Facebook opens up, embraces new platforms

Facebook is opening up its platform to developers, and will focus on both artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality in its 10-year strategic plan. Chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer took the stage at the F8 conference this week to show the company’s...

More prizes at stake in gaming competition

The annual Entelect Challenge (formerly known as the Entelect 100K Challenge) has launched, and is more up for grabs in prize money this year, as well as a few important changes to the competition’s structure which gives contestants a greater chance of walking...

Digital consumer behaviour driven by content

Consumers today are evolving into marathon consumers of video content. Thanks to faster internet connectivity and more affordable bandwidth, digital users are likely to binge watch an average of five television episodes at a time. This is according to the 10th edition...

IoT prompts development of new platforms

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a technology concept that is currently transforming and redefining virtually all markets and industries in fundamental ways – and IHS forecasts that the IoT market will grow from an installed base of 15,4-billion devices in 2015 to...

2015 was flat for MEA hardware sales

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market (comprising servers and external storage) remained flat in 2015 when compared to the annual revenues seen in the previous year. Referencing its latest Quarterly Server and Disk Storage Systems Tracker,...

PC shipments continue to decline

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 60,6-million units in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), a year-on-year decline of 11,5%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipments were in line with conservative expectations for a...