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Aussie Net User Numbers Hit 14 Mil: New Govt. Figures

Computer Daily News October 3, 2017 No Comments

Australia now has almost 14 million Internet subscribers, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which has been counting registered subscribers up until the end…

EXCLUSIVE: GFK OZ Sold, Revenues Set To Fall

David Richards September 20, 2017 No Comments

GFK Australia who are facing a dramatic downturn in revenue after two of Australia’s largest consumer electronics retailers Harvey Norman and JB Hi Fi stopped the German Company from collecting…

IFA 2017: OZ CE Market Set To Grow By Over 4%

David Richards September 4, 2017 No Comments

Days after JB Hi Fi delivered a record result GFK whose Australian operation has been shunned by both Harvey Norman and JB Hi Fi has used an IFA presentation to…

Global Notebook Sales Rise, Says Trendforce

Fergus Halliday August 16, 2017 No Comments

Market research firm Trendforce has claimed that global notebook shipments for this second quarter of 2017 amounted to a sequential quarterly increase of 5.7% and a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. “HP consecutively…

Consumer Reports Slam Microsoft Surface Over Reliability Concerns

Fergus Halliday August 11, 2017 No Comments

New claims by US-based Consumer Reports have found Microsoft’s Surface devices sorely lacking when it comes to reliability. As originally reported by Reuters, The nonprofit’s latest reliability study found that 25%…

Freeview Says Aussies Stream 1.5 Billion Minutes Of Catch-Up TV A Month

Fergus Halliday August 11, 2017 No Comments

According to a new report by digital TV service Freeview, Australians streaming more than 1.5 billion minutes of catch-up and live streamed content in the past month. According to Freeview CEO…

Apple And Fitbit Lose Ground In Wearables Market, Says Canalys

Fergus Halliday August 11, 2017 No Comments

A new report by Canalys claims that the total worldwide wearable band market has grown 8% year-on-year in Q2 2017. According to Canalys Research Analyst Mo Jia, “the hype surrounding smartwatches has been short-lived…

Exclusive: CE Vendors Respond To Harvey Norman-GFK Split

Fergus Halliday August 10, 2017 No Comments

Several vendors in the consumer electronics space have indicated they will continue to work with GFK Australia, despite the decision by major retailer Harvey Norman to part ways with the…

Security Vulnerabilities Found In Solar Panels

David Richards August 9, 2017 No Comments

Thousands of Australian homes that use solar panels and connect back to the electricity grid could be targeted by hackers a Dutch researcher has said. Willem Westerhof found 17 vulnerabilities…

Bandwidth To Act As Barrier To VR Growth

David Richards August 9, 2017 No Comments

3D was a dismal failure for retailers and their reluctance to back VR so far appears to be justified. A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that data consumption by…