Catch Founders To Launch Website For Brands
The brains behind the wildly popular retail site Catch.com.au are investing in a new online store named Little Birdie, 18 months after... Read More
Are Chinese Factories Now Trying To Cripple Supply To Australian Retailers?
Black Friday sales are over and retailers are reporting record sales to the point that many are out of stock of appliances,... Read More
Did Blaupunkt Screw Big Brand Retailers As Their TVs Turn Up On Cheap As Chips
Big brand retailers who have supported the Blaupunkt brand in Australia are now finding themselves having to compete with bottom end websites... Read More
Should Google Buy Fitbit? ACCC Asks Aussies
The ACCC has called for submissions on Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit, and a court-enforceable undertaking that would protect user data. The... Read More
News Says No Thanks To “Blank Cheque” For Foxtel
News Corp reportedly turned down a “blank cheque” offer from a US firm to invest in Foxtel in the middle of this... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Sam Skontos Out At TCL
Sam Skontos the executive who built the Alcatel phone brand in Australia to be the third largest behind Samsung and Apple is... Read More
REVIEW: MSI GF63 Thin 10SCXR – Business In The Front, Gaming In The Back
MSI is well known for producing gaming laptops with big size and big power at the core. The Taiwanese tech giant is... Read More
World’s Biggest Advertising Company Wants To Take Control Of Oz Arm
WPP plc, the world’s biggest advertising company, has made a bid to take full control of the firm’s Australian division, WPP AUNZ.... Read More
ChannelNews #1 Trade Site As Appliance Retailer Struggles
ChannelNews is the #1 information source in the appliance and consumer electronics as well as B2b market spanning distributors and retailers and... Read More
Technics Releases New Premium All-In-One Audio System
Technics has launched its newest Ottava premium all-in-one music system, which it says offers a high-quality and stylish audio experience. The SC-C70MK2... Read More
Apple Files Patent For Crack-Detecting Windshield – Is An iCar On The Way?
Apple has quietly filed a patent for a smart windshield that can detect cracks and notify drivers when it needs fixing, fuelling... Read More
Post-Pandemic Shoppers Go Wild During Record-Breaking Black Friday Sales
Australian shoppers went wild during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals last week, with sales expected to break all previous records... Read More
Gamers Chewed Up More Data Than Netflix Bingers During COVID, Telcos Taking Advantage
Australia’s two biggest telco companies have revealed gamers were the most data-hungry internet users during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, eclipsing... Read More
Oz Cabinet Rejig To Open Door For Anti-Ransom Push
CANBERRA: Scott Morrison will set up a new cyber security role as part of a Cabinet reshuffle next month, following the departure... Read More
Samsung Close To Producing QD OLED TV’s January Reveal Tipped
The battle between LG’s OLED technology and Samsung’s QLED displays is legendary, now Samsung is getting ready to produce their first QD-OLED... Read More
Microsoft To Have Another Crack At Getting Google Android Apps To Run On Windows 10
Microsoft who one day is cuddling up to Samsung and the next Apple is now having another crack at trying to lure... Read More
Oh No! Samsung Is Having Another Crack At Trying To Breath Life Into Bixby
Desperate to get their Bixby voice technology to be taken seriously alongside Alexa and Google Assistant, Samsung is now going to have... Read More
Dyson To Tip $4B Into R&D Despite High Staff Churn
Dyson who has a reputation for churning through staff in Australia claims that they are now looking to tip over A$4 billion... Read More
Nokia Gets Into TV Market With JBL Audio
Nokia is getting into the TV business with the traditional mobile phone Company cutting a deal with StreamView to introduce new Nokia... Read More
Leaked Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 & Surface Pro 8 Images Plus Launch Date
Prototype images believed to be of the unreleased Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 and the Surface Pro 8 have popped up on the... Read More
Review: The LG XBoom Go PL5 Packs Good Sound Into A Unique Shape
We’re spoilt for choice in the portable boombox arena, with just about every reputable brand putting out a good little speaker. But... Read More
Lamborghini And Master & Dynamic Headphones Revealed
Luxury sports car brand Lamborghini has teamed up with electronics company Master & Dynamic to launch a range of premium headphones. The... Read More
Streaming Giants Could Be Forced To Spend Big On Aussie Content Under New Law
Streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ could be made to invest in local Australian content under new policy proposals aimed to... Read More
Amazon To Pay Big Bonuses As Unions Try To Dent Business
Amazon is set to pay their Australian staff bonuses after sales soared during the COVID-19 lock down, but despite this unions are... Read More
Telstra Masks High Risk Chinese ZTE Phones By Branding Them As Their Own
Telstra who recently agreed to pay a $50 million penalty over the sale of mobile plans that left thousands of vulnerable Australians... Read More
Cambridge Audio Rolls Out New Monoblock Amp
British hi-fi specialist Cambridge Audio has launched a new monoblock power amplifier, the Edge M, which it bills as twice as powerful... Read More
Harvey Norman & Kogan Shares Surge After AGMs
Harvey Norman shares have surged by 5.2% after the department store giant reported its stellar results in yesterday’s Annual General Meeting. On... Read More
TVs & Fridges & Phones, Oh My! JB Hi-Fi’s Best Black Friday Deals
JB Hi-Fi is yet again clearing stock and flogging massive discounts as part of its Black Friday Thanksgiving sale. The electronics retailer... Read More
Smartphones To Bounce Back In Holiday Quarter
The global smartphone market is set to rebound in the holiday quarter, returning to growth after a stronger-than-expected third quarter of 2020.... Read More
Google Could Be Brought To Its Knees With Yet Another Antitrust Lawsuit
Google is facing yet another landmark antitrust lawsuit only weeks after it was sued by the US Department of Justice over its... Read More
“Unconscionable” Sales To Indigenous Customers Could Cost Telstra $50M
Telstra could pay out a $50 million settlement over admitted breaches of Australian consumer law and “unconscionable” sales of post-paid mobile products... Read More
Amazon Rolls Out Update To Echo Buds Which Might Convert AirPods Users
Amazon’s Echo Buds have been updated with a raft of new features to help users track their workouts. The Amazon-branded wireless earbuds... Read More
Apple Defends Security Chief Accused Of Bribing Authorities With iPads
Apple has stood in solidarity with its chief security officer who was charged with bribery after allegedly offering hundreds of donated iPads... Read More
Sony Claim That Retailers Will Have Stock Of The PS5 For Xmas, Let’s Wait & See
Days after Sony Playstation boss Jim Ryan claimed that retailers would not see new PS5 stock until 2021 we are now being... Read More
BREAKING: Amazon Web Services Down
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has suffered a major outage, bringing down a swathe of websites and services with it. Issues were reported... Read More
‘I’ll Live To 100’: Gerry Harvey, 81, Won’t Step Down From Harvey Norman Any Time Soon
Harvey Norman boss Gerry Harvey, who is worth an estimated $1.8 billion, told shareholders at the company’s Annual General Meeting he has... Read More
Sharp Gets Into The Gaming Console Market In Partnership With Nintendo
Sharp has got into the gaming console market in partnership with Nintendo. The two Japanese Companies have cuddled up to each other... Read More
IsoTek Giving Away Cables & Conditioning Products With Hi-Fi Purchases
Power conditioning dealer IsoTek is celebrating the lead-up to summer with a promotional deal for hi-fi customers. IsoTek dealers across Australia are... Read More
C Space Experience Returns At All-Digital CES 2021
The Consumer Technology Association has partnered with advisory firm MediaLink for the C Space Experience at 2021’s virtual CES. CTA will collaborate... Read More
Hitachi Delivers A Fridge That Actually Preserves Food & Helps Families Save On Spoilage
In this world there are fridges and then there are Japanese fridges that go way beyond the made in China products that... Read More
Gerry Harvey Wins Thumping Re-Election As Harvey Norman Profits Soar
Gerry Harvey has been overwhelmingly re-elected as executive chairman of Harvey Norman, which posted a massive 160 per cent jump in pre-tax... Read More
Everything We Know About The iPhone 13 2021
Apple’s iPhone 12 may still be hot off the assembly line – but there are already major rumours circulating about the design... Read More
Klarna CEO Blasts Buy Now, Pay Later Fees, Labels Them Extortion Schemes
The CEO of a global payments group has slammed the huge fees rival buy now, pay later (BNPL) operators charge retailers, describing... Read More
New Dynaudio Speakers A “Labour Of Love”, Only 2500 Made
Danish hi-fi manufacturer Dynaudio has released a limited-edition run of speakers, billed as a tribute to its “legendary” speakers of the past.... Read More
Xiaomi Flags Fastest Growth In Years As Huawei Fails To Keep Up
Xiaomi has posted its fastest revenue growth in two years with a 34.5% jump in sales for the September quarter, nabbing market... Read More
Amazon Cracking Down On Counterfeit Electronics Products
Amazon is partnering with a government watchdog in the US to stamp out fake and counterfeit goods sold on its website. The... Read More
Chinese Brands On The Nose 43 Apps Banned
India is taking it right up to Chinese brands banning apps and restricting smartphone sales. In their latest move the Indian Government... Read More
Hisense Sued For Infringing Patents
Chinese TV and appliance maker Hisense are being sued in Europe for allegedly infringing patents on components used in their TV. s... Read More
Samsung TV Sales Surge The Big Loser Is Hisense
Samsung Electronics TV sales are surging both locally and across the world according to new data released this week, the big loser... Read More
$599 65″ TV Headlines Big Tech Deals In Aldi Special Buys
A $599 65-inch Bauhn 4K smart TV is headlining Aldi’s Special Buys for Black Friday, with a wide range of other tech... Read More
