Synlait Milk Ltd., a New Zealand milk processing firm, will now have better chances of doubling its capacity at its South Island plant because of a new offer from Bright Dairy & Food Co.
Dustin Moscovitz, co-founder of social networking Web site Facebook, expresses disapproval for the forthcoming film The Social Network.
Singapore-based commodity trader Olam International Ltd. has expressed plans to buy into NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Ltd. offering NZ$109.6 million ($77 million).
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsSocial networking company Foursquare is in talks with Microsoft, Google and Yahoo over using its data to help enrich search results, UK paper The Telegraph reported on Monday. According to co-founder Dennis Crowley, the data would be anonymized and then shared.Foursquare is one...
Swords & Soldiers, the originally Wii-exclusive game marches its way from one console to another with its release on the Playstation platform.
Singapore-based commodity trader Olam International Ltd. has expressed plans to take control of NZ Farmin Systems NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Ltd. offering NZ$109.6 million ($77 million).
Australian mining exploration and development firm Aquila Resources has high hopes to produce hard coking coal from its Washpool project but needs would require $320 million of capital investment.
Smartphone manufacturers bristle at Apple's claim that the iPhone 4's reception problems is a norm across the whole industry.
Patrick Kerley, a crisis communication expert for Levick Strategic Communications, says that Apple should have responded faster to the uproar over the iPhone 4's reception problems.
Australian hospital operator Healthscope Ltd. has approved of the for A$2 billion ($1.7 billion) offer of Carlyle Group and TPG Capital.
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsEuropean telecommunications giant Nokia-Siemens announced today that it will acquire the majority of Motorola Inc's wireless network infrastructure business for $1.2 billion.Nokia Siemens announced this morning that it will acquire Motorola's GSM and CDMA infrastructure bus...
Research reveals that more than half of parents with teens in social networking Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter believe that their children are becoming dumber.
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsGoogle moved to better its search results by acquiring Metaweb, a San Francisco based company that maintains an open database of "things," and their relationships to one another. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Metaweb's database currently includes some 12 million items, i...
Fujitsu Australia formalizes a $151.3 million deal with the Australian Department of Defence.
By Joe Wilcox, BetanewsYesterday, I recommendedfive things Apple should do during today's press conference about iPhone 4. Within hours of the post, Apple already had done two -- release a software update and informally deny that there would be an iPhone 4 recall.During today's media event, Apple CE...
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsData released by NPD Group Thursday indicates that among a wider slump in the video game industry in June, Microsoft was able to move back into the top spot in console sales for the first time in months. Overall revenues were down six percent year-over-year to $1.1 billion.Soft...
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsIn a short-notice press conference today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs addressed the iPhone 4 reception issues that have been at the top of tech news for several weeks. In short, users complained of a significant drop in wireless signal when they touched a certain area of the iPhon...
Swan Taxis, the leading taxi operator in Western Australia, has advised the firm’s shareholders to approve the takeover offer worth $38.8 million of ComfortDelGro, a transport company based in Singapore.
CSL boosts the medical research capacities of Victoria with its announcement of the expansion of primary biotech facility worth $235 million.
Jentla, a Queensland-based software company, says that the new program to certify extensions for the open-source content management system Joomla will benefit small Aussie developers.
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsComputer company Dell today issued a statement announcing that it has proposed settlements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission "on terms consistent with the settlement framework described in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ende...
Optus, the mobile broadband service provider, demonstrates the initial results of its Long Term Evolution 4G mobile trials.
Victoria's police department says that international crime syndicates have taken around $80 million from Australian bank accounts.
In a new report, the Wall Street Journal says that Apple, the electronics company, will not be recalling the iPhone 4.
Australian toll-road operator Intoll Group (ASX:ITO) has posted strong June quarter revenue and traffic growth on its two toll roads.
Air New Zealand Ltd (ASX:AIZ, NZX:AIR) the nation's largest carrier, has dismissed speculations it is looking to acquire a stake in Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd (ASX:VBA).
Charles Schumer, a Democratic senator from New York, sent an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs over the much-publicized reception issues of the iPhone 4.
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsThere is no shortage of file sharing services out there, and most offer a free tier that lets users upload and download very limited quantities of data, followed by a couple of subscription tiers for users interested in sharing more data. Typically, the first level of these...
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsDiscovery Communications intellectual property subsidiary Discovery Patent Holdings filed suit against Amazon Wednesday, claiming Amazon's line of Kindle e-book readers infringe on two patents held by the company. The suit is the second between the two companies over such techn...
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsDownload MaxiVista iPad for Windows from Fileforum now!Windows users can now use the Apple iPad as a wireless display extension with a software package released in beta today called MaxiVista from German software company Bartels Media.MaxiVista's multi-monitor software lets...
