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The demand for technology gifts is significantly increasing as we begin to rely on new innovations. According to the Consumer Technology Association, 74% of U.S. adults plan to buy at least one tech gift this year, highlighting that it is one of the most prominent types of gift that is given.

Technology gifts can range from standard appliances and computer hardware to gaming and entertainment items. They are sold through a variety of channels and retail stores across the globe.
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Data centre titans blazing green energy trail – AWS under fire

Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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Data from Cloudscene has revealed tech giants like Google and Apple are setting a precedent in renewable energy, but AWS has come under fire.
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Is Google's Stadia feasible with today's data centres?

Tue, 26th Mar 2019
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To get a better idea of the sheer audacity behind Google's latest move, we spoke to Unitas Global chief technical officer Grant Kirkwood.
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Cloud providers increasingly jumping into gaming market

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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Aa number of major cloud service providers are uniquely placed to capitalise on the lucrative cloud gaming market.
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Aussies too lax about IoT security - McAfee

Mon, 18th Mar 2019
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Nearly a third of Australians don't secure their IoT devices, even fearing they might be eavesdropping, says McAfee research, exposing homes to cyber risks.
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Huawei to deploy Open Rack in all its public cloud data centres

Sat, 16th Mar 2019
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Tech giant Huawei has unveiled plans to adopt Open Rack proposed by the Open Compute Project in its new public cloud data centres across the globe.
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Huawei at 29% share of global telecom infrastructure market

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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Among other telecommunications infrastructure market findings, Dell'Oro reports that Huawei increased its share by 8 percentage points since 2013.
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Adobe study finds ANZ marketers aren't very good at their jobs

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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40% of local consumers think the promotional offers they receive just aren't the right ones for them. That figure is higher than the global average of 33%.
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Four Chinese OEMs among top 10 global semiconductor customers

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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Four Chinese OEMs—Huawei, Lenovo, BBK Electronics, and Xiaomi—have surged into the top 10 global semiconductor buyers, Gartner reveals.
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IDC: Worst smartphone sales year ever

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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Smartphone shipments decline 4.9% in Q4 2018, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, according to data from IDC.
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Can it be trusted? Huawei's founder speaks out

Thu, 17th Jan 2019
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Ren Zhengfei spoke candidly in a recent media roundtable about security, 5G, his daughter's detainment, the USA, and the West's perception of Huawei.
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Over 100 million smart home devices shipped in 2018

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Smart home device shipments reached 110 million units in 2018, with a retail value of nearly $17bn, according to a report by Futuresource Consulting.
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IDC: PC shipments decline even in holiday quarter

Mon, 14th Jan 2019
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PC shipments saw a 3.7% year-on-year decline in Q4 2018, with even the holiday season driven by consumer promotions failing to boost numbers.
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Cloud-native networking core market seeing growth

Wed, 2nd Jan 2019
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Dell'Oro group has released two reports that show that the expectation for 5G is driving the growth of cloud-native IMS VoLTE and EPC core markets.
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Huawei CEO goes public on CFO arrest & China security concerns

Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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Ken Hu faced a press conference where he addressed all the elephants in the room and growing concerns around the company's future.
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Is Supermicro innocent? 3rd party test finds no malicious hardware

Thu, 13th Dec 2018
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One of the larger scandals within IT circles took place this year with Bloomberg firing shots at Supermicro - now Supermicro is firing back.
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MulteFire announces industrial IoT network specification

Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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The MulteFire Alliance has unveiled its Release 1.1 specification, optimised for industrial IoT, adding support for eMTC-U, NB-IoT-U, and new spectrum bands.
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Cisco dominates record-high Ethernet switch & router markets

Sat, 8th Dec 2018
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Cisco dominates the Ethernet switch and router markets, with Q3 revenues hitting a record US$11 billion amid a surge in data center demand.
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Tensions on the rise after Huawei CFO arrest

Fri, 7th Dec 2018
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Tensions rise after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's arrest in Canada with little explanation, causing a flare-up between China and the US.
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Hyperscalers hurling colossal capital at data centres

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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The old proverb 'you have to spend money to make money' could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.
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Mobile Infrastructure market sees fastest growth since 2014

Mon, 19th Nov 2018
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The report from Dell'Oro shows that while the vendor rankings for the top three vendors remained unchanged with Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia leading.