Digital distributed ledger technology, dubbed the “blockchain”, is being over-hyped, at least in the short-term, says Gartner’s senior vice-president for technology, Peter Sondergaard. Blockchain acts as a digital distributed ledger to
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In July, Yahoo received a report of a hacker claiming to have 280m user account credentials for sale on the black market. An initial investigation found no evidence to back that up, according to a person familiar with the probe. Claims like
It’s been less than a decade since Apple shook the mobile telecommunications industry to its foundations with the original iPhone. The handset helped turn Apple into the world’s most valuable company (US$620bn this week) and inflicted huge
Windows now has less than 1% of the worldwide smartphone market, according to new research, again calling into question whether the Microsoft platform can survive – and whether it matters if it doesn’t. According to new research
The world is growing increasingly sceptical of the stuttering revolution of the Internet of things. The latest round of doubt has been ignited by Alphabet’s Nest’s decision to shut down any further support for its recently purchased Revolv smart home hub. The hub
Worldwide PC shipments fell by 8,3% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the preliminary results of new Gartner research. For the year, shipments fell by 8% to 288,7m units
Mobile payments are gaining acceptance and will impact on traditional businesses, says a research organisation. According to Gartner, half of consumers in developed economies such as
Autonomous car technology is set to upend insurance companies who will have to reinvent their business models, say industry experts. While Google is driving driverless car technology, the question of how it will affect insurance companies with regard to liability remains open. “It really is a question
Samsung lost the number one spot in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2014, displaced at the top of the pile by Apple, according to new data from Gartner. It’s the first time Samsung has dropped out of the top spot in smartphone sales volumes
Despite all the hype about smart watches — wristwatches that pair with mobile phones, offering more information than just the time — they’re not likely to feature highly on consumers’ wish lists this holiday season, according to analyst firm Gartner. Gartner says premium pricing