COMMENT: What Are The Implications Following Shock Klipsch Move?
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December 11, 2020
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The termination of Qualifi as the distributor of Klipsch Group products is the dawning of a new era for the Australian audio... Read More
COMMENT: Will Google & Facebook Be Left With News Slops & Fake News
Both Facebook and Google are currently flexing their bullying muscles with local Facebook CEO yesterday firing a shot over the bows of... Read More
COMMENT:Telstra Cyber Attack Shows How Easy Australia Can Be Hit
A cyber-attack against Telstra’s network that left tens of thousands of homes without broadband is a real problem for all carriers and... Read More
COMMENT: Junkee Introduces No Byline Journalism, For Whimp Journalists
What a load of bollocks! It appears that what we now have is a bunch of new age writers who don’t want... Read More
COMMENT: Is Armour Home Under Threat As War Breaks Out Over Q Acoustics Distribution
Serious questions are being asked about the future of Armour Home the manufacturer of several Hi Fi and Connected Home brands due... Read More
COMMENT:Sharp Is Back With A Great Range Of Products, All They Have To Do Now Is Invest In Marketing
The decision by Sharp to consolidate their consumer business with Tempo is timely and a smart move by the Japanese Company who... Read More
COMMENT: Is It Time For Retailers Like Harvey Norman To Join Target & Restructure?
A few weeks ago, we tipped the closure of underperforming Target stores and I am tipping more closure of stores as the... Read More
COMMENT: Nine All Bluff Over NRL, Competitors Wait To Step In
As Foxtel strips down to fitness weight, archrival Nine Entertainment whose TV network and media network is suffering from COVID-19 inflicted wounds... Read More
COMMENT:The ABC Wants The COVID-19 App To Fail, Links With Get Up Exposed
More than 4.9 million Australians have downloaded the CovidSafe app and downloads are rising, much to the angst of several journalists including... Read More
COMMENT:Why Getting Business Back Has To Be Taken Out Of The Control Of Government Employees With Job Security
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April 16, 2020
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Business is getting tetchy and rightly so, as they have no clear direction as to whether they have a business going forward... Read More
COMMENT: Why Gerry Harvey Needs To “Piss Off” Now His Use By Date Is Out
When Gerry Harvey Chairman of Harvey Norman told the Australian Shareholders Association to “piss off” last year after they questioned his actions... Read More
COMMENT: Coronavirus, Why People & Business Come First Not Handouts To The NRL
COMMENT: Content streaming is a lucrative business and over the years the NRL has pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars from TV... Read More
COMMENT: Is Rugby Australia The Make Or Break Case For Streaming Deals In OZ
Advisers to Rugby Australia are working overtime trying to jack up a deal that if successful could save CEO Raelene Castle’s job... Read More
Facial Recognition Bias Exposed
A new landmark study has revealed that facial recognition technologies misidentify people from ethnic backgrounds. The study – which analysed technologies from... Read More
Significant Changes To Banks Pushed Back By ACCC
It’s the biggest change to the financial services industry since the damning royal commission, designed to give power from the banks back... Read More
Facebook Hack Leaks Millions Of Private User Data
The names and phone numbers of up to 267 million Facebook users have been leaked online. The private information was shared to... Read More
Holiday Period Boosts Employment
Unemployment rates in Australia have dropped as the Christmas holiday period adds 40,000 jobs to the market. Data revealed by the Australian... Read More
Scomo Party Shirt Site Crashes
A website selling Hawaiian shirts emblazoned with Scott Morrison’s face has crashed due to popular demand. He may have left our country... Read More
Westpac Joins Apple Pay With Delay
It’s the last of the big four banks to jump on board the popular Apple Pay payment service. But despite popular demand... Read More
Retail Boss Predicts Slow Christmas
The Executive Director of the Australian Retailers Association, Russell Zimmerman, has revealed that research forecasts for post-Christmas retail trade is anticipated to... Read More
Parents Aim For ‘Digital Detox’ During Holidays
Four out of five parents want to go on a ‘digital detox’ to be more present with their families during the holiday... Read More
Fin Review Takes A Pot Shot At Winnings Boss Over Millennials Comments
A so-called millennial writer on the Australian Financial Review has taken a pot shot at Winning boss John Winning for his description... Read More
COMMENT: The Last Thing OZ Needs Is Another Hi Fi Brand
The last thing that Australia needs is a new sound distributor but this seems to be something that the directors at the... Read More
Is There A Place In The OZ Notebook Market For New Samsung Galaxy Book S
Samsung is looking to renter the Australian notebook market after they revealed a lightweight Windows 10 offering called the Galaxy Book S... Read More
FIRST REVIEW: New Foxtel With Netflix Built In
Foxtel has launched a brand-new interface and what a difference it makes to the performance of their iQ set top box, it’s... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Payola Tech Journalism Is Alive & Thriving
Payola journalism is alive and well to the extent that last week I was party to an event, that brings into question... Read More
Huawei Consumer Division Still Trying To Spruik A Future As NBN Slammed
As Huawei’s Corporate Networking Division were yesterday given credit for their recent comments about the sorry state of the NBN broadband network,... Read More
By The Time 5G Gets Going In OZ The TPG/Vodafone Federal Court Case Could Be Over
The truest sign of 5G success is going to centre on price not speed until at least 2022 in Australia. For the... Read More
COMMENT: Why The ACCC Is Wrong About TPG/Vodafone Merger & Why They Will Lose A Court Battle
The cosy world of public servants and their idealism appear to be a million kilometres away from the real commercial world that... Read More
COMMENT:Retailers Need To Change Direction After First Round Of Collapses
2nds World and RT Edwards have called in the administrators and Radio Rentals has simply shut up shop, at the same time... Read More
COMMENT: Apple Tarnish Their Brand With iPad Shocker
If you are thinking of buying one of Apple’s new iPads forget it because they are nothing more than old machines that... Read More
Comment: Why Is Telstra Bothering With A TV Box That Consumers Don’t Want
Telstra who has a reputation for burning and churning through senior marketing management, in a desperate effort to get traction for their... Read More
COMMENT:Telstra Deliver A Shocker But Is 5G Their Saviour?
Telstra love to brag how good they are, but their latest results are a shocker, with the Company now banking on 5G... Read More
COMMENT: Can You Trust An Influencer Or Blogger To Tell You The ‘Real Truth’?
Can you trust a blogger or a so-called influencer to sway your purchase of a technology or appliance purchase? or are you... Read More
Comment: Have CE & Appliance Retailers Jumped On A Discount Monster
According to retailers attending CES 2019 the last few weeks of December were “incredibly” slow in Australia compared to previous years with... Read More
COMMENT: Samsung Apple TV Deal Whose Customers Are Safe
Apple’s iPhone sales decline, appears to have delivered a significant 2019 change of direction for Apple, with the decision to cuddle up... Read More
COMMENT: Apple Heading Down, But Where Is The Bottom?
With over 60% of their revenues wrapped around the iPhone Apple is today facing a questionable future despite being one of the... Read More
Former Sony CEO Takes A Swipe At Arrogant Jap Company
Carl Rose the former CEO of Sony has taken a swipe at his old employer, indicating that they were not only an... Read More
COMMENT: “ABT” Push Set To Hurt Telstra As Their NBN Ambitions Evaporate
Telstra whose executives appear to be more interested in their pay packets are now having to battle a new fast spreading problem... Read More
Samsung Caught In Opera House Everest Debate As Wesfarmer Director Comes Over As A ‘Goose”
Two faced journalists at Fairfax media who have slammed Alan Jones for daring to say that it’s okay to advertise the upcoming... Read More
COMMENT: 3D, VR Is A Dead Consumer Technology
Like 3D TV’s Virtual Reality (VR) is going nowhere. Consumers are not interested, and Companies like Sony, Facebook and HTC are struggling... Read More
Who’s Running The ABC, The Board Or Left Wing Journalists?
COMMENT: Who’s running the ABC, the unions or a bunch of left-wing journalists, who are now baying for the sacking of Chairman... Read More
COMMENT: Apple Masters At Sucking In Status Symbol Consumers
Apple are the master show stoppers and their event in the USA today sucked in the faithful and gave all those people... Read More
COMMENT: Concerns Over Sonos Beam & One Speaker
Shares of Sonos have tanked as early investors in the US Company bale out on a Company who arrogantly thought they could... Read More
Steve Jobs Slammed As Sadistic & Sexually Inappropiate By Daughter
If you want a book to sell it appears that all you have to do is crank out claims against the dead... Read More
PC Subscriptions For Millennials, Why Retailers Need To Copy What Lenovo Are Doing
COMMENT: Lenovo’s decision to move to a subscription model is very smart and one that I believe is the future for the... Read More
COMMENT Trainor Appointment At JB Hi Fi Could Put Pressure On Suppliers
Are suppliers to JB Hi Fi and The Good Guys set to get squeezed? The appointment of Cameron Trainor as Managing Director... Read More
COMMENT: Sonos Not Very Smart, & Their Former CEO Lied About Past Revenues
There is one thing that has been made abundantly clear by the release of the Sonos IPO documents and that is that... Read More
COMMENT: Vivid Spin By Fairfax Pure Pulp Fiction
You have to give it to Fairfax journalists, they actually think that their opinion counts and that what they say is the... Read More
COMMENT: ABC Boss Gets Knickers In A Twist Over Budget Cuts After Failing To Address Politcal Bias
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has her knickers in a twist because of plans by the Turnbull government to initiate a funding... Read More