Growth for smart devices set to slow
The worldwide smart connected device market, comprised of PCs, tablets and smartphones, is forecast to grow 27,8% year-over-year in 2013, slightly lower than the 30,3% growth in 2012. The growth will be driven by tablet and smartphone shipments, while the PC outlook...More than a million for Mobile Money
Mobile Money, a cell phone-based bank account powered by MTN South Africa, has opened more than 1-million accounts and processed more than R1-billion in transactions in its first nine months of operations. Mobile Money is powered by MTN and operated by TYME, a...Mobile system on a chip from Intel
Intel has launched its latest family of low-power systems-on-chips (SoC), codenamed Bay Trail, which will fuel a wave of highly powerful and energy efficient tablets, two-in-ones and other mobile devices to market for consumers and business users in the fourth quarter...McAfee opens cyber defence centre in Dubai
McAfee has opened its first Cyber Defense Centre (CDC) in Dubai to offer incident response support, assessments and security education to customers across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The launch of the CDC, McAfee’s first worldwide, has come at...Is Apple ready for app changes?
New ways of delivering apps on mobile phones could spell trouble for Apple after it unveiled its latest iPhone. The new 5S has impressed onlookers with its fingerprint reader, while adding a better camera and a faster processor, but Dr Ronald Klingebiel, assistant...