Feb 28, 2014
Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -4,4% year-over-year to $14,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, this was the fourth consecutive quarter of...
Feb 28, 2014
Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8,3% annual growth in 2017 and 6,2% in 2018. A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker finds that annual smartphone volume in 2013 surpassed 1-billion...
Feb 28, 2014
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC Board yesterday to discuss the National Integrated ICT Policy Review, South Africa Connect; the country’s Broadband Policy, Plan and Strategy; the SABC’s...
Feb 28, 2014
IBM has extended the IBM Master the Mainframe Contest to South African universities to support and build out skills in next-generation innovations on the mainframe, as part of its academic initiative. The competition lets students use IBM’s zEnterprise computing...
Feb 28, 2014
Gamers spent more than four times as much money on Google Play smartphone and tablet games in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13) as they did in the final quarter of 2012. This is found in a new report from International Data Corporation (IDC) and App Annie, Portable...
Feb 28, 2014
In a consumer electronics world dominated by smartphones, tablets and HDTVs, a new market category is generating South African consumer buying interest: safety devices. An Accenture survey of 1 000 SA consumers, focused on consumer technology spending and usage, found...
