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Wearable Tech Up ‘N Up in OZ: Jawbone

Staff Writers April 10, 2013 No Comments

And “its just the beginning,” Jawbone’s Jorgen Nordin told SmartHouse as wearable tech looks set to be the latest craze among consumers. Jawbone Head of Channel and Partner Development EMEA,…

Sue You: Kogan Off To Court

April 10, 2013 No Comments

Online retailer Ruslan Kogan has launched a lawsuit against prepaid mobile distributor ispOne after it began dumping some over-enthusiastic users of his recently launched Kogan Mobile service. Mobile distributor ispOne…

Forget S 4: How About A Samsung 6″ Mega ‘Phablet’?

Staff Writers April 10, 2013 No Comments

And it will be big, apparently. Over six inches to be precise – hard to imagine since we already have trouble fitting a 4.99″ Galaxy S 3 phone into most…

Labor’s $40bn NBN V Libs $30bn FttN – Who Wins?

Staff Writers April 10, 2013 No Comments

The Federal Coalition’s $30 billion plan for an alternative, slower but cheaper National Broadband Network – announced yesterday by Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott at a joint press conference –…

LG On Appliance Prowl in OZ

Staff Writers April 9, 2013 No Comments

Ambitious Korean electronics giant is looking to gain new ground in appliances as it revealed LG is now king of the refridgeration market Down Under, since last month. And it’s…

Anuus Horribulus: HTC 98% Profit Slide

Staff Writers April 9, 2013 No Comments

Net profits slump 98% to NT$85 ($2.8m) for the first quarter 2013, HTC said today. Net income after tax was NT$4.4bn Q1 2012 and comes after its One Android smartphone,…

Its Here (Almost): Voda 4G “OZ Fastest” Hits June

April 9, 2013 No Comments

“From June, we’ll start switching on customers who already have an eligible phone plan and 4G phone” telco No. 3 confirmed today, after months of speculation. “We’ll be kicking off…

No WiFi, But LG ‘SmartWashers’ Hang Rivals …Out To Dry?

Staff Writers April 8, 2013 No Comments

As the new leader in the fridge market as of last month, LG is now turning its attention to washers, a category which it is the No. 1 player since…

Droid’s Facebook’s “Home”… So Where’s iPhone?

Staff Writers April 8, 2013 No Comments

Facebook “Home isn’t a phone or operating system, but it’s “more than just an app,” Facebook said last week as it launched Home which eschews apps and gives the Facebook…

NBN Heading To Be A $90 Billion Disaster Coalition To Reveal

David Richards April 8, 2013 No Comments

The pet project of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was initially scheduled to cost $56 Billion dollars. Currently the project is behind time with observers now claiming that it could take…