Lenovo and EMC will team up to develop and sell server and storage technology, with an eye to the Chinese …

Consumer tech market to hit $2.1 trillion in 2012
Consumers worldwide are projected to spend some spend $2.1 trillion in 2012 on digital information and entertainment products, such as …

2012 app downloads to reach 36 billion: research
36 billion smartphone apps will be downloaded in 2012, resulting in an average 37 native apps a year per smartphone owner. The …

Mobile data to exceed 107 billion gigabytes in 2017
In five years time the global volume of mobile data traffic will be eight times more than what is expected …

Smartphone sales drive Samsung's revenue growth
Samsung Electronics reported strong growth in sales and profits in the second quarter, driven primarily by its mobile phone business. …

Nairobi iHub to set up Africa's second supercomputer
iHub Nairobi, a tech incubator, is set to become home to the second supercomputer in Africa, targeting mobile developers, gamers, …

Researcher releases smart meter hacking tool
Security consulting firm SecureState today released a new open source hacking tool that it claims will let security researchers and …

Tablets, smartphones dent PC shipments in second quarter
Tablets and smartphones continued to eat away at worldwide PC shipments, which remained flat during the second quarter, according to …
Big data hype leads to business analytics growth: IDC
The global market for business analytics software grew roughly 14 percent in 2011, fueled by pervasive hype about “big data” …

Gartner: IT spending stable, growth in cloud services
Global spending on IT products and services will rise 3 percent in 2012 to US$3.6 trillion, according to figures released …


