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Digital Radio Sales Take Off
Digital radio sales continue to defy the retail downturn, recording sales of 88,004 in the first quarter of 2012.
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Panasonic Wallows Billions In Losses
Panasonic, who has resorted to PR hype and social network marketing in Australia because of a lack of marketing funds, has delivered a US$5 Billion dollar loss for the first three months of 2012.
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Google Now Offering Movie Rentals In Australia
Google users and Android customers will be able to rent movies directly through Google Play and YouTube. Google has teamed up with several production studios, giving them a range of thousands of movies which can be rented from $2.99.
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Bose Rorting Australians Online By Up To 40%
Bose Australia, who has upset many of their traditional retailers by moving to sell their products direct, are now trying to rort Australians by selling goods 40% dearer than what the same goods are sold for in the USA.
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LG's New TVs Could Resurrect Multiplayer Gaming
LG's Cinema 3D technology has spawned a Dual Play feature that allows two players to verse one another on the same screen without dividing it in two. This innovation could inspire game developers to invest in adorned multiplayer modes once again.
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Innovation & Display Driving TV sales Not 3D
Samsung Australia, who has more than 41% of the Australian TV market, is tonight set to deliver a brand new Smart TV platform they claim is ?unequalled? anywhere in the world. They also claim that 3D has become a ?mandatory? technology in TVs.
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New Panasonic TV Range Revealed
Despite sluggish retail sales, Panasonic has moved to take on LG and Samsung in what is shaping up to be a bruising smart TV battle with retailers being urged to retain margin in a new generation of TVs; a move that could push up costs of the next generation of TV.
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Sony, 10,000 Layoffs One Day, $6.4B In Losses The Next
After announcing the slashing of 10,000 jobs earlier this week Sony has now confirmed that they are heading to a US$6.4 billion loss, with some analysts now questioning whether the Japanese company will be broken up.
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Sony Choose LG Passive 3D TV Technology
If you are thinking of buying a Sony TV because of its 3D capability, you may want to think again because the chances are that the technology behind the screen is from LG.
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Sony's PS4 (Orbis) Takes Shape For A 2013 Launch
As time elapses and Sony?s PS3 ages, rumours surrounding its successor flood the internet. With the console expected to be only 20 months away, consistent rumours are beginning to make the obscure console a little clearer, slowly defining what customers can expect.
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Vendors Move To Stop Online Margin Erosion
In a move that would have the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on their backs leading consumer electronics companies in the USA including Sony, Samsung, LG and Panasonic have moved to stop the heavy discounting of their products by mass retailers.
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