Shipping – Apple Closes the Gap on Samsung
Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Top 1.3 Billion for 2014 Strong end-user demand and an ever growing release of models have propelled smartphone volumes to new record levels this quarter and for…
IBM Planning to Shed 111,800 Jobs
IBM is planning its largest staff layoff ever, with 111,800 roles said to be being cut this week, according to reports. That amounts to 26 per cent of the company’s…
Apple Biggest Quarterly Profit
Apple reported a net profit of $18bn (£11.8bn) in its fiscal first quarter, which tops the $15.9bn made by ExxonMobil in the second quarter of 2012, according to Standard and…
The Mobile Commerce and Banking Summit, London, 20-21 April,
Banking apps for mobile and tablet were downloaded a record 14.7 million times through 2014 (British Banking Association). This statistic tops off a gigantic year for mobile commerce; the high…
Mobile Banking
According to research by Forrester, a fifth of internet users in Western Europe currently use mobile banking, which could make it a more important innovation for managing our money than…
Boost for IT spending as Oil price Drop US$1 Trillion boost for GDP
Importing countries to benefit over the next six months if Oil prices stay at US$50 per barrel Canalys expects business and consumer IT spending will be boosted by the current…
What’s in The BOX
In what many are calling a market-defining event IPO, Box, a free-to-use consumer file sharing service created by a University of Southern California dropout Aaron Levie, has offered its shares…
3D Printed Heart Helps Doctors Save 2 Year Old in London
A two year old girl born with a heart so deformed doctors thought it could not be repaired is living a normal life after scientists used a 3D printer to…
S400-G3 from Getac semi-rugged MIL-STD-810G
Getac S400-G3 a new semi-rugged device with MIL-STD-810G and IP5X independent certification. The S400 is designed to provide high performance processing in demanding environments, the new device has also been…
Panasonic and NetMotion Wireless have partnered
Panasonic and NetMotion Wireless have partnered to improve productivity for enterprise mobile workers by offering better connectivity and security for Toughbook and Toughpad users through NetMotion’s Mobility and Locality software.…