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1 Feb
Alibaba Cloud sets sights on Indonesia as it seeks growth beyond China
Alibaba Cloud has launched a second data center in Indonesia after launching the first 10 months earlier.
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1 Feb
Is Viacom’s purchase of Pluto TV a wise investment?
Viacom, the US media and entertainment giant, recently agreed to purchase streaming start-up Pluto TV.
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1 Feb
Apple’s sluggish FaceTime response exposed major privacy and quality issues
News that Apple seemingly ignored repeated reports that its popular FaceTime video app had an alarming privacy-invading bug for a week went viral on social media.
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31 Jan
Mobile technology at the forefront of Africa’s digital revolution
African economies are being transformed by the soaring adoption of digital technology and mobile platforms.
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31 Jan
Facebook is betting that super-messaging will deliver revenue
In its bid to find new ways to generate revenue and stem the losses from its stalwart news feed product, Facebook will look to integrate its messaging services: WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
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30 Jan
Flexibility needed in enterprise infrastructure subscriptions
If the global economy is heading for a downturn the IT sector may come under pressure to show flexibility when it comes to collecting customer software subscriptions for enterprise infrastructure.
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30 Jan
Telecoms look to SMEs to grow MSS offerings
After being traditionally driven by large enterprises, the global managed security services (MSS) market is seeing rising demand from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are experiencing an escalating threat environment, according to a report on the global MSS market by GlobalData.
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30 Jan
US wireless industry breaks ranks with traditional smartphone vendors
In their recent unveiling of new 'concept phones' for the retail market, US cell phone carriers have shown their willingness to take risks in their portfolio and experiment with their choice of vendors.
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28 Jan
Boomtime for Guatemalan smartphone market
Guatemalan mobile market will see solid mobile revenue growth through to 2023 on the back of postpaid and machine-to-machine uptake.
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22 Jan
North America to dominate multiplay market into 2023
North America is likely to remain the largest player in the global market for bundled telecom and internet services through 2023, despite a slowdown in service adoption, according to a telecoms report on the Americas by GlobalData.
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16 Jan
Ukraine plays catch-up as 4G set for rapid expansion to 2023
As one of the last countries in Europe to introduce 4G broadband network technology, subscriber uptake in Ukraine is now expected to record rapid rates of growth over the next four years.
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15 Jan
Workplace by Facebook stands on the precipice of change
Facebook has struggled so far to monetise its business-focused version of itself, Workplace by Facebook, but a change of direction in security, leadership and pricing may see it successfully challenge its rivals in 2019.
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15 Jan
US needs to tackle nuisance robocalls
Computer generated calls in the US have reached epidemic proportions and are getting worse, but the best way forward, with a properly working national 'do not call' registry, is being hampered by Washington's political stalemate.
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14 Jan
CES 2019: What emerging technology companies took away
Beyond the headline-grabbing gadgets to emerge from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas this month, were nuggets of information of interest to emerging technology businesses who hope to turn the heralded products and services into reality.
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14 Jan
Global IT service providers go local
International IT services providers are moving up the value chain and opening local hubs to help customers with their digital transformation.
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11 Jan
Expect AI to grow in popularity in 2019
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to continue unabated in 2019 on the back of technological breakthroughs that hold the promise of improving the operational and client offerings for businesses.
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11 Jan
Top technology trends for 2019
Cicero, the ancient Roman philosopher, is not often quoted in relation to the challenges faced in the digital age, but it is perhaps a sign of troubled times that his adage: “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory” has been included in a New Year message from the Chinese tech giant Huawei.
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10 Jan
Open source software is soaking up IT investment
Traditional IT providers have seen the light and are shifting their focus to new technologies supporting open source software development.
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10 Jan
Hong Kong’s ICT spending on growth trajectory
Hong Kong was expected to close 2018 with over 3% growth in its real GDP compared to the previous year.
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10 Jan
Telecom’s new kids on the block: Rakuten and Altiostar
Newcomers are seizing opportunities to challenge established network providers in a sign that a new round of disruption in the next generation of cellular mobile communications is underway.
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10 Jan
Smart home security looks to the skies for answers
The development of intelligent home security systems is being spurred on by the prospect of satellite-enabled systems and cloud-based technologies.
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10 Jan
Autonomous cars in the driving seat for smart mobility sector
The development of the autonomous vehicle is one of the major factors pushing the smart mobility sector forward, bringing us closer to the promise of intelligent urban transport.
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9 Jan
Facebook could move away from purely ad-funded model by selling pay TV subscriptions
Facebook’s future video strategy could involve selling its users subscriptions to pay-TV networks, such as HBO, in the hope that users will watch the content on Facebook Watch.
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9 Jan
Hybrid cloud solution is no pie in the sky
A growing global emphasis on the benefits of cloud technology is stimulating the demand for investing in a hybrid cloud computing environment.
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9 Jan
The changing face of mobile payments
Digital payments are witnessing a shift away from the traditional point of sale (POS) to mobile POS (mPOS) systems by changing the way electronic transactions are made, processed and accepted.
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8 Jan
IoT investment in the insurance sector on the rise
With most industries embracing digital transformation in an effort to improve their bottom line and deliver benefits for the consumer, the insurance sector is no different as it is looking to invest in new technologies to not be left behind.
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8 Jan
How IoT may hold the key to India’s utility sector
India's growing demand for electricity and the need for efficient energy transmission and distribution is driving the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the utility sector.
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8 Jan
Adoption of CPaaS in Asia Pacific expected to pick up pace in 2019
Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) is a cloud-based platform that enables the integration of real-time communications into business applications through application programming interfaces (APIs).
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2 Jan
Beyond delivery drones: The incoming retail drone revolution
We regularly hear how delivery drones are on the verge of redefining retail, taking into a new more agile era as they transform last-mile service.
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2 Jan
Smart rings will be the wearable of choice in 2019
Wearable technology has seen wrist-worn devices surge in popularity, but as the internet of things (IoT) ecosystem expands, smart rings will be the wearable type with the most growth in 2019.