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A Sharp Fridge

Staff Writers February 26, 2014 No Comments

Sharp unveil four new affordable refrigerators, on sale now. The cool SJFJ676VBK is a 676L, four French door refrigerator with a stainless steel finish, frameless black glass french doors and LED…

Foxtel Presto ‘No Threat’: QuickFlix

Staff Writers February 26, 2014 No Comments

As Pay TV giant Foxtel announces Presto unlimited movies service for $20 a month, CEO of Quickflix says “it’s validation the world is moving to on-demand service.” “Competition is a good…

Appliances Rule, TV’s Drool

Staff Writers February 26, 2014 No Comments

Australian tech market slumped last year but appliances, iPhones, Androids and headphones like Beats pump up the volume as TV’s continue to struggle. However, consumer tech actually stabilised last year…

Westfield Profits Slump 6.7%

Staff Writers February 26, 2014 No Comments

Westfield Group (WDC) today announced full year declining profits of $1.6bn to 31 December 2013. The figure was 6.7% below FY 2012 but revenues rose 7.4% to $2.3bn for FY13.…

WD Launch Purple Drive For High Capacity Security Applications

Staff Writers February 26, 2014 No Comments

Designed specifically for video surveillance units and other applications demanding high reliability, WD Purple hard drives are tailored for new and existing home and small business security environments with up…

WhatsApp Calls Unleash ‘Mid 2014’

Staff Writers February 25, 2014 No Comments

WhatsApp Ceo Jan Koum announced at Mobile World Congress 2014 that the VoIP calls service would be available mid year on Android and iPhone first and…

Yes, Another 4G Smartphone

Staff Writers February 25, 2014 No Comments

Huawei’s new Ascend G6 4G was unwrapped at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014, yesterday. The new 4G LTE-enabled smartphone has a 4.5-inch qHD display, 5-megapixel front camera and Emotion…

Nokia X Android Unwraps

Staff Writers February 25, 2014 No Comments

Nokia hybrid runs a unique mix of Android, Windows Phone 8 and Nokia apps. Announced at MWC today, low cost hybrid Nokia X phones (X,X1, XL), combines Windows Phone…

Samsung GearFit Sets Pulses Racing

Staff Writers February 25, 2014 No Comments

Wearables seems to be the recurring theme of Samsung’s Mobile World Congress shindig this year (apart from S5 that is) as it today unveils a gung-ho fitness tracker, Gear Fit,…

1.2M Flee Vodafone

Staff Writers February 25, 2014 No Comments

Vodafone Australia’s half owner Hutchinson Telecommunications Australia (HTA) confirmed 1.2 million customers fled the troubled network in 2013. Vodafone’s user base decline from 1,231,000 million to 5.3 million by the…