Nokia toppled as cell leader
For the first time in 14 years, wireless communications giant Nokia did not sit atop the global cellphone business at the end of 2012 – with Samsung seizing the mobile handset market’s top rank. Samsung is expected to account for 29% of worldwide cellphone...Payment moves into consumer space
By 2015, 33 percent of consumer brands will integrate payment into their branded mobile apps, according to Gartner. In the next three years, this trend will unfold so that brands can sell directly and enhance the customer experience. This trend will be more pronounced...Nominal growth for semiconductors
Semiconductor revenues worldwide will see nominal growth this year at less than 1% reaching $304-billion according to the year-end 2012 update of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF). The SAF also forecasts that...Security appliance market slows
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker,both factory revenue and unit shipments grew in the third quarter of 2012 (3Q12) compared to the previous year. Worldwide factory revenue was up 5,7% year over year to...IBM to buy StoreIQ
IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ, a privately held company based in Austin, Texas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. StoredIQ will advance IBM’s efforts to help clients derive value from big data andrespond more efficiently...