Tablet vendors should prepare for unsold inventory piling up on shelves and significant losses in 2015. The market for tablets has slowed down as mature markets like the US hit saturation levels and consumers are reluctant to replace their existing devices. In emerging markets like China and India, tablets have Read More
LG G4 Lands in US But Does Anyone Care?
LG’s new flagship smartphone, the G4, has arrived stateside, landing first at T-Mobile. And LG is currently enjoying its 15-minutes of fame thanks to the launch of the new handset earlier this month. T-Mobile customers can order the handset online and expect to receive it before sales start in store Read More
US Most Lucrative for Online Attackers
Average consolidated total cost of a data breach is now $3.8 million, according to IBM’s annual Cost of Data Breach Study conducted by the privacy and data protection consultancy Ponemon Institute. This represents a 23% increase since 2013. The study also found that the cost for each lost or stolen Read More
Storm Clouds Gathering in Smartphone Market
As the Chinese market witnesses saturation and the Indian market embracing low-end cheap devices, the outlook for smartphone vendors is starting to look grim in 2015 and the coming years. A new report from market researcher IDC sees growth in the smartphone business slowing to 11.3% in 2015, down from Read More
7 Things to do After Installing Fedora 22
Fedora 22 got out of the gate yesterday in three versions – Server, Cloud and Workstation (the version for regular users like you and me with desktops and laptops). Biggest Change in Fedora 22 The single biggest change under the hood in Fedora 22 is the replacement of yum package Read More
US Businesses Shun Chromebooks
Who buys the majority of Chromebooks? Suckers in America (since US accounts for 84% of Chromebook sales)! Yes, suckers in the US (mostly schools and consumers) fall prey to media drivel by third rate hacks about the miraculous capabilities of Chromebooks and buy these devices. American businesses are smart and Read More