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Worldwide services revenues to pass $1 trillion for the first time

Posted by | Nov 8, 2016 | , |

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) “Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker, IT Services and Business Services,” revenues are poised to pass the $1 trillion mark for the first time in 2018. Worldwide services spending totals for 2016 are expected to stay within the $900 billion range and by 2020 expected to near $1.1 trillion.

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Ohanaware launches Iconographer for macOS

Ohanaware launches Iconographer for macOS

Posted by | Nov 7, 2016 | , |

Iconographer is Ohanaware’s latest macOS application with the goal of helping app developers (macOS, iOS and Windows), graphic designer and tinkerers, create high quality and beautiful platform styled icons, from a product logo. It provides templates and styles for the following icons:

° macOS; App icons, folder icons, disk icons and document icons;
° iOS app icons;
° Windows; app icons, folder icons, disk icons & document icons;
° Web; favicon.ico, PNG variants and Apple Touch icons;
° Custom icons for in application graphics or without the use of a template.

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Voice control the new breakout star in smart home technology

Posted by | Nov 7, 2016 | , |

Voice control became a standout, new category for smart home devices over the past 18 months, finds ABI Research (www.abirseearch.com).

But its future is even brighter due to its solid marketing efforts, as well as its ability to leverage digital assistant adoption on smartphones and deliver genuine consumer value. Voice control smart home devices, typified by the Amazon Echo, will represent almost 30% of smart home device spending by 2021, despite being a device category that barely existed two years ago.

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