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Sony Profits Up 100%

Staff Writers April 29, 2013 No Comments

Sony predicts net profit will be up 100% to $400m (40 bn yen) for year end March 31 2013 compared to its February net profit forecast of 20 bn yen. Sony upwards revision of…

Retail 2013: Where’s The Growth?

Staff Writers April 29, 2013 No Comments

Growth in Australian retail unsteady as the latest figures show industry turnover fell slightly to $21.7bn in January-March this year with just 3% growth, according to…

Samsung Galaxy Pushes Profit 42%

Staff Writers April 26, 2013 No Comments

Samsung revenues rose almost 17% to 52.87 trillion won the first quarter ended March 31. Net profit for Q1 was 7.15 trillion won or US$6.4 billion – a rise of…

LG Mobile Up, TV In The Dumps

Staff Writers April 24, 2013 No Comments

LG reports “solid” first-quarter and says its mobile business “resurging” but TV business gets a thumping in Q1. However, better mobile performance wasn’t enough to save the electronics giant –…

Harvey Norman Hijack Click Frenzy..But Site Crashes

Staff Writers April 24, 2013 No Comments

The retail giant sought to hijack the publicised Mother Day Click Frenzy sale yesterday by launching its own version called “Shop Frenzy” So did several other retailers including David Jones…

The Apple Has Fallen

Staff Writers April 24, 2013 No Comments

For the first time in 10 years, Apple reported a slump in profits, which dipped 18%, it confirmed today. Cupertino’s Profits for second quarter slipped to $9.5 billion for quarter…

Optus Battle For ‘The One’

Staff Writers April 23, 2013 No Comments

To mark the HTC One which goes on sale today, Optus is offering bonus Qantas Frequent Flyer (QFF) rewards to existing mobile postpaid customers with 8000 bonus QFF points when…

JB Hi-Fi: NOW, Its eBooks

Staff Writers April 23, 2013 No Comments

The electronics retailer announced the launch of its latest digital content platform: JB Hi-Fi NOW Books. Read all about it here. It already runs a digital music streaming via JB…

Its ON: Telstra “Treble Play” Foxtel + IPTV+ Internet

Staff Writers April 23, 2013 No Comments

Tipped for some time, Telstra finally launch “entertainer bundles” with 11 Foxtel channels (on T-Box), BigPond broadband, unlimited calls on home phone. And there also a bundle if you want…

Watch out iPad: Microsoft Go Mini

Staff Writers April 22, 2013 No Comments

Microsoft is joining the Mini Bandwagon – downsizing its 10.6″ Surface Windows 8 tablet, which will go head to head with iPad, Samsungs Note phablets that range from 5.8-8″, Galaxy…