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Bots For Shopping: Merchants Look To Next-Gen Tech Amid Rising Smartphone Use

Staff Writers October 11, 2016 No Comments

Merchant integration of technologies including bots and natural language interfaces will drive mobile remote purchases to a total of US$2.1 trillion by 2021, up 100 per cent from this year’s…

Google Opens Big Pixel Push

Computer Daily News October 11, 2016 No Comments

Google’s new Pixel smartphone is off to a splashy start with US$3.2 million spent on US television ads in two days since it announced the launch. While Google’s brand is…

As The Samsung Note 7 Dies A Slow Death A New Galaxy S8 Emerges

David Richards October 11, 2016 No Comments

As Samsung goes back to the drawing boards with their Note 7, insiders are tipping that the Korean Company is close to abandoning the top end model all together in…

Samsung Temporarily Suspends Galaxy Note 7 Production

Jon Bragg October 10, 2016 No Comments

Samsung has temporarily suspended production of the Galaxy Note 7 following media reports of fires in replacement devices, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. An unnamed official from a Samsung…

Apple Wins Sliding Appeal

Computer Daily News October 10, 2016 No Comments

Apple has won an appeal to reinstate a patent-infringement verdict it won against Samsung Electronics worth US$119.6 million. The case centred on the patent for Apple’s slide-to-unlock feature for smartphones…

Falling PC And Mobile Shipments See Device Market Decline

Staff Writers October 7, 2016 No Comments

Worldwide device shipments are set to decline 3 per cent this year, Gartner has forecast. It marks a second consecutive year of decline of combined shipments for devices (PCs, tablets,…

New iPhones Are Arriving Linked to the Wrong Apple ID

Jon Bragg October 6, 2016 No Comments

Reports are surfacing that some newly purchased iPhones are arriving linked to the wrong Apple ID. iPhone 7 and 7 Plus models appear to be affected by the issue, which requests login details…

Telstra, JB To Flog Google Pixels

Computer Daily News October 6, 2016 No Comments

Telstra has won initial sole rights to market Google’s new sophisticated Pixel smartphone in Australia. The handsets will be available outright from JB Hi-Fi and on various plans direct from…

Apple iPhone Faces New Threat After Google Rolls Out Two Top End Android Smartphones

David Richards October 5, 2016 No Comments

Overnight Google has released two new Android based smartphones that have been described as a major threat to the iPhone. Developed in conjunction with HTC, Google has moved to seriously…

EXCLUSIVE: Huawei Kiosks Killed Off, Now Staff Want A Fair Work Inquiry

David Richards October 4, 2016 No Comments

A major row has blown up over the closure of several Huawei kiosks in shopping centres across Australia with staff now calling for a Fair Work investigation. Back in July,…