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The Australian consumer watchdog has taken Facebook parent Meta to the Federal Court, accusing the company of placing false, misleading or deceptive ads for cryptocurrencies featuring Australian celebrities.

Clickbait-loving naybobs of negativity once bemoaned that most of Apple's sales were attributable to its iPhone, and that there are no cheap mid-range models, but now that Apple has grown, adding newer products and services, 'lower' but still in the tens of MILLIONS of iPhone sales are... bad?

With top of the line smartphones costing anywhere from $1500 to $2500 and beyond, and with smartphones lasting longer than ever thanks to OS and security updates, safely buying second hand via the security of a refurbished model can be a totally smart saving.

Online retailer Kogan has rebounded from an uninspiring debut on the ASX to come in ahead of forecasts with a 5.4% jump in revenue to $211.16 million and a lift in profits for the year to the end of June.

Shares in online discount retailer Kogan crashed by more than 16% in their first day of trading on the ASX on Thursday, plunging from the listing price of $1.80 to just $1.50 when the market closed.

Proudly boasting of being ‘Back and Better than Ever,’ Kogan has taken control and has brought Dick Smith back to life the day after the old physical stores closed forever.

With all Dick Smith stores closing down on Tuesday, 3 May, an iconic brand in physical form will sadly pass away - only to live again another day!

The demise of Dick Smith Electronics left Chinese smartphone maker OPPO without a vehicle to fulfil its ambitions of being number three in Australia. Its performance at Dick Smith was outstanding and gave JB Hi-Fi the confidence to take on this relatively new brand.

The Warranty Group has announced it will honour all valid claims under extended warranties sold by Dick Smith across Australia and New Zealand.

The iconic Dick Smith brand – not the person who is alive and well – has been resurrected by online retailer Kogan.com.

The demise of the Dick Smith group of electronic stores is now complete, with receivers to close all stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, with close  to 3,000 staff to lose their jobs.

The ‘Dick Smith team,’ which is presumably its receivers administrators first and foremost, have issued an ‘open letter’ to customers in the hope you’ll buy something.

The future, or lack of it, for the Dick Smith stores may become clearer later this week as administrators look at options for the group ahead of a creditors meeting scheduled for Thursday.

Optus has stepped in to replace troubled electronics retailer Dick Smith as the Melbourne Stars’ Principal Partner and the Club’s Official Mobile Media Partner for the remainder of the Big Bash League (BBL) Twenty20 cricket season.

Creditors, shareholders, suppliers and customers of electronics retailer Dick Smith have been left in limbo as they wait to see what is to happen to the company’s hundreds of stores throughout Australia and New Zealand after the business was placed in voluntary administration.

Oppo has claimed a significant share of Android smartphone sales with a 34% growth this year showing it is viable, more affordable choice to many more expensive handsets.

Managed cloud IT services provider Bulletproof says it has capitalised on Australia’s expanding $4.15 billion public cloud market to record strong revenue growth for the 2015 year.

Australian-based City Beach Software has signed up its 500th customer, just three years after the company was launched, securing a contract with online retailer Bing Lee to use its Omnivore retail feed management platform.

OPPO has released the Mirror 5s – the second new model in as many months. It is aimed squarely at the mass market and offers value well above the price.

The Dick Smith electronics retail group has seen solid growth in its online business over the past 12 months, with online sales now comprising 8% of total retail sales across the Australian business.