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Google Takes On iPhone 6 Plus, iPad + Apple TV With New Nexus Offering

Staff Writers October 16, 2014 No Comments

Google’s new premium devices include the Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet and a Nexus Player set-top box. Ironically Google has priced the devices close to the cost of the…

Crowded Market Puts The Brakes On Tablet Sales Growth

Staff Writers October 16, 2014 No Comments

Gartner estimates global tablet sales will hit 229 million units in 2014, an 11 per cent increase from 2013, representing a steep decline from last year’s growth of 55 per…

Intel Drops $1B Trying To Play In Smartphone Market, LTE Modem + Push By PC Companies Set To Save Them

David Richards October 16, 2014 No Comments

Moving forward the Chipmaker who reported an overall net profit for the third quarter of $3.32bn which was up from $2.95bn a year earlier is banking on a move by…

New Fitbit Charge Leaked In OZ Stores Soon

David Richards October 16, 2014 No Comments

The new Fitbit fitness trackers look similar to Force, with the added inclusion of a heart rate monitoring. Marketing materials for two wrist-based devices called the Fitbit Charge and the…

Qualcomm Forks Out $2.5B For Company Behind Dr Dre’s Beats Headphones

David Richards October 15, 2014 No Comments

The cash offer trumps an earlier bid by US Company Microchip Technology, whose approach in August was rejected by CSR as too low. CSR and Microchip had been in talks…

Connected Device Numbers Set To Soar

Staff Writers October 15, 2014 No Comments

This is an average of 1.7 devices for every person on the planet, which will more than double by 2020 to 4.3, when 33 billion devices will be in use,…

New CEO For Australia’s Indie Music Body AIR

Staff Writers October 14, 2014 No Comments

At JB Hi-Fi, Nevin was responsible for the retail chain’s ‘Now’ streaming music service that was launched in 2011, ahead of Rdio, Deezer and Spotify. Nevin started his career with…

HTC Boss Talks About The Future For Smartphones + Devices

David Richards October 10, 2014 No Comments

The Company has also launched a cloud-based social network called Zoe, which the camera – and any phone – will be able to upload photos and videos to. The concept…

Apple Set To Delay Launch Of New 12.9″ iPad

David Richards October 9, 2014 No Comments

Apple’s larger iPad is tipped to come with a 12.9-inch liquid-crystal-display screen with resolution that is similar to the current 9.7-inch iPad Air. Apple who is set to host an…

New HTC 13MP Selfie HTC Desire Eye Smartphone Revealed

David Richards October 9, 2014 No Comments

A key component of the new smartphone is a suite of imaging software and a13MP front and rear camera that HTC claims captures detailed image that allows users to zoom,…