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ecommerce online
Research
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Global e-commerce expected to double in next five years

Global e-commerce continues to revolutionise the air cargo industry, and is forecast to increase 19 per cent a year over the next five years, from US$1.9 trillion in 2016 to US$4.5 trillion in 2021, according to the annual E-Commerce Revolution Report…

social media china
Research
5 min read

Three reasons why we are addicted to smartphones

Apple recently announced the launch of its iPhone 8 and iPhone X, which come with sleek, new features. Apple also hopes to start a new community around the iPhones. Ahead of the launch, Angela Ahrendts, head of retail at Apple, said their stores will be…

South Korea mobile gaming market 2014
Research
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Mobile phone insurance market to hit $27b by 2020

The global mobile phone insurance market is on track to grow to over $27 billion in revenue by the end of 2020, research from SNS Telecom indicates. The telecoms market research company estimates that the global market will account for $20.5 billion by the…

Personilized Ecommerce
Research
2 min read

Indonesia’s e-commerce market set to hit $130b by 2020

Indonesia has the biggest and fastest growing online retail sector in Southeast Asia, according to Research and Markets. In this environment, RTB House, a provider of retargeting technology for advertisers, anticipates that Indonesia’s e-commerce players will…

inflight wifi
Research
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Inflight Wi-Fi essential for 2 in 3 APAC travelers

Two thirds of airline passengers in Asia-Pacific feel that inflight Wi-Fi is not merely a luxury but a necessity, according to Inmarsat-commissioned research. A survey of travelers in the region, conducted by market research company GfK, found that 79% are…

money back guarantee
Research
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The economics of the money-back guarantee

“Returning the product to Amazon ASAP!” complained one disgruntled Amazon customer as they gave a one-star review for a digital camera on the company’s site. This is despite the same product having an average rating of four-and-a-half stars out of five from…

bitcoin
Research
3 min read

Things to know about Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the world’s most widely used crypto currency. Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, went on trial in Tokyo on charges stemming from the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency from…

Dawn of Big Data
Telecom
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India’s big data market set to hit $16b by 2025

India’s big data analytics sector is set to record impressive growth in the coming years, WNS Global Services has predicted. The sector is expected to witness eight-fold growth to reach $16 billion by 2025 from the current $2 billion, according to industry…

Cloud Computing3
Research
2 min read

Global vendor revenue from cloud hits $32.6b in 2016

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 9.2% year over year to $32.6 billion in 2016, IDC estimates. Vendor revenue for the fourth quarter meanwhile…

ob 98da3a ecommerce en chine
Research
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Where is Indonesian e-commerce headed?

With a population of over 250 million and rapidly growing internet adoption, the Indonesian archipelago could offer a booming market for online shopping — and current projections say it will reach $130 billion by 2020. “The great thing is that there are a lot…

5G Indoor
Research
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5G indoor wireless market to be worth $509m by 2025

The global equipment market for in-building wireless system, including active distributed antenna systems (DAS), passive DAS, and repeaters, is expected to grow to $10 billion in 2025, according to ABI Research. Yet, out of this market, 5G in-building…

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Research
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The rise of the IoT marketplace is under way

As companies seek to transform themselves with IoT technologies, they are confronted by an incredibly complex and diverse supplier market from which to build IoT solutions, according to ABI Research. To address this challenge, suppliers are leveraging…

Super 7 cloud
Telecom
1 min read

Cloud boom fuels demand for identity-as-a-service

The rising adoption of cloud computing, especially among small and medium organizations, is fueling demand for new identity and access management business models such as Identity as a Service (IDaaS), Frost & Sullivan said. IDaaS will strike a balance between…

apple
Electronics
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Apple to open first R&D center in Indonesia this year

Good news to Apple fans in Indonesia — Apple will finally bring its flagship phones to the country this year. The company will open the doors to its first R&D center in the country in the second quarter of this year in the city of Tangerang, reports The…

IoT
Research
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86% of APAC organizations to adopt IoT by 2019

Nearly nine in 10 (86%) organizations in In Asia-Pacific will have some form of IoT in place by 2019, according to results of a survey from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Aruba. Organizations across the enterprise, industrial, healthcare, retail and…