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IDC: worldwide tablet shipments decline 8.5% in the first quarter

The worldwide tablet market once again contracted in the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17) with total shipments of 36.2 million, a year-over-year decline of 8.5%, according to preliminary data from the International Data...

Cash costs South African consumers R23 billion a year – Mastercard study

Cash cost consumers R23 billion or 0.52% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2015, according to a new Mastercard study released today at the World Economic Forum on Africa. These costs are disproportionately c...

Concerns about online privacy hindering development of digital economy

A new global survey reveals that Internet users are increasingly concerned about their online privacy, and that 49% of users polled say lack of trust is their main reason for not shopping online. The survey, conducted...

Only 5% of large companies prepared to meet IT requirements of the new...

Dell EMC announced the results of a new study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), which revealed that a majority of senior IT leaders and decision-making managers of large companies surveyed around the world...

‘Digital divide is now a digital chasm’: inequality widens in...

Digitally-developed economies around the globe are continuing to progress due to larger investments and adoptions in Information Communication Technology. At the same time, digitally-developing economies have also...

Financial firms hit with million dollar losses per cybersecurity incident

The costs associated with cyberattacks on the financial sector are rising as organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats. New research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International reveals the scale and impact of...

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