Samsung debuts smart watch

Samsung is first to market with a smart watch, the Galaxy Gear, which it unveiled yesterday. The company is billing the watch as “a perfect companion device that further integrates the Samsung Galaxy experience into everyday life”. “Samsung’s ongoing smart device...

HP, Canon, Xerox lead in EMEA printing

Worldwide page volume generated on home and office digital hardcopy devices decreased to 2,98-trillion in 2012 from 3,03-trillion in 2011, reflecting a year-on-year decline of 1,5%, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). The volume...

And the top 10 start-ups for 2013 are …

This year, the World Economic Forum has named 36 leading start-ups as its Technology Pioneers 2014. New technologies and innovations are constantly changing and improving the way we do things and approach problems. Processes, institutions and industries that have been...

Customer experience key for mobile operators

Africa is in a league of its own when it comes to the prepaid mobile world, with many different touch points that operators need to manage to ensure customers experience and their own brand integrity. KPMG undertook a “mystery shopping” study on the...

Servers see slower sales in EMEA

Factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $2,9-billion in the second quarter of 2013, a decrease of 3,3% when compared with the same quarter of 2012, according to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). In euro terms, revenue...

Young women win BB scholarships

A young South African woman is among the 10 recipients of the BlackBerry Scholars Program – an initiative designed to inspire more women to enter the mobile computing industry and pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)....