Chinese slowdown drives PC contraction

The economic slowdown in China has driven International Data Corporation (IDC) to lower its expectations for worldwide IT spending growth this year. The IDC Worldwide Black Book Query Tool now forecasts IT spending growth of 4,6% in constant currency for 2013, down...

BBM coming soon to Samsung Galaxy

Samsung has announced that the upcoming BBM app will be available in the Google Play and the Samsung App stores soon and available to all Samsung Galaxy smartphone consumers across Africa. George Ferreira, VP and chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics Africa,...

Cybercrooks not the only malware makers

There is a perception in the market that cybercriminals are the only ones responsible for creating malware – for their own financial gain. While this may have been the case some years back, malware is not just being created by cybercriminals. This is a topic...

Mobile malware shows massive growth

There has been a 30% increase in mobile malware in Fortinet’s laboratories over the last six months, according to the FortiGuard threat landscape research for the first half of 2013. The team is now seeing more than 1 300 new samples per day, is currently tracking...

FNB: 175 000 mobile users and counting …

As the market for tablets and smartphones begins to mature, FNB notes that customers are placing equal focus on the latest technology and lowest cost of use, with access to affordable data becoming a strong driver in the market. “Since being the first to launch the...

Tablet shipments slow in Q2

As expected, worldwide tablet shipment growth slowed in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Worldwide tablet shipments finally experienced a sequential...