Windows Blue to preview in June
Microsoft will demonstrate the much-anticipated “Blue” iteration of Windows 8 – widely expected to be the convergence of mobile and PC operating systems – next month. Julie Larson-Green, corporate vice-president for Windows, yesterday told delegates to the Wired...Consumer technology influences IT spend
Fewer than 10% of business decision-makers outside of IT are not spending their own budget on technology services, and of the 90% that are, almost a quarter of them earmark 21% or more of their unit’s expenditures for IT, according to new research from...Africa finds new alliances in the East
Africa is finding more synergy with the emerging markets of Asia than with its traditional trading partners in Europe and North America. This is one of the key messages coming through at the World Economic Forum held this week in Cape Town, and reiterated by BT’s...Africa tapped for 1m digital jobs
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new initiative that will focus on Africa’s youth and employment, Digital Jobs Africa. The Rockefeller Foundation’s nearly $100-million investment in Digital Jobs Africa will impact 1-million people in Africa...