Panasonic To Benefit From Tesla’s SA Power Fix
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March 13, 2017
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Panasonic would be a major beneficiary of Tesla’s proposed energy storage solution for South Australia’s power crisis. Beginning in January, the two... Read More
Oculus Strike Back In Legal Offensive
Following January’s extensive legal battle and last month’s injunction against Facebook-backed VR player Oculus, the company’s CTO John Carmack has now struck back... Read More
Fake Reviews Or Genuine?, ACCC Takes Action Against Online Website
The ACCC has announced it’ll be taking Perth-based home improvement company to court over websites it created for the purposes of generating... Read More
Logitech Is On A Roll But What About Their Future?
In Australia Logitech, has gone from flogging keyboards and mice to a new generation of top end Bluetooth headphones, conference communication gear... Read More
Japan To Vet Toshiba Bidders
The Japanese Government is preparing to vet bidders for Toshiba’s flagship chip business, citing concerns of national security. The Government would use... Read More
Musk Offers Mate Rates For SA E-Storage System
Challenged by Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, US technology pusher Elon Musk has offered to install sufficient Tesla batteries to fix at least... Read More
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Convoy Secures Distribution Of ‘Floating’ Speaker Stands
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Foxconn Ponders Toshiba Buyout
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Google Acquires Data Science Platform Kaggle
A platform that allows companies and researchers to crowdsource data analysis from data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts has been acquired by Google.... Read More
Kogan Products Win Five-Star Approval Again & Again & Again WOW!
Kogan’s 32-inch Agora Smart LED TV might not have won over critics but the Kogan-branded device sure has a lot of five-star reviews.... Read More
Bose Accused Of Stealing Headphone Technology
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ACCC File Cross-Appeal Against Valve
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed a cross-appeal in its on-going legal battle with US video game company Valve corp.... Read More
False Advertising Charges Filed Against Bunnings
Bunnings has pleaded not guilty to 45 charges of false and misleading advertising filed against it by a New Zealand regulator. The New... Read More
Australia Scores High In Global Survey Of Digital Transformation
A global survey has found Australia the second best nation in the Asia-Pacific region at handling digital transformation issues, behind only Japan,... Read More
Bolivia Files Complaint Over French Video Game
The Bolivian government has filed a formal complaint against the representation of its country as a “violent, anarchic narco-state” in Ubisoft’s latest video game.... Read More
Officeworks, Heading For An IPO, As Trade Sale Prospects Fail To Materialise
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ACCC Shuts Down Solenet and Sure Telecom
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One Amazon Employee’s Mistake Caused Massive Server Outage
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Ephraim Dumped As Boss Of Sony Gaming Division
The boss of Sony’s gaming division Michael Ephraim has been dumped after 25 years with Sony. ChannelNews understands that one of the... Read More
Nintendo Switch, Retailers Waiting For Stock, Questions Raised Over Battery Life + Future
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Snapchat Could Launch A Drone
Continuing its experiments into physical products that included the release of Spectacles last year, the company behind Snapchat is believed to be... Read More
Xiaomi Launches Its Own Chip
Chinese government funding has helped Xiaomi produce its first smartphone processor. The support is the latest sign of China’s push to develop... Read More
Apple Spends $50bn On Supplies
Apple paid out roughly US$50 billion (A$65 billion) last year to US-based suppliers, including 3M and Corning, CEO Tim Cook said, emphasising... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: D+M Brands Marantz, Denon, Heos + Boston Acoustics Sold
The largest supplier of loudspeakers in the USA, Sound United has snapped up D+M, manufacturers of Denon Marantz and Boston Acoustics, they... Read More
Optus Edges Closer To 5G Network
Optus and Huawei have successfully completed a test of Massive MIMO technology that will lay the groundwork for the telco’s 5G network. An... Read More
Several Circle Officeworks Including Anchorage Capital
Several potential buyers are circling the $1.5 billion Officeworks business, among them is believed to be Anchorage Capital who pocketed millions acquiring... Read More
New High Profile Boss For Big W, Sale Tipped
Big W, who have been expanding their consumer electronics and small appliance ranges is tipped to appoint Colette Garnsey who is currently... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Harvey Norman Profits Up 38% NSW Key Contributor
Harvey Norman has announced a net profit of $257.29 million, up $71.79 million, from $185.51 million in the previous corresponding period a... Read More
Facebook’s VR Venture Threatened With Injunction
Following a trial last month that ruled in their favor regarding claims of corporate espionage, video game publisher ZeniMax has now filed an... Read More
AOC Appeal Telstra Verdict
After losing their legal challenge against Telstra last year, the Australian Olympic Comittee appealed their case before the Full Federal Court earlier... Read More
Whirlpool Brings On New MD
Appliance manufacturer Whirlpool has announced the appointment of a Silvia Del Vitto as its new Managing Director for its integrated Oceania Business.... Read More
ACCC Chairman Details 2017 Priorities
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney today, Mr Sims has issued the Australian Competition and... Read More
Kogan Grows Revenue 37%
Online shopping destination Kogan has released its latest half-yearly report, listing revenue growth of 37.3% to $143.9 million. The same period in the previous... Read More
$6M Dollar Australia Post Boss Quits
Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour has quit following a very public brawl and confrontation with business leaders and politicians. His resignation has... Read More
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The Fair Work Commission has announced penalty rates for casual, part-time and full-time retail employees will be reduced. ‘Double time’ pay will... Read More
Apple Park To Open In April
Apple has announced that its new 175-acre campus, located in California’s Santa Clara Valley, will be open for business in April. Originally... Read More
Optus Rolls Out 4.5G Network For Macquarie Park
Optus has taken its first real steps towards operating a 5G network today, with the telco launching its first 4.5G network. The... Read More
Oz CE Channel To Benefit As Big W Turnaround Becomes “Work In Progress”
The departure of former Big W CEO Sally McDonald had local consumer electronics vendors facing an uncertain future with the mainstream retailer.... Read More
Woolworths Overtakes Coles Sales Growth But Big W Drags Down Profit
Woolworths has returned to profit in the first half of the financial year, recovering from significant losses caused by the closure of... Read More
Fairfax Tipped To Spin Off Domain
The Fairfax media empire appears to be preparing to spin off its Domain online real estate listings as a separate business. The... Read More
Optus Double Down On Content Deals To Get Ahead Of Telstra
Reports say that Optus is eyeing further content deals after their securing of broadcast rights to the EPL helped the telco edge... Read More
Exclusive: Valve Lodge Appeal Against $3 Million ACCC Fine
Video game distribution giant Valve Corp. have lodged an appeal in the Federal Court against the ruling made by Justice Edelman late last... Read More
Aussie BI Market Outpaces World – Set To Hit $889m
The business intelligence and analytics market in Australia will reach A$889.1 million in 2017, up 13.4 percent from last year, according to... Read More
5G Is Coming And Carriers Are Unprepared, Says Boost Founder
Speaking to media in Sydney, Boost Mobile co-founder and former CEO of 360Fly Peter Adderton warned that both carriers and customers are... Read More
Telstra CEO Refuses To Dump Foxtel
Reeling from a shocker result, and struggling to work out where Telstra revenue will come from in the future, CEO Andy Penn... Read More
Samsung Vice Chairman Arrested In Corruption Investigation
Samsung Group vice chairman Jay Y. Lee has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption in South Korea. A... Read More
Carriers Aren’t Prepared To Meet Data Diets Of Next Generation, Says Boost Founder
Speaking to media in Sydney earlier this week, Boost Mobile co-founder and former CEO of 360fly Peter Adderton said that Australian carriers... Read More
Apple’s WWDC Scheduled For Early June
5,000 developers will descend on San Jose between June 5-9 2017 for Apple’s 28th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The conference typically... Read More