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We’re Opening! Eftpos Mobile Wallet

Staff Writers May 14, 2013 No Comments

Debit card payment system has signed a five-year agreement with mobile transactions pioneer, C-SAM, to provide an eftpos mobile wallet and Near Field Communications (NFC) widget for ‘touch and tap’ payments with your…

“The Connected Future Is Coming”

Staff Writers May 14, 2013 No Comments

CN: What appliance categories are LG going big on this year – LG have already said cooking appliances, washing machines and laundry, but what about smaller appliances? “LG has…

Samsung: Forget 4G, 5G Is “Hundreds Times Faster”

Staff Writers May 14, 2013 No Comments

Samsung has made a vital breakthrough for “ultra-high-speed” 5G technology by developing the first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for super fast cellular communications, it announced. …

Dick Drops M&C Saatchi For Ideaworks

Staff Writers May 13, 2013 No Comments

Retailer has dropped its old creative people for specialist retail ad agency Ideaworks. Dick Smith General Marketing Manager Cassie Wheeler said the retailer was “looking forward to having a strong retail…

Optus: Get Naked For Less

Staff Writers May 13, 2013 No Comments

Telco No. 2 has overhauled its fixed line broadband and phone plans with new TV phone/internet and NBN ‘bundles’, as well as broadband-only, phone-only plans. As Telsta announced new bundles…

Woollies Picks Teradata Platform

Staff Writers May 13, 2013 No Comments

The system is claimed to provide a faster, more efficient analytics platform capable of managing complex queries in a mixed-workload environment. “Woolworths is a consumer-centric business in which the data…

Telstra 1 Million IPTV Play

Staff Writers May 13, 2013 No Comments

Rick Ellis, Group Managing Director of Telstra Media, is setting an ambitious target of 1 million Internet TV (IPTV) devices sold by 2016, he told Australian Media. Telstra plans to introduce…

Retailer Battle For Mums Love

Staff Writers May 10, 2013 No Comments

The Good Guys are offering $2 delivery on small appliances and accessories for online orders this weekend, ahead of Mothers Day on Sunday. Items on offer include Electrolux A Modo…

Re-Start: Why Microsoft Has The Blues

Staff Writers May 10, 2013 No Comments

There’s “limited information” at this stage but drawing on what Microsoft has said there are two likely reasons to go to Windows Blue, IDC analyst Amy Cheah, told SmartHouse, including a chance…

Forget Boxes, Adobe ‘Cards’ To Hit Stores

Staff Writers May 10, 2013 No Comments

As the software giant announced it was scrapping selling software packs and moving to ‘Creative Cloud’ online subscription-only services this week, we wondered; would Adobe be banished from stores completely? Not…