The last holiday shopping season saw an increase of mobile commerce from 3% to 11%. This percentage is estimated to be worth around $18 billion, excluding purchases related to travel. Thus, we can see the birth of fresh merchandising trends like mobile coupons and catalogs to attract new customers. It is estimated that retail e-commerce…
Being the operating system of most smartphones, Android is now the target of malwares. Kaspersky Lab stated that almost all the mobile malware discovered during Q1 of this year are designed to target Android phones. According to Mashable, the most common Trojan virus steals money from unsuspecting victims by sending bogus text messages. Hackers use…
Mobile technology has been widely used by the people, but the Government is subject to the bitter legacy systems. According to research by Gartner, half of the world’s companies will seek from their workers to individually provide devices for work by 2017. Keeping an eye on mobile revolution, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) cloud vendor Salesforce.com…
The software industry is undergoing major changes by trends such as cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS), mobile technology and the “consumerization of IT”. According to Global 100 Software Leaders report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, SaaS, mobile, and cloud forces and trends are influencing the IT industry. Software companies and vendors are especially beginning to feel the effects of…
Email is constantly the subject of criticism, doubt and ridicule since social networking sites started redefining “personal communication”. Five years ago, predictions and expert opinion started cropping up about the impending demise of email. Lo and behold, email is still alive and very much kicking. The 20 Marketing Trends & Predictions for 2013 Project states…
In a report by NPD DisplaySearch, the organization believes that the mobile PC market will grow more by more than 100% for the next 5 years. In 2012, there were about 368 million units sold and it is expected to grow by as much as 395 million in 2017. Tablet PCs are believed to replace…
Although Google Glass won’t be available to the public until 2014, many people already speculating what it will look like. Currently, there are about 1,000 individuals tasked to test its prototypes. Although some people see Google Glass as the next best thing in this digital age, there are also those who find it scary. A…
According to IDC, in 2013 the global volume of the enterprise networking market (which includes software defined networks (SDN)) will reach $42.4 billion, and will reach $50 billion, with growth across all categories, by 2017. The volume of the Layer 2-3 switch market segment of the market has increased by 46.9% compared to the same period last…
After more than a year of announcements, Google launched its paid YouTube channels. The service allows YouTube viewers to access premium contents from select content providers. Monthly subscription rate starts at $.99 with a 14-day free trial. Some content creators also offer discounts for those who will pay an annual rate. As of now, there…
More and more companies encourage their employees to work on their devices, thus reducing the cost of computer equipment, but also increase the cost to maintain licenses and safety. According to research by Gartner, half of the world’s companies will seek from their workers to individually provide devices for work by 2017. It is estimated…