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Harvey Goes After Steinhoff Stores, Move Away From CE Tipped

David Richards February 28, 2018 No Comments

Harvey Norman boss Gerry Harvey who already has a major slice of the bedding and furniture market now wants to have a crack at owning Freedom, Fantastic, POCO, Snooze, Panda…

COMMENT: Turnbull NBN Controversy, How Clueless Is Michella Rowlands, Or Maybe She Doesn’t Even Care About Security?

David Richards February 28, 2018 No Comments

Bill Shorten and the Labor Party have got to be kidding in their objection to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull being given priority in getting a 100Mbs NBN connection to his…

Samsung Bixby Speakers Delayed, IFA Launch Tipped

David Richards February 28, 2018 No Comments

Samsung who has chosen to go down the proprietary route when it comes to voice activated devices has been forced to delay a new range of Bixby speakers according to…

Fitbit In Trouble As Shares Slump 14%

David Richards February 28, 2018 No Comments

Fitbit the Company that pioneered fitness bands and then moved into watches is in trouble with their latest fitness watch failing to ignite sales. Overnight Fitbit shares slumped 14% after…

Huawei Boss Comes Out Swinging Over 5G Controversy

David Richards February 28, 2018 No Comments

Three days after Australian media ran a story exposing the security risks associated with a 5G Communication and smartphones, built by Chinese Company Huawei, global chief executive Ken Hu has…

Apple To Get Into ‘Phablet’ Business & New Value iPhones

David Richards February 27, 2018 No Comments

As sales of their iPhones start to slow, Apple has decided to go both up market and down market with new models later this year including a new ‘phablet’ model.…

Sony Mobile Not For Sale Despite Losses, New Model Features Described As “Gimmicks”

David Richards February 27, 2018 No Comments

Sony’s struggling smartphone business is not for sale executives at Mobile World Congress have said. The comments came as the Japanese Company rolled out new models including a new Xperia…

Spectrum Brands Appliance Business Put Up For Sale

David Richards February 27, 2018 No Comments

Spectrum Brands, who are a major supplier of appliances to The Good Guys, Harvey Norman and Bing Lee have put their appliance business up for sale, they are expecting to…

COMMENT: Huawei 5G Ambitions Fail The Pub Test

David Richards February 26, 2018 No Comments

When the issue over security, Chinese 5G telecommunication networks being built for Optus and Vodafone and the security of handsets made by Chinese manufacturers such as Oppo, ZTE and Huawei…

Amaysim Wobbles After Opening Grey Imported Smartphone Store Share Slump

David Richards February 26, 2018 No Comments

Amaysim the phone market that moved to selling grey imported phones that brands such as Samsung Apple and Alcatel said that they would not support in Australia has reported a…