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Acer CEO: “We Need To Dig Out Of Hole”

Staff Writers January 15, 2014 No Comments

Acer’s new CEO, Jason Chen, went cap in hand to investors this week, admitting past mistakes and outlining its new software and e-services focus. Speaking to media at Acer company…

Google Flights To Destroy Skyscanner?

Staff Writers January 15, 2014 No Comments

Motor mouth CEO of budget airline Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, has let it slip – ‘Google Flight Search’ price compare site, may be landing on a screen near you in March. …

China Troubles: Lenovo “Not Immune” To PC Slump

Staff Writers January 15, 2014 No Comments

But the native Chinese brand, too, has felt the global slowdown in the PC industry, which fell 10% last year, including in its home market, which has been especially “problematic”,…

Windows Phone 8.1 Wont Leave ‘8’ In The Cold

Staff Writers January 14, 2014 No Comments

Redmond has confirmed its Windows Phone 8.1 upgrade will run on existing Windows 8.0 phones, brushing off fears by some developers that the upgrade, tipped to be pretty major, would not…

Forget “Tanking” Windows 8 – 9 Is Coming

Staff Writers January 14, 2014 No Comments

And not a moment too soon. If sources of Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott are correct, the next Windows installment, code named ‘Threshold”, is likely to be called Windows 9 –…

BYO Aussies Dump Mobile Plans

Staff Writers January 14, 2014 No Comments

They are eschewing mobile plans for hand-me-downs and purchasing iPhones, Samsungs outright as opposed to a sticky plan they can’t get out of – for up to 2 years. …

Google New Nest Egg $3.2bn

Staff Writers January 14, 2014 No Comments

Nest’s mission is “we reinvent things” unloved home devices like thermostats and smoke alarms, developers of the popular Nest Learning Thermostat. Google will pay $3.2 bn in cash for the…

Hello Selfie: Fuji Instax Smartphone Printer

Staff Writers January 13, 2014 No Comments

Let’s face it – smartphones are the new PC – so why not buy a printer for your smartie? The compact Fujifilm instax SHARE SP-1 printer is for printing…

Sensis “Business As Usual” Despite US Sale

Staff Writers January 13, 2014 No Comments

There was a time when we ran to the Yellow Pages for the phone numbers of everyone from the butcher, baker and candlestick maker. And not to mention getting your…

+1GB: Virgin Bump Up Data

Staff Writers January 13, 2014 No Comments

Virgin gives 1GB extra internet data on all $40 plans and over. The offer means most users on $40 plans have treble the data allowance, which was originally 500MB. …