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LG Posts Record Q1 Profit, Home Entertainment Up 76%

Roma Christian April 27, 2018 No Comments

LG Electronics has posted a 20.2% increase in Q1 operating profit, following strong sales from its premium home appliances and TV range, thereby offsetting weak smartphone revenue. In line with previous forecasts,…

Samsung Profit Up 52%, S9 & Memory Chip Sales Strong

Roma Christian April 26, 2018 No Comments

Samsung has continued its streak of bumper earnings, posting a 52% YoY increase in 1Q18 net profit [11.69 trillion won/US$10.8 billion], driven by strong memory chip sales, and the release of…

ABS Admits Tracking Mobile Data

Computer Daily News April 26, 2018 No Comments

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has been tracking the movement of Australians through their mobile data without their permission according to an Australian IT report. A pilot study run in…

Huawei Now Facing Criminal Investigation

David Richards April 26, 2018 No Comments

Huawei who are currently looking for a consumer products spin doctor in Australia, is now facing a criminal investigation after being dumped by retailers and carriers over security concerns. Overnight…

New LG G7 ThinQ Images Leak

Athina Mallis April 24, 2018 No Comments

Images for the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ smartphone have been leaked with the release day only weeks away. Evan Blass, notorious phone leaker from VentureBeat tweeted out two images, one showing…

EU Slams Brakes On Apple’s Shazam Buy

Roma Christian April 24, 2018 No Comments

An in-depth investigation by the European Commission is set to delay Apple’s purchase of music identification app, Shazam, by several months. Whilst both parties have refused to disclose the final…

HTC Eyes Car Industry To Lift Struggling Bottom Line

Roma Christian April 24, 2018 No Comments

Following a record NT$9.8 billion [~US$3.3 million] quarterly net loss, Taiwanese-based HTC has today revealed a new ‘double pronged’ strategy, claimed to rebound its virtual reality (VR) and struggling smartphone business. According…

Huawei P20 Release Date Set For May 18

Athina Mallis April 23, 2018 No Comments

Aussies are about to get their hands on Huawei’s upcoming flagship, the P20 Pro with a date finally set for the Australian release, May 18. Huawei says the P20 Pro…

Samsung Promotes Garry McGregor To VP of IT & Mobile

Roma Christian April 23, 2018 No Comments

Samsung Australia has today announced the promotion of Garry McGregor as its new Vice President of IT and Mobile, effective immediately. Following a four year tenure, Mr McGregor was Samsung…

Goodbye Android Messaging, Hello ‘Chat’

Athina Mallis April 23, 2018 No Comments

Google will be dumping the current text messaging service on its Android phones and replacing it with its new service Chat. According to The Verge Chat is based on a standard named…