Collective buying website OurDeal has officially launched in Melbourne and Adelaide today, joining Sydney.  OurDeal's collective structure capitalises on the power of numbers to leverage discounts for consumers. Since launching in Sydney in ...

Online travel booking agency Wotif.com Holdings has grown its share of the Australian accommodation market and the flights market to post a 21.6 per cent rise in full-year profit.  Wotif.com reported net profit after tax of $52.95 million in...

Online retailer Big Brown Box reports positive customer feedback since the July launch of its dedicated store on eBay offering electrical appliances and consumer goods.  The site - http://stores.ebay.com.au/BigBrownBox - sells only brand new...

Search giant Google has bought the shopping comparison website Like.com.  Like.com specialises in visual search technology that lets people hunt online for bargains using pictures of clothing, handbags, shoes or other items they might desire. ...

Seventy companies have been chosen as finalists in the inaugural Amber Awards for online service providers.  The finalists were selected from a comprehensive field of online businesses that receive the most traffic by Australian visitors. Th...

Thousands of Melbourne youths are planning a massive game of hide-and-seek in Ikea's huge Richmond store.  A Facebook page set up earlier this month promoting the guerilla event on August 29 has so far attracted nearly 3000 participants. The...

New Zealand shoppers are about to receive another tool in their quest for bargains with Lasoo's launch of iPad and iPhone applications Friday.  The Lasoo iPad application is one of only a few New Zealand iPad applications currently in the ma...

Intel Corp is making the biggest acquisition in its history with the $A8.54 billion takeover of computer-security software maker McAfee Inc - an expensive example of Intel's commitment to serve an increasing array of internet-connected devices. ...

Online travel service provider Webjet has announced a series of changes to its board, naming a new chairman, MD and executive director.  In a statement on Wednesday, Webjet said current director John Guscic would be appointed MD from April 2...

Flixter, an iPhone app used by millions of US moviegoers, has made its Australian debut.  'Movies' from Flixster combines movie information with social networking to create the world’s biggest online movie community, incorporating crit...