Absa customers warned of possible data leak
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Ongoing lockdowns to drive double-digit PC growth
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Innovation is vital, but companies don’t enable it
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Global smartphone sales in Q3 decline
Worldwide smartphone sales to end-users totaled 366-million units in the third quarter of 2020, down 5,7% from the third quarter of 2019, according to Gartner. Overall global mobile phone sales to end users totaled 401-million units, a decline of 8,7% year-over-year....
Rebound for large-format, industrial printers
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Online comes to the fore on Black Friday
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Independent SMEs saw 46% Black Friday improvement
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E-commerce the winner on Black Friday
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How Covid-19 impacted Black Friday sales
The impact of lockdown and Covid-19 was evident as Black Friday sales got off to a disappointing start with total spend down 63%, and trading volumes plummeting 33%, by comparison to last year, in the first minute after the clock struck midnight. Unlike last year,...
Smartphone shipments return to growth
Following a stronger than expected third quarter (3Q20), the global smartphone market is expected to return to growth during the holiday quarter this year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone...
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