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Tax Office Allows $6,500 Spend; Tablets, Digital Storage Hot Sellers

Staff Writers June 26, 2013 No Comments

Sales data over the past three years has seen a shift in consumer purchasing habits, with the trend towards technology products continuing to grow, says Officeworks national merchandise manager, Phil…

BlackBerry Unveils New Secure Work Space Service

Staff Writers June 26, 2013 No Comments

Secure Work Space is a new option with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (version 10.1.1) which separates work and personal apps and data on the two operating systems for greater privacy,…

Apple To Pay $US100 Million To Parents Over Kids’ Gaming

Staff Writers June 26, 2013 No Comments

According to ABC News in the US, parents who claim their kids ran up unauthorised charges of $US30 or less will get $US5 worth of iTunes Store credit or $5…

Apple Shares Nosedive Below $400 On Analyst iPhone Comments

Staff Writers June 26, 2013 No Comments

The stock price has tumbled from a record high above $US700 in September last year. Bloomberg reported that Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, fell 2.7% to $US402.54 at the…

Samsung vs Apple In EU: Talks Held To Settle Smartphone Antitrust Case

Staff Writers June 26, 2013 No Comments

Samsung is reportedly holding talks with the EU regulator to settle charges that it abused its market position by barring arch-rival Apple from using an essential mobile phone patent. A…

Click Frenzy Fails To Attract A Crowd As Some Retailers Shun Event

June 26, 2013 No Comments

The apparently more modest June 25 attempt pushed the notion of an end-of-financial-year online sale, with Internet accelerator Akamai lending a hand at many sites. Some of last year’s big…

Retailers Bicker In Stoush Over Effect Of Falling $A

Staff Writers June 24, 2013 No Comments

JB Hi-Fi chief executive Terry Smart told the AFR today that the market may not allow price rises. “In the past few days we’ve seen – from some of the…

Love For Apple Fading

Staff Writers June 24, 2013 No Comments

Last week, we reported how Apple was losing its brand loyalty in Oz in March 2013. But new figures show it’s slipping further – loyalty has fallen another 1.5% since…

Lytro “Revolutionary” Box Camera Goes Mobile

Staff Writers June 21, 2013 No Comments

Lytro’s new mobile app for iOS app lets user upload light field pictures to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices via WiFi or 3G, and share to social networks. Users…

FIRST LOOK: New Samsung Win 8 ATIV Tab 3 Lacks Grunt Processor

Staff Writers June 21, 2013 No Comments

Coming in at just 8.2mm thick, the device has an Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor that runs Windows 8 in 32-bit mode, in comparison to the new LG Windows 8 TabBook, which…