A new In-Stat report expects smartphone shipments to keep climbing, hitting 850 million units by 2015, on the way to the 1 billion mark. – Smartphone sales are on the rise, with no plans for slowing
down, research firm In-Stat announced in a Jan.
25 report on the evolving smartphone space.
With smartphones robust processing power and memory, large
screens and open operating systems attracting ever-greater numbers of consumers,
In-…
A new mobile VOIP report from In-Stat expects spending in the space to reach $6 billion in 2015, as enterprises, and even carriers, get on board. – The successful transition of voice over IP technology from
fixed-line phones to the mobile world is expected to encourage spending in the mobile VOIP space to rise to $6
billion by 2015, according to a report from In-Stat.
The growth, added the firm, will create “significant opportunity” for equi…
Cloud computing not only reduces business costs, but also makes applications accessible from any location, and reacts swiftly to changes in business needs.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed an order mandating the Russian government and related agencies to move to using Linux and open-source software by 2015. – The
Russian government will transition its computer infrastructure from Microsoft
Windows to the Linux open-source operating by 2015, according to an order
signed by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
According
to a Dec. 27 article in the Russian-language
CNews, translated with Googl…
In a list of potentially life-changing technologies, IBM cites innovations ranging from 3-D and holographic technology in cameras and cell phones to batteries that will “breathe” air to power devices. – IBM has delivered a series of predictions on technological innovations that will have broad impact and change lives by 2015, ranging from 3-D and holographic technology in cameras and cell phones to batteries that will “breathe” air to power devices.
IBM, known for its vast IBM Research unit that h…
An IBM research report predicts vastly more powerful batteries and holographic cell phones are in our future. – Technology giant International Business Machines (IBM) issued a list of predictions of future technologies culled from a survey of 3,000 IBM scientists, Bloomberg reported, pronouncing cities heated by servers, holographic cell phones and advanced city traffic monitoring as among the prevalent techn…
The UN has founded a new body which should finish the remaining tasks of the International Crime Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The move comes in order to finalize the work of the two courts by the end of 2014.
A report scheduled for formal release in the first half of next year has revealed that China will have about 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2015. China already has 740,000 HIV/AIDS sufferers on the mainland and sex has become the major reason for the transmission, reports the China Daily. “Given [...]
An IDG report also says that 60 percent of IT managers consider it extremely or very challenging to find the right cloud package. – The evidence continues to grow that enterprises are convinced that cloud
computing is a viable way forward for IT in the future.
IDG Research Services surveyed chief
technology officers, chief information officers and IT managers on a global
basis and reported that 75 percent of companies either…
President Boris Tadić has stated that Serbia has an obligation and intention to achieve strategic UN Millennium Development Goals in next five years.
He said at a celebration of the UN Day that “he and his coworkers made sure to set a realistic deadline†this time.
A recent survey conducted by IBM developerWorks showed that developers believe mobile and cloud app development will dominate developers’ lives by 2015. – According
to a recent IBM survey, developers and other
IT professionals predict that mobile and cloud computing will emerge as the
most in-demand platforms for software application development and IT delivery
over the next five years.
The
2010 IBM Tech Trends Survey, conducted
online by IBM…
The U.S. smart grid is set to boom by 2015, growing to a $9.6 billion market with smart-grid management services generating $4.3 billion in revenue, according to separate reports from GTM Research and Pike Research. – The smart-grid market in the United
States will grow 70 percent to $9.6 billion
by 2015, according to a Sept. 24 forecast from GTM Research analyst David Leeds. The
market research company currently pegs the market at $5.6 billion.
The term smart grid refers to a next-generation electricity del…
An ABI Research report projects WiMax users to hit 59 million by 2015, though several factors have hampered growth. – According to projections from IT market analysis firm ABI
Research, the number of subscribers to mobile WiMax services will approach 59
million in 2015. The firm said that represents a positive forecast in light of
recent economic conditions, although research analyst Xavier Ortiz noted WiMax’s
…
Apple, HTC and RIM smartphones currently ship with full Internet browsers. By 2015, 60 percent of all mobile phones will have one of two types of browsers, according to ABI Research. – Smartphones from the likes of Apple, HTC and BlackBerry-maker RIM
all ship with full Web browsers, and within the next five years, more
than half of mobile phones of all types will follow suit, according to
ABI Research.
In a report Aug. 3, ABI analysts said that by 2015, more than 60
percent…
CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited, says it aims to grow its global portfolio to 40,000 apartment units from the current 26,000 by 2015.
Ascott will also invest $50 million to refurbish over 10 existing properties in Asia and Europe in the next 12 months. Recently upgraded were Citadines South Kensington, Somerset Liang Court and Somerset Grand Cairnhill.
Android, Chrome WebOS, MeeGo and other Linux-based operating systems will run on 62 percent of all non-smartphone mobile devices by 2015, ABI Research says. – ABI Research is again trumpeting the news
that it expects Linux-running mobile devices to enjoy significant growth,
thanks to the success of Google’s Android mobile operating system and upcoming
Chrome OS.
Based on the findings of a new study, quot;Linux for Mobile Devices, quot; ABI
said in …
