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Sony Moves To Wholly Own Its Financial Subsidiary

Elise Reid May 20, 2020 No Comments

Sony has announced a new group organisational structure, which will include making Sony Financial Holdings (SFH) a wholly owned subsidiary. “The financial unit is based in Japan, and its profit…

Facebook Launch New Shopping Portal For Retailers & SMEs

Roma Christian May 20, 2020 No Comments

Facebook has sought to further challenge e-comm giants like eBay, with news it will launch a virtual shopping platform (‘Facebook Shops’) specifically for small to midsize businesses and distributors –…

MSI Giveaway: Free Bundle For Purchases Made At JB HI-FI

Elise Reid May 19, 2020 No Comments

MSI has partnered with JB HI-FI to offer consumers a free bundle products with the purchase of select MSI products. If an end-user purchases the Modern 15 laptop from JB…

Audio Active Offering High-Value Home Theatre Bonus Bundle

Elise Reid May 19, 2020 No Comments

Audio Active, Australia’s leading importer and distributor of consumer electronics, is now offering a high-value bonus bundle with every sale of a Sony Native 4K 270ES ($7,999 RRP) or 570ES…

Qantas Gears Up For Increased Travel With Free Masks & Sanitisers

Elise Reid May 19, 2020 No Comments

Qantas has unveiled its ‘Fly Well’ safety programme as it prepares for higher travel volumes. This comes as the IT and distribution sector begins to return to normal operations, with…

How The ACCC Proposes To Make Google & Facebook Pay For Content

Elise Reid May 19, 2020 No Comments

The ACCC has just released its concept paper for the mandatory code to address the bargaining power imbalances between Australia’s media companies and tech giants Google and Facebook. The ACCC…

Microsoft Blazes A Trail Of Acquisitions And Collaborations

Computer Daily News May 19, 2020 No Comments

HELSINKI/REDMOND/JERUSALEM: There’s much ado about Microsoft, with the software giant announcing a collaboration with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia, along with several acquisitions. Nokia will collaborate with Microsoft in the…

Huawei Phone Pain Continues After US Ban

Roma Christian May 19, 2020 No Comments

Chinese telco tech giant, Huawei, has continued to feel the pain of the US trade ban, this time with its semiconductor chip division being barred from making orders with key…

Video Game Spending Hits Record

Computer Daily News May 19, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: Not surprisingly, American consumers spent a record US$10.9 billion on video games in the past quarter, up nine percent from the year before. Industry analyst NPD Group said…

Chinese Ministry Protests New US Anti-Huawei Rules

Computer Daily News May 19, 2020 No Comments

BEIJING: China’s Commerce Ministry has lodged a firm protest against the latest rules by the US against telecommunications networking giant Huawei. Beijing said it would take all necessary measures to…