EMEA consumers buying fewer printers

Consumer markets for printers continue to slide, but business markets show some early signs of recovery, according to research conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC).  The overall hardcopy market declined by 14,5% in the first quarter of 2013 to just over...

Spam rises, phishing down

The amount of unsolicited correspondence in e-mail traffic during the first quarter of 2013 grew slightly (+0,53 percentage points) and averaged 66,55%.  According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, the increase in the proportion of e-mails with malicious...

Etisalat’s m-banking in line for award

Etisalat’s mobile commerce offering, which is bringing financial services to millions of consumers across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been shortlisted for a prestigious award by the Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation, a member of the...

Not all the same inside …

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone may look the same all over the world but there are fundamental differences inside, depending on where you buy the device.  Looking at US and South Korean versions of the smartphone, there are major differences in key components,...

New life for fixed line telcos

Fixed line telecommunications is seeing a resurgence around the world, and pure-play mobile operators are increasingly partnering with their traditional fixed-line counterparts. This is according to Kevin Taylor, president: Asia, Middle East and Africa, who says there...

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...