IT to drive retail bank revenue

Retail bank IT investment in 2015 will be focused squarely on driving revenue growth, according to new research from Ovum. Digital channels will be at the heart of this activity, particularly as the improving economy has meant reducing costs and headcount is no longer...

Lenovo hangs on to top PC spot

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 83,7-million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to preliminary results by Gartner. These results indicate a slow, but consistent improvement following more than two years of...

Feature phone users get mother tongue info

GoMetro, the transport start-up based in Cape Town that maps and reports on public transport in South African cities, has launched a new mobi site designed for the emerging market: GoMetro Mini. This new version of GoMetro is designed for older phones, and will...

Online sales drive eBucks festive spend

eBucks Rewards members exceeded the rewards programme’s already bullish expectations for spending during the 2014 festive season, with more than half of this spend taking place online. At the end of last year, Jolandé Duvenage, CEO of eBucks Rewards predicted the...

IDC sees PC market decline in Q4

The IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker shows that worldwide PC shipments totalled 80,8-million units in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), a year-on-year decline of -2,4%. Total shipments were slightly above expectations of -4,8% growth, but the market still...