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G Google’s threat to remove its search engine from Australia “would be a disaster” for small businesses and digital marketing agencies which rely on it to catch the attention of customers. Google warned it would pull its search engine from Australia in a Senate inquiry on Friday, if the government pushed ahead with its media bargaining code, which aims to make tech giants pay for news. Managing director of Google Australia, Mel Silva, told the inquiry into the bill that the new rules would be “unworkable” because they go against the basic functions of Google Search. While initial reactions to Silva’s...

Apple and Samsung have led continued growth in the smartphone market over the fourth quarter of 2020, with the iPhone manufacturer reclaiming the top spot. More than 385 million smartphones were shipped worldwide during the quarter, a 4.3 per cent growth year on year, according to data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Apple led the charts with 90.1 million devices, buoyed by the success of the iPhone 12, followed by Samsung at 73.9 million. Chinese companies Xiaomi, Oppo, and Huawei rounded out the top five. Samsung still led the 2020 calendar year, with 266.7 million units shipped to...

Tech behemoth Apple has posted a history-making quarterly revenue of $111.4 billion, powered by strong iPhone 12 sales last year. The California-based company announced its financial results for the fiscal 2021 first quarter ending December 26, 2020, with revenue up 21 per cent year-over-year. Apple’s quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.68 were also up by 35 per cent. In its results posting, Apple said international sales accounted for a huge 64 per cent of the quarter’s entire revenue. “This quarter for Apple wouldn’t have been possible without the tireless and innovative work of every Apple team member worldwide,” said Tim Cook,...

Samsung will continue to follow in the footsteps of rival Apple after confirming even more of its smartphone models will ship without complimentary earphones or a charger. The South Korean tech giant will not be including chargers in the retail packages of its latest flagship devices, the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra and it seems the change will affect other Galaxy models too, GizmoChina reports. In a press release earlier this week, Samsung’s smartphone boss Tae Moon Roh indicated the company will be working on gradually removing earphones and chargers from more phones in future. It is an interesting but not...

Laptops have been beefing up their batteries and screens for years to become brilliant mobile productivity sidekicks. Now with the addition of 5G, they’re even better. A number of manufacturers have announced new, razor-thin and incredibly powerful 5G-enabled laptops joining the range in the near future. Lenovo’s classic ThinkPad X1 lineup is now blessed with the speed you need, with the X1 Titanium Yoga now coming in a 5G flavour. At just over a kilogram in weight and sporting a 13.5-inch 2K display, it’s a great new flagship. Plus it packs in a fingerprint reader and an IR camera for fast and...