chips, Qualcomm, has adjusted its June quarter forecast to be far more optimistic than previously predicted.... Read More
Amazon Prime Day 2021: Month Announced
The massive annual online shopping event will this year fall some time in June, Amazon has just confirmed. The ecommerce event usually... Read More
Daniel Ek Announced Spotify’s Live Audio Clubhouse Competitor, And Outlines His Plans
Clubhouse’s phenomenal rise has prompted a slew of imitators to jump in on the live streaming audio craze (which older readers may... Read More
Microsoft Chops Games Revenue Share, Undercuts Steam
In good news for developers, Microsoft has just announced plans to cut its revenue share for games on the Windows Store, starting... Read More
Microsoft Add AAC Bluetooth Support To Windows 10
Windows 10’s most recent updates angered gamers, who found their once-pristine gaming experience was hampered by glitching, frame rate issues, and crashes.... Read More
Release Dates Leaked For iPad Pro, iMac and Apple TV 4K
Pre-orders opened today for a slew of new Apple products, and thanks to an accidental leak from UK retail giant John Lewis,... Read More
Return To Las Vegas: Real-Life CES Is On For 2022
Everyone’s favourite trade show is back on for 2022, in real life, in Las Vegas. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) had officially... Read More
Sony Look To Expand Content Offering, As PS5 Sells 7.8 Million Units
The chip shortage didn’t get in the way of Sony’s Playstation 5 outpacing sales of its predecessor, as the company announced 7.8... Read More
B&O Find Their Mojo Again With New $20K+ Wireless Speaker Release
Bang & Olufsen appear to have their mojo back, reporting profits for the first time in 12 months, along with the release... Read More
Amazon Performs Better Than Predicted, As Pandemic Shopping Continues
Amazon has reported a huge first quarter, as revenue jumps 44 per cent to US$108.5 billion. The leap defies Wall Street forecasts... Read More
Supply Issues Continue To Delay Xbox Series X/S
The wait continues for the Xbox Series X and S models, as Microsoft has announced shortages for the gaming consoles, which are... Read More
Samsung Profits Soar But TV Sales Set To Fall
Samsung Electronics has boosted net profits 46% as demand for their TV’s, appliances and smartphones soar also contributing was demand for processors.... Read More
Samsung Back On Top In Smartphone Market As Oppo Fail To Make It Into Top Three
Samsung Electronics is back in the top spot as the world’s biggest smartphone producer accounting for one fifth of all sales. According... Read More
Taiwan Moves On Dodgy Chinese Companies Trying To Steal Tech IP
Like South Korean Companies, Samsung and LG the Government of Taiwan has moved to ban the employment of their skilled nationals in... Read More
Appliances And Entertainment Drive LG’s Best Ever Quarter
LG has celebrated its biggest quarter ever, fuelled by growth in appliances and home entertainment, even as it winds down its failing... Read More
What Goes Up Must Come Down, EBay Warns Investors
Like so many similar companies in the same boat, EBay Inc. has noted the boost in sales associated with pandemic-induced shopping trends... Read More
Big W Sales Grow 18.3% Online up 34%
BIG W has reported total sales growth of 18.3% for the quarter with no slowdown in the final six weeks with the... Read More
Worldwide Smartphone Market Rises 27%
In the first quarter of this year, 347 million smartphones shipped worldwide, a 27 per cent year-on-year increase. Samsung shipped 22 per... Read More
No Decision Yet On The Good Guys CEO Job Claims New JB Hi Fi Boss
JB Hi-Fis new boss Terry Smart has told ChannelNews that he has still not decided on who will be the next CEO... Read More
Two New D-Link Wi-Fi Cameras Award Winners
D-Link is having a tremendous day in the sun, with not one but two of its home surveillance cameras winning the highly... Read More
Laptop Manufacturer Leaks New Nvidia Graphics Card
Nvidia’s rumoured RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti entry-level Ampere graphics cards have been confirmed – by Samsung. In its Galaxy Unpacked event... Read More
Samsung Shows Off “Most Powerful” Galaxy Notebooks
Samsung has revealed its promised “most powerful Galaxy yet” – the much-speculated Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 notebooks. The... Read More
Pandemic Boom Over, Online Shopping On The Rise, Say Woolworths’ Sales Figures
Just like its competitor Coles, Woolworths has noted its supermarket shoppers now returning to normal shopping behaviours and buying patterns after last... Read More
Huawei Reports Second Straight Quarterly Revenue Drop
Huawei Technologies has announced another steep quarterly decline in revenue for the Jan-March 20212 quarter, as the company struggles with numerous issues.... Read More
Google To Announce “Significant Product Updates” In Three Weeks
At Alphabet’s earnings report this week, CEO Sundar Pichai teased “significant product updates and announcements” would be made during Google IO 2021. The... Read More
Dell Squares Up To Surface With New Business Detachable
US computer giant Dell is taking on the Microsoft Surface with its new two-in-one laptop, the Latitude 7320 Detachable. Powered by 11th-generation... Read More
AudioQuest Announces New USB Noise Filter
If you’re reading this on a laptop or PC, you’ll probably be mildly aware of noise emanating from your computer. It comes... Read More
Rising Panel Prices Steers LG Display To A Strong Q1 Profit
COVID-19 has worked out quite well for LG Display’s bottom line, as increased demand for laptops and televisions has seen panel prices... Read More
“Google Has Re-Engineered The Web” Argues Microsoft’s Brad Smith
The spat between Microsoft and Google rages on, with Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith maintaining the argument that Google... Read More
Labor MP Urges A Crackdown On Tax-Dodging Digital Giants
Digital giants including Facebook and Google should have to pay more tax under a proposal from a Labor backbencher. Victorian MP Peter... Read More
Apple Drastically Reduces AirPod Production For 2021
Apple will be reducing its planned AirPod production this year by up to 30 per cent, according to reports from Nikkei Asia.... Read More
Sony Forecasts 44% slump In Profits After Record Sales During COVID-19
Sony who last year walked the head of their Australian consumer division out the door, at the peak of a boom in... Read More
TV Supply Set to Get Worse
TV supply is set to get worse according to analysts with price rises now kicking in. Major glass suppliers Corning and AU... Read More
Samsung Family Cough Up $13B Inheritance Tax
The family of Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee is set to pay an inheritance tax of A13 Billion following the death of... Read More
Apple Thrives During COVID-19 Pandemic, Sales Up 54% 5G iPhone & iPads Big Drivers
Demand for 5G iPhones has seen Apple sales surge by 54% in the last quarter Vs the same COVID-19 period in 2020... Read More
Chromecast, Roku and Paramount+ Now Support Samsung’s HDR10+
Google, Roku and Paramount+ have just made life easier (and more visually appealing) for users, having announced that their products will now... Read More
Inflation For March Quarter Lower Than Expected
Inflation is lower than economists expected for the March quarter, with the headline figure rising to 1.1 per cent annually – that’s... Read More
Amazon To Begin Delivering Groceries To Your Garage
Amazon is stepping up their grocery game in America, by delivering your goods straight into your garage. Of course, this is more... Read More
