Growth for smart devices set to slow

The worldwide smart connected device market, comprised of PCs, tablets and smartphones, is forecast to grow 27,8% year-over-year in 2013, slightly lower than the 30,3% growth in 2012. The growth will be driven by tablet and smartphone shipments, while the PC outlook...

A new kind of customer engagement

The rise of smart devices and a focus on customer loyalty has created the proverbial “perfect storm” for enterprises that want to reinvent the customer experience around smartphones and tablets, says Deon Scheepers, strategic consultant EMEA Interactive...

The rise of the phablet

The rise of modern technology arguably began in the 1980s, with such milestones as the first personal computer being sold in 1981; the first CD CD-ROM being released with the ability to store 270 000 pages of text on a single disk in 1985; and the first Internet...

Massive growth for smart devices

Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices grew 29,1% year-over-year in 2012, crossing 1-billion units shipped with a value of $576,9-billion. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Smart Connected Device Tracker, the market expansion was largely...
Wearable tech set to take off

Wearable tech set to take off

There will be a total of almost 70-million smart wearable devices sold in 2017, including smart glasses, health and fitness devices along with enterprise wearables, compared to almost 15-million in 2013. This is according to new report from Juniper Research, which...