MEA tablet market follows global decline

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24,2% year on year (Y-o-Y) in the final quarter of 2016 to total 3,07-million units, according to the latest figures announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global IT research and consulting...
What’s wrong with the Web?

What’s wrong with the Web?

The World Wide Web, which turned 28 yesterday (12 March), is showing worrying trends towards abuse of personal data, a proliferation of fake news and misleading political advertising. World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has highlighted these three concerns in...

MEA PC market gears for post-2017 growth

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a mild decline of 1,8% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in Q4 2016 to total 3,2-million units, according to global technology research and consulting firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The decline stemmed from the...

rAge Cape Town event cancelled

The Cape Town leg of the really Awesome gaming expo (rAge) – which was due to take place from 27 to 29 April – has been cancelled. Michael James, owner and senior project manager of rAge, comments: “While I was happy with the high level of enthusiasm...

Healthy growth for security appliances

The total security appliance market showed positive growth in both vendor revenue and unit shipments for the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, worldwide vendor revenues...

Consumers, manufacturing drive VR/AR growth

Western European revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market are set to reach $2,5-billion in 2017, showing a 131% increase over the $1,1-billion spent in 2016. According to IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality...