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New Tommy Hilfigier Jackets Top Up Smartphones + Tablets

David Richards December 5, 2014 No Comments

Ideal for those who work outside in winter or treck in the mountains the new jackets come with with embedded solar panels for charge mobile devices. The battery-equipped tartan garments,…

Free To Air + Foxtel Under Threat As Viewers Flock To Cheap Subscription TV

David Richards December 4, 2014 No Comments

According to new Nielsen data viewership of traditional free to air TV programs have plunged nearly 4%in the last quarter, as consumers move to online video streaming from the likes…

EXCLUSIVE: GFK PC Data Reveals Winners + Losers In PC Market

David Richards December 1, 2014 No Comments

One of the big winners appears to be Acer who after a disasterous 2013 appear to have grown market share in the value end of the market. While HP is…

PC War Looms, Harvey Norman Struggle,As Lenovo + HP Get Set To Launch Sub $500 Touch Screen Win PC

David Richards November 30, 2014 No Comments

We have also been told that a low cost PC war is set to break out with both Lenovo and Hewlett Packard set to launch sub $500 Windows based PC’s…

New Android 5.0 OS Described As “Shockingly Bad”.

David Richards November 20, 2014 No Comments

Users who have already moved to the Asus manufactured Nexus tablet that runs Android 5.0 claim that the new OS is causing devices to run slowly and repeatedly crash, with…

Nokia Back In Mobile Devices With N1

Staff Writers November 20, 2014 No Comments

Nokia, which this year sold its handset division to Microsoft, plans to bring the N1 to the Chinese market in the first quarter of 2015, retailing at an estimated US$249…

EXCLUSIVE:Former Samsung VP Of Sales Takes Senior Role With Distie

David Richards November 18, 2014 No Comments

Richardson who was credited with increasing Samsung sales in Australia, previously worked for Philips. He replaces Charbel Younis a former Harvey Norman executive who left Tempo last month to join…

Dick Smith To Expand Move Women Targeted

Staff Writers November 17, 2014 No Comments

In September, Dick Smith announced that Move stores will open in seven Sydney airport locations from February 2015, stating it would look at further opportunities with duty free operator Gebr.…

Toshiba & HP Under Pressure From Sub $200 Lenovo + Asus Chromebooks

David Richards November 17, 2014 No Comments

Lenovo and ASUS are set to release Chromebooks using Google-certified processors from China-based Rockchip in the first half of 2015. Currently Toshiba and Hewlett Packard Chrombook’s are selling for $398…

Optus Profit Rises In Second Quarter

Staff Writers November 13, 2014 No Comments

Optus posted net profit of $230 million for the quarter, with operating revenue rising 1.7 per cent year-on-year to $2.16 billion. For the half year, Optus posted net profit of…