What features users want in autonomous cars

New research on consumer preferences for full autonomy in new vehicles finds the technology is not yet popular among a broad audience. Ironically, the same audience ranked it among the very features they would be willing to pay the most for in their next new vehicle...

WannaCry hero arrested for Kronos malware

The man hailed as a hero for discovering the WannaCry ransomware kill switch has been arrested in connection with another malware program. UK researcher Marcus Hutchins was credited with identifying how to disable WannaCry and potentially saving millions of...

Cloud, IoT, security drive WiFi investment

Investments in WLANs continue unabated, driven by growth in users, a shift toward mobile devices and wireless access, adoption of IoT, and the need for greater security and network performance. Security in particular is the number one network change by a wide margin,...

Top five, plus one, drive smartphone growth

Preliminary data from IHS Markit shows that the global smartphone market grew by 7% year-over-year, to 350,9-million units, from 320-million units in Q2 2016. Leaders of the pack Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Oppo and vivo all grew, while Xiaomi reversed its recent...

iPhone shipments return to growth

Samsung continued to lead the worldwide smartphone market in Q2 2017 with shipments of over 79-million units, leaving growth relatively flat. Apple held on to second place by shipping 41-million iPhones, increasing its annual shipments volume by 2%, despite...

Data must fall campaign has merit

The South African mobile communication services market needs more regulation to encourage competition in order to instil a free and open environment, which will then lead to better and more affordable pricing. This is according to Chris Daffy, chief commercial officer...