Smartphones and tablets have become the access devices of choice, as mobile user behaviour has shifted from being predominantly voice-centric to app-centric, writes Younes Abad, Director, MBB Performance, Ericsson Middle East
XTouch: innovation is about what customers need
Jack Lee, Senior Vice President, XTouch, shares learnings from DISTREE and highlights latest products.
PCs and smartphones drive Lenovo Q1 growth
Lenovo’s net profit grew 25 percent year-over-year in the first quarter as the Chinese company continued to make gains in the PC and smartphone markets.
Developing business opportunities
Simon Russen, EMEA Sales Director, Kensington, on the company’s plans and objectives for DISTREE Middle East 2014
SanDisk announces first dual USB Drive
SanDisk has announced the Ultra Dual USB Drive, a USB flash drive featuring both a micro-USB and a USB 2.0 connector in a sleek and sturdy form factor.
IDC cuts 2014 IT spending forecast
A slowdown in the growth rate for tablet and mobile phone sales and economic uncertainty in emerging markets are putting a damper on global IT spending, according to IDC.
Microsoft Mobile: Restored glory?
Microsoft has finally closed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, and now has an added opportunity to impose its ‘Microsoft Everywhere’ approach on technology, writes James Dartnell.
Touchmate chosen for Intel’s board of advisory
Leading the PC market globally, Intel, the US chipmaker is now looking at entering the tablet and smartphone market in the region. However, when it comes to the mobility game, the rules are very different, says Vasant Menghani, Founder and CEO, Quality Group.
Counting the clicks
E-tailing is in its nascent stage in the region, Reseller ME explores challenges in the space and how e-tailers can survive in the long run.
Gartner: Worldwide PC shipments declined 1.7 percent
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7 percent decline from the first quarter of 2013, according to preliminary results by Gartner.
IBM develops online cloud marketplace
IBM has assembled a vast array of hosted cloud services, and is displaying them on its Cloud online marketplace from Monday.
Microsoft completes $7.2B Nokia acquisition
Microsoft has officially closed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, welcoming approximately 30,000 new employees to its rolls.
IBM making push for Power server chips
An IBM project to widen the use of its Power server chips inched forward Wednesday with Big Blue trying to challenge Intel for a bigger role in the hyperscale data centres run by the likes of Google and Facebook.
Gartner: Top 10 mobile technologies and capabilities
Nick Jones, Vice President and Analyst, Gartner, shares the research firm’s top 10 mobile technologies and capabilities that organisations must master in 2015 and 2016.
Dawn of a new era
Held at HKCEC, the eleventh edition of Hong Kong spring electronics fair and the International ICT expo concluded last week, with exhibitors and visitors from all over the world coming together to see the latest products and technologies in these fields. Read on for an overview of the event.
Making a mark
The 25-year old company, Quality Group is all set to move to its new 85,000 square feet headquarters in DIP, says Vasant Menghani, Founder and CEO, Quality Group.
HTH Worldwide selects Cognizant to build mobile healthcare solutions
Cognizant has announced that it is working with HTH Worldwide, a global technology-based health services and information company, to enable its members to maximise the use of mobile technology for managing healthcare needs more effectively while travelling abroad.
Lenovo leads world PC market with rapid growth
Lenovo is leading the world PC market with solid growth in shipments across the first quarter of the year, according to Gartner.
Qualcomm adds fastest ever 64-bit Snapdragon mobile chip
Qualcomm is getting high on 64-bit chips with its fastest ever Snapdragon processor, which will render 4K video, support LTE …
Global ambitions
Reseller ME finds out how Global Distribution plans to grow to the next billion in the next three to four years.