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Catch Group Consult Kogan Brokers For IPO

Roma Christian July 12, 2018 No Comments

Catch Group management have reportedly turned to Kogan.com’s house brokers, with the view of pursuing ASX listing later this year. According to afr, Catch Group Founders, Hezi and Gabby Leibovich, have consulted UBS and Canaccord…

eBay Takes On Amazon With 25% Off Tech Sale

Roma Christian July 12, 2018 No Comments

eBay Australia has taken on Amazon and Kogan.com, launching a limited time consumer electronics sale with “hundreds of dollars” of savings. Discounts include an ‘unprecedented’ 25% off for eBay Plus…

Fitbit Admits To Android Bug Affecting Battery And Data

Athina Mallis July 12, 2018 No Comments

Fitbit has admitted there is an issue affecting Android user’s devices showing battery drainage and downloading big chunks of data. Several Fitbit users complained on company’s community forums with one…

Twitter CFO Says Removed Spam Accounts Won’t Impact User Metrics

Athina Mallis July 12, 2018 No Comments

Twitter CFO Ned Segal says the loss of 70 million users will have no impact on its user metrics. Tweeting from his account the CFO says, “Most accounts we remove…

Foxconn Revenues Up 23%, CE Soars

Roma Christian July 12, 2018 No Comments

Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has post a whopping 23.7% year-on-year increase in revenues for June, driven by strong performance from its consumer electronics business. According to Taiwanese trade publication, DigiTimes, on…

The Battle Is Over, US Govt Lifts ZTE Trade Ban

Athina Mallis July 12, 2018 No Comments

ZTE is breathing a sigh of relief after signing a deal with the US government overnight removing the trade ban which halted operations for close to three months. The trade…

D-Link June Revenues Down 7%

Roma Christian July 12, 2018 No Comments

Networking equipment manufacturer, D-Link, has post a 7.86% decline in on month revenues for June, notching NT$1.697 billion (US$55.68 million) in consolidated revenue. According to Taiwanese trade publication, DigiTimes, D-Link has collected…

EU Set To Fine Google Billions

Computer Daily News July 12, 2018 No Comments

Ahead of next week’s planned meeting of the European Union’s competition watchdog, the fate of Google’s potential abuse of its dominance of its Android operating system for mobile phones, is…

Facebook May Cop $3 Billion Bill To Compensate Aussies

Computer Daily News July 12, 2018 No Comments

Litigation funding legal firm IMF Bentham appears to be looking for a compensation payout of up to $3 billion by Facebook to Australian victims of private information harvesting by partner…

Fifield Fixes 5G Spectrum Limits

Computer Daily News July 12, 2018 No Comments

Federal Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has set limits to the amount of 5G spectrum that each operator will be able hold in the 3.4Gz – 3.7GHz band. The new limits of…