Google confirms carrier plans

Google has confirmed for the first time that it plans to offer connectivity directly to mobile users in the U.S., but a senior executive downplayed the competition it would be to major U.S. cellular carriers.

Etisalat launches eLife TV offer

Etisalat has launched its new full HD Smart TV offer, bundling Smart televisions from Samsung and Sony, starting from as low as AED89 on a discounted 24-month instalment basis.

Where there’s a will…

Nader Henein is all too aware of the ever-present IT security risks that envelope our day-to-day lives. BlackBerry’s Regional Director for the Advanced Security Division describes the ease at which the everyday user can be compromised, and what the company is doing to secure defences.

Insular IoT

Samsung CEO Boo Keun Yoon drew attention to a do or die issue in his keynote the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 – that of interoperability among systems and vendors in Internet of Things technology.

Yoon draws rosy IoT picture

Samsung officially opened the International CES on Monday evening with a keynote that painted a rosy picture of the Internet of Things but offered little substance except that vendors must be “open” and work together to make it all happen.

IBM offloads semiconductor unit to GlobalFoundries

IBM will sell the semiconductor technologies unit that makes its Power processors to Abu Dhabi-owned GlobalFoundries, paying the chip manufacturer about US$1.3 billion to take two factories off its hands in a move to erase losses.

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus alternatives

Apple’s release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus mark the end of the company’s streak as the lone major holdout in a smartphone sector dominated by larger devices. So what’s the competition like?

The matter of margins

Nazeer C. P, Managing Director, Buraida Computers, highlights the issue of low margins in the channel and how partners can survive it.

Fresh blue Apple

James Dartnell takes a look at what the recent Apple-IBM enterprise deal could mean for the two corporate giants.

A fine line

Arun Chawla, CEO, Trigon, takes Reseller Middle East through the company’s growth stages and discusses how partners can expand business without hurting their bottom line.

Android grabs record 85 percent smartphone share

Google’s dominance of the smartphone market has reached new heights, with its Android operating system now accounting for a record 84.6 percent share of global smartphone shipments, according to research by Strategy Analytics.

Top vendors unite for IoT ring

Intel, Samsung and Dell are among the founding members to have established the OIC, a new Internet of Things consortium to create standards so that billions of devices can connect to each other.

Taking the leap

3D printing is catching the attention of the global market. Identifying advantages across sectors, experts believe, it is the next disruptive technology that is bound to transform business models. Reseller ME finds out what this means for the regional channel.

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