Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to grow 6.2% in 2021
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2021, an increase of 6.2% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. Worldwide IT spending declined 3.2%…
“Survey finds 60% of SMBs are in survival mode due to the pandemic” – IDC
In Q4 2020, IDC surveyed 1210 small and medium businesses* across Australia and New Zealand to understand their priorities, challenges, and planned technology investments in 2021. The survey found that…
‘Digitally advanced firms will have a sustained advantage over their competitors’ – Forrester
Forrester predicts that 2021 will be the year that every company will double down on technology-fuelled experiences, operations, products, and ecosystems. According to Forrester’s Asia Pacific 2021 Predictions, the success…
80 percent of businesses are set to monitor their employees by 2020
80 percent of over 200 corporations said that they will be monitoring their employees by the year 2020 according to a new survey. In a report by Fox News, Kurt…
42 percent of teens say parents share too much about them online
Teenagers in 25 countries say that their parents share too much about them on social media that it has become a concern for more than four in 10. According to…
Global app revenue climbs to $21.9 billion in Q3
The global app revenue has continued to rise as it grew 22.9% year-over-year with an estimated $21.9 billion from $17.9 billion in the third quarter of 2019 across both the…
Researchers develop phone app that can detect eye disease through photos
Researchers developed a phone app called CRADLE app (Computer Assisted Detector of Leukoria) which can reportedly spot possible eye defect through photos. In a report by Engadget, CRADLE app which…
Researchers discover ‘severe weaknesses’ in PDF encryption standard
Researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum and Munster University found what they referred to as “severe weaknesses” in the Portable Document Format (PDF) encryption standard. According to a blog post published by…
Study finds typing on mobile device is nearly as fast as using keyboard
A study conducted by researchers from Finland’s Aalto University, the University of Cambridge in the UK and Switzerland’s ETH Zürich found that people’s speed when typing on mobile devices is…
Survey finds almost half of product launches are delayed by at least one month
Research company Gartner found in a survey that only 55% of all product launches take place on schedule and that in the 45% of product launches that are delayed, 20%,…
