Player 3 enters the detachables OS game

Global tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) reached 31,7-million, declining 11,7% from the prior year, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. However, the growing niche of...

Despite underuse, cloud infrastructure grows

Worldwide spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to grow, reaching $17-billion in the first quarter of 2018. This represents a 47% increase on the same period last year. Amazon Web Services (AWS) stayed ahead of the competition, up 49% this quarter. The...

SA NPO takes on multinational

A South African non-profit organisation is taking on one of India’s biggest multinational companies in an IP appropriation case. Collaborative Stakeholder Movement (CSM) is taking legal action against Bangalore-based IT giant Wipro, chaired by Azim H Premji. The...

Users warned about malicious Android apps

South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) has urged the country’s 35-million-plus mobile users to be on the look-out for malicious apps designed for use on the Android mobile operating system. Worldwide, almost 75% of...

Europe is not yet multi-cloud ready

A recent survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) found that only a small minority of European organizations have taken sufficient steps toward establishing a fully-fledged multicloud strategy. “Virtually all European enterprises will soon use multiple...

Future looks bleak for pay TV

The cord-cutting trend that threatens the future of the global pay TV industry was not confined solely to the US in 2017; total pay TV subscriptions also declined in 13 other markets. Customers cancelling their TV services in favour of online alternatives has been a...