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One Amazon Employee’s Mistake Caused Massive Server Outage

Jon Bragg March 3, 2017 No Comments

Amazon has identified that a mistake by one of its employees caused Wednesday’s widespread outage of some of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) S3 system. The outage affected popular websites and services…

Snapchat Shares Up 44% After First Day Of Trading

Jon Bragg March 3, 2017 No Comments

Shares in Snapchat parent company Snap rose 44% at the close of its first day of trading, up from the IPO price of US$17 per share. Snap shares traded between US$23.50 and…

Ephraim Dumped As Boss Of Sony Gaming Division

David Richards March 3, 2017 No Comments

The boss of Sony’s gaming division Michael Ephraim has been dumped after 25 years with Sony. ChannelNews understands that one of the issues may have been the high cost of…

Nintendo Switch, Retailers Waiting For Stock, Questions Raised Over Battery Life + Future

David Richards March 3, 2017 No Comments

With the Nintendo Switch set to go on sale today in Australia, several retailers still don’t have stock. Attempts by ChannelNews to contact Nintendo Australia staff in an effort to…

Snapchat Could Launch A Drone

Jon Bragg March 2, 2017 No Comments

Continuing its experiments into physical products that included the release of Spectacles last year, the company behind Snapchat is believed to be working on a drone. Sources told The New…

Xiaomi Launches Its Own Chip

Computer Daily News March 2, 2017 No Comments

Chinese government funding has helped Xiaomi produce its first smartphone processor. The support is the latest sign of China’s push to develop its semiconductor industry, which has included attempts to…

Apple Spends $50bn On Supplies

Computer Daily News March 2, 2017 No Comments

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 the iPhone-maker’s commitment to US manufacturing. Speaking at…

BREAKING NEWS: D+M Brands Marantz, Denon, Heos + Boston Acoustics Sold

David Richards March 2, 2017 No Comments

The largest supplier of loudspeakers in the USA, Sound United has snapped up D+M, manufacturers of Denon Marantz and Boston Acoustics, they also get the Heos by Denon High Res…

Optus Edges Closer To 5G Network

Jon Bragg March 1, 2017 No Comments

Optus and Huawei have successfully completed a test of Massive MIMO technology that will lay the groundwork for the telco’s 5G network. An aggregate cell throughput of 665Mbps was achieved in…

Several Circle Officeworks Including Anchorage Capital

David Richards March 1, 2017 No Comments

Several potential buyers are circling the $1.5 billion Officeworks business, among them is believed to be Anchorage Capital who pocketed millions acquiring Dick Smith, also running a ruler over the…