According to recent reports, Qualcomm is under investigation by the European Union, under the suspicion having anti-competitive movements in the 3G and 4G smartphone chipset market.
Gartner: Worldwide IT spending to decline 5.5% in 2015
According to the latest report by Gartner, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.5 trillion in 2015, a 5.5 percent decline from 2014.
Future ready
Mobility is without a doubt a huge piece of the IT ecosystem’s future. With this, the spotlight turns toward mobile access and the doors it opens for future users. Siva Shankar Maheswaran, End User & Consultant Business Manager, HID Global, discusses current and future trends in mobile access control.
Etisalat, Prestigio launches new mobile data campaign
Etisalat and Prestigio recently announced a new campaign offering customers free 250MB mobile data for three months on purchase of the new Prestigio MultiPhone 5454 DUO smartphone.
Four challenges for Twitter’s next CEO
Dick Costolo has stepped down as CEO of Twitter after five years on the job, relinquishing his post amid longstanding problems including sluggish growth and frequent abusive comments posted to the social network.
Channel premiers
A round-up of the most influential executives in the regional IT channel.
Bad behaviour
Companies can spend untold funds on the latest security software, keep their firewalls and security infrastructure up-to-date, monitor networks, and employ the highest level of IT talent all in the name of security. However, it can all be rendered useless by one simple thing – employees choosing to ignore basic regulations.
UAE consumers among most tech-savvy
According to findings of a new global report commissioned by BT and Avaya, tech savvy consumers in the UAE are more active on social media platforms that the global average.
Review: Oppo N3
The smartphone comes powered with many features but the camera alone is worth the buy.
Review: Oppo N3
The smartphone comes powered with many features but the camera alone is worth the buy.
Prolific partnerships
Promotional gimmicks aside, Lenovo’s Tech World conference boasted a formidable roster of elite industry CEOs as well as some exciting product launches and demos. On the enterprise side, the firm also discussed its strategy to usher in more services and solutions-oriented offerings. James Dartnell reports from Beijing.
Xiaomi faces challenge in reaching sales goal
Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi aims to sell 80 million smartphones this year, however that objective may be more challenging to achieve than originally thought.
Samsung teams up with Red Hat to build enterprise apps
Samsung has announced a partnership with Red Hat to build a host of mobile apps for business users, in a strategic move which seems to be in response with Apple’s tie-up with IBM during the same period last year.
Blackberry posts positive cash flow for the fiscal 2016 first quarter
BlackBerry Limited has recently reported its financial results for the three months ended May 30, 2015.
Driving storage
Pascal de Boer, VP, Retail Sales and Marketing, EMEA, SanDisk shares regional storage trends and plans for 2015.
InnJoo Fire Series set to launch in UAE and KSA markets
InnJoo recently introduced its brand new Fire series of smartphones in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Home trading
The next big culture shift in consumer technology is clearly home automation, and both Google and Apple will have a lot to say about it in the coming days.
Going to the office? BYO-Apple Watch.
The launch of the Apple Watch heralds the transformation of BYOD into BYOX. How can businesses accommodate #GenMobile’s adoption of wearables, while still staying in control?
Survival of the fittest
IMA Chairman Joe Vincent discusses the importance of ‘Digital Darwinism’ – the process of natural selection through technological evolution.
Blackberry may release an Android device
According to recent reports, the next Blackberry smartphone could run Android, however, it doesn’t look like BlackBerry would turn into just another Android vendor. Instead the Android device will only be incorporated in BlackBerry to help improve its standing as a device management company.