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Amazon On The Hunt For Second US HQ

Jon Bragg September 8, 2017 No Comments

Amazon has announced it is planning to open a second headquarters in North America that will be a “full equal” of its existing headquarters in Seattle. The company said its…

Murdoch & Gordon Make Last-Ditch Effort To Thwart CBS Ten Takeover

Roma Christian September 7, 2017 No Comments

UPDATE – After taking legal action against administrators KordaMentha, WIN Corporation owner, Bruce Gordon, has successfully pushed back the date of the second Channel Ten creditors meeting to September 19th. The…

Aus Retail Sales Stall, Department Stores Slip 2.8%

Roma Christian September 7, 2017 No Comments

The ABS has released its newest retail sales figures, revealing that sales stalled in July (in seasonally adjusted terms), coming under expectations for a 0.2% increase. The result is the…

Western Digital May Drop Tosh Bid

Computer Daily News September 7, 2017 No Comments

Western Digital has offered to drop out of a group bidding for Toshiba’s much vaunted flash memory chip business in order to take a stronger position in their joint venture…

ALP Supporter Quits As Head Of Internet Australia

Computer Daily News September 7, 2017 No Comments

A long-running barney over the performance of industry body Internet Australia appears to have ended with the decision of controversial executive director Laurie Patton, pictured, not to seek re-election to…

Intel Wins A Round In $1.26 Billion Dollar Fight With EU

David Richards September 7, 2017 No Comments

Intel who are desperately fighting a battle with the European Union for the past 8 years has finally won a round after they were initially fined US $1.26 billion fine…

OZ CE Retailers Need To Implement Same Day Delivery Claims Best Buy Executives

David Richards September 7, 2017 No Comments

JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman will have no option but to move to same day delivery or even sooner when Amazon launch in Australia. According to Best Buy executives…

Linfox Target Retailers, Pitches ‘Better’ Than Amazon Fulfilment

Roma Christian September 6, 2017 No Comments

As reported by ChannelNews in June, Linfox is continuing its pitch to retailers by promoting itself as an Amazon fulfiment alternative without the “downside“. Linfox has informed retailers it will provide…

Google Updates Street View Cameras

Jon Bragg September 6, 2017 No Comments

Google has updated the design of its Street View cameras for the first time in eight years. The new system will not only provide higher quality imagery for users to browse…

Facebook Plans To Charge Businesses Using WhatsApp

Jon Bragg September 6, 2017 No Comments

Facebook has outlined its plan to monetise its WhatsApp messaging service by charging businesses for some interactions with customers. After acquiring WhatsApp for US$22 billion in 2014, Facebook did not introduce advertising that…