Printer, copier sales decline

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market declined 1,2% year over year to approximately 25-million units shipped in the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. Both...
More Antarctic glaciers are losing ice

More Antarctic glaciers are losing ice

East Antarctica has the potential to reshape coastlines around the world through sea level rise, but scientists have long considered it more stable than its neighbor, West Antarctica. Now, new detailed NASA maps of ice velocity and elevation show that a group of...

New model for development funding launched

ixo.world, a Swiss not for profit foundation has launched a digital system that aims to impact the world of development funding and ensure that intentions are met. Dr Shaun Conway, ixo.world founder and president, comments: “We all want to create a more...

Holiday season sees move to bigger TVs

Although overall TV shipments in the third quarter of 2018 were flat compared to the previous year, the average TV unit-shipment screen size increased more than any previous quarter in more than a year. While strong seasonality from promotions for the World Cup raised...

Despite knowledge gap, most people are keen on 5G

People are excited about the future of 5G-enabled entertainment and are willing to pay more – but there is still much the industry needs to do to create anticipation and close the 5G knowledge gap. This is one of the findings from a new Intel study, “5G...

Poor BI, analytics maturity stymies modernisation

More than 87% of organisations are classified as having low business intelligence (BI) and analytics maturity, according to a survey by Gartner. This creates a big obstacle for organizations wanting to increase the value of their data assets and exploit emerging...