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Oz Post Deliveries Hit New Record, Driven By Online Sales

Computer Daily News December 13, 2016 No Comments

Australia Post was expected to process a record number of parcels through its delivery centre yesterday, largely driven by a major increase in online purchases. With two million parcels to…

Suppliers On Watch As Woolies Walks Without Charge

Fergus Halliday December 12, 2016 No Comments

After last week’s ruling in the federal court by Judge David Yates that dismissed claims by the ACCC that Woolworths broke the law by demanding retrospective payments from suppliers to…

ATO Listing Reveals Oz IT Companies That Paid No Tax In FY15

Computer Daily News December 12, 2016 No Comments

Many of the largest technology-based companies operating in Australia – including some world leaders – paid no tax in Australia in the year to June 30, 2015, the Australian Tax…

House Brand Distributor Crest Set To Benefit From Amazon

David Richards December 12, 2016 No Comments

When The Crest company, lost the rights to several audio brands such as Philips and Sony they turned to developing their own house brands spanning cables, power management and connectivity…

Alcatel Talks Up IDC Numbers, Modular POP 5 And VR-Heavy 2017 Offering

Fergus Halliday December 9, 2016 No Comments

“Joy is part of our DNA” announced Alcatel’s Sam Skontos at an exclusive media gathering in Sydney earlier today. At the event, the VP and managing director of Alcatel ANZ…

FitBit CEO Talks Up “Life-Saving” Potential Of Brand

Fergus Halliday December 9, 2016 No Comments

FitBit cofounder James Park has talked up the company’s plans to invest into healthcare via a partnership with California-based medical technology company Medtronic. According to him, “wearing a Fitbit should…

Woolies Win Lets Dick Smith Execs Off The Hook

Fergus Halliday December 8, 2016 No Comments

Former Dick Smith managers, and Woolworth execs, can breath a sigh of relief, after a federal court ruled that hitting up suppliers for additional money was not illegal. Judge David…

HTC, Sony, Samsung, Facebook and More Band Together On VR Advocacy

Fergus Halliday December 8, 2016 No Comments

Facebook’s Oculus, Google, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Samsung, and Acer have joined forces to form a VR-industry consortium called the Global Virtual Reality Association. The nonprofit organization that will work…

Alcatel to build Vocus’s $227m SE Asia cable; market unmoved

Computer Daily News December 7, 2016 No Comments

Australia’s No 4 telco Vocus Communications is looking to snare more business in South-East Asia after committing to the building of a 4600km submarine cable linking Australia to Singapore and…

How Indian IT professionals Are using 457 Visa’s To Take Australian Jobs

Computer Daily News December 7, 2016 No Comments

The huge – and growing – number of Indian IT workers entering Australia on so-called 457 visas and paid low salaries by Australian standards is blocking thousands of highly-skilled Australian…