PC market still in decline

Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to decline by 7.2% year over year in 2016, followed by a decline of 2.1% in 2017, according to an updated forecast from IDC. This is quite close to May’s projections for declines of 7.3% in 2016 and 1.6% in 2017. Growth for...

Smartphone users get more savvy

In the business of mobile broadband, customer loyalty isn’t what it appears to be. As smartphone users’ behavior changes, traditional measurements are no longer enough to determine whether customers prefer their operator, a new report from Ericsson...

$2.7trn IT spend forecast

A newly published update to the Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Vertical and Company Size from IDC finds that worldwide revenues for IT products and services will grow from nearly $2.4-trillion in 2016 to more than $2.7-trillion in 2020, a CAGR of 3.3%. Among...

‘Fitbit’ for lazy cows

Wearable technology like the Fitbit is all the rage among aspiring fitness fanatics these days, and, if a small Pakistani tech firm has its way, something similar may soon revolutionise the livestock farming sector. E4 Technologies, based in Islamabad, recently...

YahClick launches VNO services

Broadband satellite solutions provider YahClick is to partner with VT iDirect  for the introduction of Virtual Network Operator (VNO) services across YahClick’s existing footprint. YahClick’s VNO offering is based on the industry changing capability in the...

VMware and IBM collaborate on cloud

VMware and IBM have announced the availability of what they claim is industry-first cloud services that enable organisations to quickly and easily move enterprise workloads to the cloud. And, with more than 500 clients engaged, the global partnership between IBM and...