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Amazon Australia once again bringing some great deals for Black Friday
In the last couple of years Australians have jumped on board Black Friday sales in a big way and this year is set to be no different. As is the case with many...
Spotify free accounts can now be used on Amazon Echo speakers
Following closely behind Sonos offering use of free Spotify accounts, Amazon Echo speakers now share the same functionality. This is a big shot in the arm for current Echo speaker users as well...
Amazon launches Amazon Hub parcel pickup locations across Australia
With Amazon expanding its Australian distribution network and carving out a larger share of the Australian retail market the international retail giant has announced a new network of Australian parcel collection locations. The Amazon...
Amazon Deals: 3 Months Kindle Unlimited Free, 4 Months Amazon Music 99c
If your budget is tight for entertainment over summer, Amazon Australia have you sorted. They have two deals that give you access to several months of unlimited book reading and music streaming for a...
How to install the Amazon Appstore on your Huawei Mate 30 Pro
You might not be able to easily install Google's Mobile Services (and thus Play Store) on a new Huawei Mate 30 Pro, but that's not the only option going to get some of the...
Deal: $49 Amazon Echo Spot smart display runout at Officeworks and The Good Guys
In a sure sign that it's being sold in a stock clear-out, the Amazon Echo Spot is now available for $49 at Officeworks and The Good Guys.
The Amazon Echo Spot is a small round...
Amazon ‘Goes West’ down under. Perth, Jeff’s coming for you
Amazon Australia has announced today that they will be opening a fulfilment centre on the Western Cost of Australia, allowing the online retail behemoth to better serve Australia's western denizens. The new logistics operations...
Hey Alexa, Tell Me About Amazon’s 3 New Echo Speakers
Amazon Australia announced the availability today of three new speakers to join the existing family of smart home devices, some of them pictured below. The Echo Studio is the only completely new speaker launched...
Google drops to third place in worldwide smart speaker shipments, time for a refresh?
Let's face it, Google Home was great in its time but has since been long surpassed by other manufacturers. While it is possible that Google just wanted to open up the space to...
Amazon Echo Link and Echo Amp review — Adding streaming to your existing home...
The streaming speaker market is becoming flooded -- there’s Google Home, Home Mini, Home Hub, various Chromecast options, various brands of speaker with Google Assistant built-i, and that’s before you get to the Amazon...
Google Assistant is still the smartest digital helper, and getting even smarter
Every six months Loop Ventures puts the various digital assistants to the sword to see which comes out best. This year they have performed their usual testing on Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa...
Pick up a Huawei Mate 20 Pro dual SIM from JB Hi-Fi or Amazon...
If you’re after a dual sim device that doesn’t cost an arm and leg (or more), then you'll find Huawei's Mate 20 Pro, one of 2018's premier phones, is on sale at JB Hi-Fi and...
Amazon Prime Video gets Chromecast and Android TV support; hell’s temperature drops a few...
Great rivalries. You know them. Coke/Pepsi. Ford/Holden. Dogs/Cats. Amazon/Google. At least one of those has thawed a little overnight, and it's not Mr Snuffles playing nice with Duke. Amazon and Google brought each others'...
Amazon’s Echo Show 5 is available today in Australia for $129; shipping from Amazon...
Amazon has a new device in its Echo family available in Australia today - a cute little Alexa-powered display called the Echo Show 5.
We've seen standard, mini and maxi speakers and regular size screens,...
Amazon continues to refresh their Kindle lineup with the all-new Kindle Oasis
Many Australians read consistently and many of them have moved to digital e-readers. Of course the most well known of the e-readers is the Kindle, which Amazon has been refreshing continuously since it...