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Fitbit Wins First Round In Ongoing Fight With Jawbone

David Richards May 2, 2016 No Comments

Fitbit has come out on top in the first round, after a major spat with arch rival Jawbone, though the fight is not over yet. In a ruling released late…

Microsoft Moves To Nobble Customers With New Cortana Stunt

David Richards May 1, 2016 No Comments

Microsoft who has already been branded a ‘predatory monopolist Company’ that in the past openly violated antitrust laws could face new action with their latest Cortana stunt. This time the…

Harvey Norman PC Strategy Dented As Gaming PC Sales Soar

David Richards May 1, 2016 No Comments

A decision to buy tens of millions of dollars’ worth of PC’s prior to Xmas including exclusivity on a new Lenovo range of gaming machines, has backfired on Harvey Norman…

PayPal Mobile Lures Customers

Computer Daily News April 29, 2016 No Comments

PayPal continues to draw new customers and merchants ahead of competition, on the back of new features such as a mobile payments offering. PayPal handled $81.1 billion (A$106 billion) in…

CeBIT Names Keynotes Team

Computer Daily News April 29, 2016 No Comments

Bill Ferris, described as Australia’s first venture capitalist and chair of the Government’s Innovation and Science Australia Board, is among the keynote speakers who will open the CeBIT Australia event…

‘We’re Not Finished Yet’: Quickflix Puts Rescue Plan To Administrator

Computer Daily News April 29, 2016 No Comments

Quickflix founder and chairman Stephen Langsford is adamant that the Perth-based streaming service will survive, despite being placed in voluntary administration this week. He has accused rival streaming service Stan…

Major Shareholder Dumps Apple Stock, More Tipped To Follow

David Richards April 29, 2016 No Comments

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has dumped his Apple stock overnight, resulting in Apple Share value taking another dive. The dumping comes as analystists finally realise that the Apple machine…

Don’t Expect A Lot Out Of Apple’s WWDC This Year

David Richards April 29, 2016 No Comments

Apple sales are in decline and if Steve Jobs had still been around the upcoming Apple World Wide Developers Conference would have been an event that you simply could not…

Logitech Reports Best Sales Growth In 5 Years

David Richards April 29, 2016 No Comments

Logitech International who last month acquired headphone brand Jaybird, has delivered their best annual sales growth in five years. The Swiss based Company reported a strong close to the fiscal…

Amazon Reports Record Profits As OZ Launch Gets Closer

David Richards April 29, 2016 No Comments

Amazon who is currently scoping the Australian market with a view to launching a local version of their online store, has reported a massive surge in profit, a major contributor…