Consumers feel the pinch as inflation hits 13-year high
Annual consumer inflation reached another 13-year high, increasing to 7,8% in July from 7,4% in June. Transport; food and non-alcoholic beverages (NAB); and housing and utilities continue to place upward pressure on the annual rate. Bread & cereals, oils &...
Boomers and Gen X are getting into crypto
Nearly half of all baby boomers and Generation X already own cryptocurrency or are intending to buy it before the end of 2022. The findings of a poll by deVere Group come in as the prices of bitcoin and others, including Ethereum, dipped this week due to inflation...
Slowdown not yet over for smartphones
After declining 0,3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019 and beyond. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are...
Emerging markets lead LCD TV growth
Global TV shipments increased by 7,9% to 50,6-million units in the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year ago, according to IHS Markit. Liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV shipments rose 7,5% to 50,1-million units and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV shipments...
Google edges out Amazon smart speakers
Smart speakers continue to be the world's fastest-growing consumer technology segment, with year-on-year growth in Q1 2018 of 210% as shipments reached 9-million units. Canalys research shows that Google has now the top spot, beating Amazon for the first time,...
Microsoft confirms $7,5bn GitHub acquisition
Microsoft's $7,5-billion acquisition of GitHub gives the company control of the world's biggest open source software development platform, where 28-million developers collaborate on the development of 85-million code repositories. "The era of the intelligent cloud and...
De Beers to offer synthetic diamond jewellery
De Beers is gearing up to sell laboratory-grown diamond jewellery at prices much more affordable than "real" diamonds. A new company, Lightbox Jewelry, will market the new products from September, offering consumers high-quality, fashion jewellery designs at lower...
FMF’s Louw puts R100k on SAA turnaround failing
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Vuyani Jarana has been offered a R100 000.00 wager that his three-year turnaround plan for the national airline will fail. Leon Louw, executive director of the Free Market Foundation (FMF) is willing to place the wager against SAA being...
Mastercard unveils tap and go roadmap
Mastercard has announced an initiative to create greater payment consistency by making "tap and go" standard in the next five years. The next-generation digital technology delivers greater security and convenience for consumers, merchants and governments. Beginning...
Digital business drives AIM market growth
A significant shift toward digital business models that harness technology trends such as cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) is boosting worldwide spending on application infrastructure and middleware (AIM). Gartner...
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