Smart home device shipments continue to decline
Global shipments of smart home devices continued to decline in the first quarter of 2023 as shipments fell 5,6% year over year to 186-million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Smart speakers and...
Lithium-ion battery inventor John Goodenough dies
John B Goodenough, professor at The University of Texas at Austin and developer of the lithium-ion battery, died Sunday at the age of 100. Goodenough's discovery led to the wireless revolution and put electronic devices in the hands of people worldwide. In 2019,...
Enterprise IoT drones shipments set for 50% growth
In 2020, worldwide shipments of Internet of Things (IoT) enterprise drones (defined as flying drones) will total 526 000 units, an increase of 50% from 2019, according to Gartner. Global shipments are forecast to reach 1,3-million units by 2023. "The construction...
Businesses are shifting to online software purchasing
A new survey shows that more than 80% of organisations no longer use the calendar to time their enterprise software solution purchases. The results of the survey, conducted by Futurum Research and sponsored by SAP, identify industry shifts in business-to-business...
Virtual reality helps to relieve pain for hospitalised children
Lenovo has previewed results from a new global survey that shows people believe in the potential of immersive technologies to positively impact our health, with virtual reality (VR) being used in some hospitals in place of general anesthetics to alleviate pain for...
Google founders Page and Brin step down
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai set to become Alphabet CEO as well. Page was Alphabet's CEO and Brin its president. They announced their intention to depart their posts this week. "With Alphabet now...
Card activity up 16% on Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday closed out a very busy and active retail trading week for many South African retailers and consumers. According to Standard Bank, Black Friday transactions increased by 13% year on year, while Cyber Monday transactions grew by a 16% on a year on year...
Black Friday shows SA marker maturity
The numbers and trends of Black Friday 2019 point to a more mature market and an industry that was better prepared. This is according to DPO South Africa, which expects Black Friday to see significant growth in the rest of Africa next year. "It is clear that Black...
SA economy sees quarterly contraction
Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reports that the South African economy contracted in the third quarter of 2019. Lullu Krugel, PwC Strategy& chief economist for Africa, and Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist, unpack the numbers. Real gross domestic...
Governments set new Google user request records
The number of user data requests to Google from governments around the world shows data consumed by individuals is becoming increasingly important. The top three countries requesting data from Google are the US, Germany and India, according to data gathered by...
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