While a record number of shoppers headed online for Christmas bargains this year, Australians are now left with over 16.7 million unwanted gifts that were received by disappointed friends and family, valued at over $500 million dollars.

A survey conducted for Telstra found a majority of small business owners and operators will be at work during the Christmas-New Year period.

There's little doubt that powerful smartphones have become the norm, and not just with businessmen but with everyday consumers. Thankfully, WhistleOut has come to help with a new guide to buying smartphones, and understanding the jargon that inevitably goes along with it.

Ruslan Kogan today announced that his online business is "undergoing tremendous growth" and told big retailers to "move on."

Following Wednesday's announcement of a (small) victory for Samsung over Apple in their ongoing court battle, Apple has managed to turn the tables.  Again.

Google says searches for terms related to Christmas shopping are up this year, and is advising retailers to review their advertising focus and budget to reflect consumer behaviour.

With eBay having placed cheeky ads telling users to browse at malls like Westfield, but then buy on eBay, the auction house is now telling users to sell unwanted gifts on eBay, rather than fighting the post-Christmas sales crowds to take them back to the stores eBay recommended not to buy from in the first place.

Did you know that Santa has two ten-thousandths of a second to deliver presents to 842 million homes on Christmas Eve? British journalist Roger Highfield explains this magnificent feat of super-duper-sonic travel, and other scientific explanations, in his book “Can Reindeer Fly?”

There must be something in the eggnog around the Valve headquarters, as the company's Steam Christmas sale has outdone virtually every other gaming sale in history.  

If you’re an Android OS user and you’re a bit of a traveller, you may well be pleased to know that Lonely Planet has dropped the price of each of its “Compass City Guide” Android apps from US $4.99 to only US 99c each.