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The World in 2011: ICT Facts and Figures


The world is home to 7 billion people, one third of which are using the Internet. 45% of the world’s Internet users are below the age of 25. Over the last five years, developing countries have increased their share of the world’s total number of Internet users from 44% in 2006, to 62% in 2011.

Analysis: BlackBerry licensing seen RIM's likeliest scenario


Research In Motion may still see software licensing as an important part of its turnaround plan, even though Samsung has denied that it might pay to use the BlackBerry maker's technology or even buy the company. RIM has likely held talks with several handset makers about using its new QNX platform,

Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder, Says Internet Freedom Facing Greatest Threat Ever


The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the Internet's creation are facing their greatest-ever threat, the co-founder of Google Sergey Brin said in an interview published by Britain's Guardian newspaper. Brin said the threat to freedom of the Internet came from

Drones are about to fill the skies within the next 5 years


The fast-growing global drone industry has not sat back waiting for government policy to be hammered out before pouring 

Will robots replace bank employees?


The company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released a report in which it presented its own vision of the technological 

Gartner predicts 7 percent growth of smartphone market in 2016


Gartner, Inc. said global smartphone sales will continue to slow and will no longer grow in double digits. Worldwide smartphone sales are 

By 2020, the app market with be worth $102 billion


App Annie, an app analytics company, is predicting that yearly global app store revenue will exceed $102 billion by 2020. That $102 billion 

Cisco Visual Networking Index predicts 10 billion new connected devices by 2020


Cisco has released the latest edition of its Visual Networking Index (VNI), which forecasts that global IP traffic will nearly triple over 

IoT devices will overtake mobile phones by 2018


The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report has revealed that the Internet of Things (IoT) will overtake mobile phones 

Consulting firm predicts that half the world will be using mobile internet by 2020


According to consulting firm PwC, the population of the world will reach 7.4 billion people by 2020. By then, there will be 3.84 billion 

The top ten features coming to smartphones by 2017: Gartner


Gartner has released its “Top 10 Smartphone Technologies and Capabilities in 2017” report which identifies smartphone 

Gartner’s top 10 security predictions


“Today’s security professionals battle threats from outside the organization, as well as those from their own employees. 

12 wild predictions about the world in 2036, according to Americans


The year is 2036. Cloned humans walk the earth, artificial intelligence machines sit on the board of major corporations, and pizza is delivered by drone. It’s not so hard to imagine for some.

Cloud computing slows energy demand


Ten years ago, power usage at data centers was growing at an unsustainable rate, soaring 24% from 2005 to 2010. 

Bendable, curved, foldable: New report looks at the future of wearable and mobile displays


Revenue from flexible displays is expected to increase more than 300 percent from $3.7 billion in 2016 to $15.5 billion in 2022, according to the new IHS “Flexible Display Market Tracker” report.
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