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Jeff Roberts
Jan 23, 2012 10:34 AM
A New Zealand court today delayed its decision over whether to grant bail to the founder of Megaupload after prosecutors argued that Kim Dotcom is an “extreme flight risk.” The development comes after a new series of revelations about the man whose file-sharing company is at the center of an…
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Legal, Copyright, Piracy, Companies, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, extradition, kim dotcom, megaupload
Ingrid Lunden
Dec 9, 2011 6:03 AM
Two more advances in the ongoing, international fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android tablet maker Samsung over alleged patent violations, this time in France and Australia, plus one more appeal from Apple in the case being heard in a U.S. district court in California. With no obvious overall “winner”…
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Ingrid Lunden
Dec 2, 2011 6:14 AM
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answer to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Store retail phenomenon, the unveiling of an Android retail operation, in Melbourne. Meanwhile, Samsung got dealt one more blow in Sydney’s courtrooms, as…
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Ingrid Lunden
Nov 25, 2011 9:01 AM
Could there be a little glimmer of light at the end of the tablet injunction tunnel for Samsung in Australia? With Christmas now exactly one month away, a panel of appeals judges in Sydney is considering overturning the order that has prohibited Samsung from launching its 10.1-inch tablet in the…
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Ingrid Lunden
Nov 15, 2011 6:00 AM
One more development in the legal fight between Samsung and Apple: a court in Australia has granted a March date for a case being brought by Samsung against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for patent infringement, with Samsung’s aim being to get the iPhone 4S banned from sale, unless the two sides…
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Legal, Patents, Policy, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, RIM, Samsung, Countries, Europe, Australia & New Zealand, Asia, Korea, annabelle bennett
Laura Hazard Owen
Nov 7, 2011 5:24 PM
On the heels of opening its doors in the UK and Canada, the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) eBookstore launched today in Australia. Google is also launching its affiliate program today in all three countries.
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Laura Hazard Owen
Oct 20, 2011 2:57 PM
The Australian, which is owned by News Limited and is part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), is adding a paywall to its website, mobile site and apps starting on Monday. It will also relaunch redesigned versions of the website and mobile site that day.
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 4, 2011 8:08 AM
If it sounded like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) might just agree to some kind of deal with Samsung in Australia—which would have let Samsung launch its legally-disputed 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab tablet in the country—you might need your hearing checked. Today, Apple formally rejected Samsung’s compromise offer, presented in court last week,…
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Robert Andrews
Sep 27, 2011 11:55 AM
The UK’s leading TV catch-up brand is having a weird global launch. After debuting on iPad only in 11 European countries this July for €6.99 a month or €49.99 a year, it will now go to Australia.
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 2, 2011 9:50 AM
The News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) board will look a little different after the company’s Oct. 21 annual shareholders meeting but, so far, not when it comes to anyone named Murdoch. Two longtime directors are leaving the board, which has been criticized for being too stacked with directors who have ties…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 29, 2011 4:51 AM
A mixed bag of news for Samsung today that underscores the ups and downs it has faced in its bid to overtake Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and the iPad in the tablet market. On the same day that the Korea-based mobile device maker announced a new LTE-powered tablet, it found out…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 26, 2011 7:52 AM
Update: Samsung has now met with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in court, and has agreed to delay the sale of its 10.1-inch Tab by another month. New story here. Original post below. Samsung has so far managed to dampen any damaging rulings or injunctions from Apple’s legal actions in Europe against…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 15, 2011 11:25 AM
A small but significant acquisition for Disney-owned sports network ESPN: it is buying Australian company ExtraCorp Pty. Ltd, owners of the fantasy league and sports tipping site footytips. The deal gives ESPN (NYSE: DIS) a leg up in the world of sporting social media, specifically helping it grow in sports-mad…
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Advertising, Apps, Entertainment, Sports, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Disney, ESPN, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, extracorp, footytips
Laura Hazard Owen
Aug 12, 2011 9:14 AM
Pearson (NYSE: PSO) Australia’s acquisition of REDGroup’s online business, including the Borders Australia website and the website of bookstore chain Angus & Robertson, won’t give Pearson-owned publisher Penguin a monopoly over Australia’s e-book supply chain, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided.
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Robert Andrews
Jun 8, 2011 9:45 AM
Australia’s main newspaper publishers, News Ltd and Fairfax Media, will begin charging for some of their web content later this year, but are balancing free and paid content.
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Robert Andrews
Mar 21, 2011 7:15 AM
Australasian news publisher Fairfax Media is launching Treat Me in New Zealand, saying: “Treat Me will harness the retro coolness of vouchers and coupons, kicked off by Groupon in the USA back in 2008.
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Joe Mullin
Feb 24, 2011 5:23 PM
While content companies certainly aren’t happy about the amount of pirated content flowing over the internet, suing U.S. internet service providers for piracy is practically impossible. That’s because as long as they follow certain rules, ISPs have a “safe harbor” from copyright lawsuits under U.S. law. That kind of protection…
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Legal, Piracy, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Countries, Australia & New Zealand
Robert Andrews
Feb 10, 2011 8:00 AM
Australia’s Fairfax Media - publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age - has come out fighting and super-bullish about its paid business content strategy, in the face of withering criticism…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jan 20, 2011 3:14 AM
Yahoo7, the Australian portal that is a joint venture between Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Australian broadcaster Channel Seven, is buying top Australian daily deals site Spreets for a reported $40 million. Spreets describes itself as the first daily deals site in Australia and New Zealand—it’s nearly a year old—and claims…
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Advertising, Daily Deals, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Yahoo, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, spreets, yahoo7
David Kaplan
Jun 10, 2010 10:33 AM
Indian ad net Komli Media has acquired Australian online rep firm PostClick. The deal is intended to expand Komli’s reach across the Asia Pacific region, which still has a lot of potential for online ad spending to grow. The combination of Komli and PostClick gives the two companies a reach…
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