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Telstra Axe 651 Jobs, Calls Drop

Staff Writers August 21, 2012 No Comments

The telco is to let go 422 Telstra full-timers and 229 agency staff from service call centres around the country. Some of the jobs are also to be sent offshore…

CMH Jumps On Foxtel

Staff Writers August 21, 2012 No Comments

Consolidated Media Holdings has just announced a net profit after tax (NPAT) result of $97.9m for the twelve months period to 30 June 2012 (FY12). Still, this marked an improvement…

NakedOffice Exposes Dirt OZ Top Co’s

Staff Writers August 20, 2012 No Comments

Image credit: Virgin Telcos and retailers including Dick Smith, Optus and iiNet are all shown up on the website NakedOffice in which present and past staff expose company’s management culture…

‘Game of Thrones’, ‘The Raid’: Samsung Galaxy Tab Nabs Quickflix

Staff Writers August 19, 2012 No Comments

The Galaxy Tab 2 is the latest device to get Quickflix ‘all you can eat’ movies and TV service, announced Friday. The all you can eat service starts at $14.99…

P*** off Pirates! Google Makes It Harder To Find ‘Illegal’ Stuff

Staff Writers August 16, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Google announced it is changing its algorithms and making websites containing unauthorized material harder to find. “Starting next week, we will begin taking into account a new…

Google’s Eric Backs ‘Dumb’ Phones

Staff Writers August 16, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Eric Schmidt and friends have just plugged $2m into an Aussie app that gives dumb phones Android and iOS style capabilities. biNu mobile app platform brings “iPhone-like”…

Frommers Travel Gets Googled

Staff Writers August 14, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Owned by John Wiley & Co, the US company will sell all of its travel assets, including the Frommer’s brand, to Google. The latest buy will complement…

Ouch: Optus Profit, Revenues Tumble Q1

Staff Writers August 14, 2012 No Comments

Optus endured a disappointing quarter as operating revenues slipped 3% to A$2.24 billion in Q1. Optus blamed lower equipment sales in Q1, mandated 3c reduction in the mobile termination rates…

ACCC 24-Hour Facebook Warning

Staff Writers August 13, 2012 No Comments

Last week, the Ad Standard Bureau ruled brands with Facebook pages must censor public and company generated comments and ensure social network pages do not contain misleading information. Company social…

Telstra + Foxtel ‘Treble Play’ Coming?

Staff Writers August 10, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Thats according to Telstra CEO David Thodey, who flagged the “opportunity” for Foxtel to provide such a service in OZ, similar to BSkyB service in the UK,…