The total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew 34.4% year over year during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) to $13.0 billion, according to IDC.

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices grew 1.2% during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) as shipments reached 25.1 million units according IDC.

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that unique viewers of eSports and let’s play content will reach 858 million by 2022, up from 630 million this year.

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6.29 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), a healthy increase of 10.9% year over year, according to IDC.

The growth at the end of 2017 continued for the worldwide server market in the first quarter of 2018 as worldwide server revenue increased 33.4 percent and shipments grew 17.3 percent year over year, according to Gartner.

Starbucks will remain the most popular proximity mobile payment app, staying ahead of Apple Pay and other competitors, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast on US proximity mobile payments.

According to IDC, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 38.6% year over year to $18.8 billion during the first quarter of 2018.

Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals increased 1.7% to nearly 23.8 million units in the first quarter of 2018, according to IDC.

According to PwC, the ongoing rapid evolution of the entertainment and media industry has entered a dynamic new phase.

Shipments of Western European personal computing devices (PCD), including traditional PCs and tablets, will total 76.0 million in 2018, a -3.7% YoY decline, according to IDC.

After a decline of 3 percent in 2017, worldwide shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are forecast to return to growth (+1.3 percent) in 2018 and will total 2.3 billion units, according to Gartner.

According to the latest forecast from IDC, global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs) are expected to decline 3.5% year over year in 2018.

After declining 0.3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019 and beyond, according to IDC.

Three years ago, Facebook was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in trendsetting demographic, according to Bloomberg.

Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to achieve a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.6% over the 2017-2022 forecast period, according to IDC.

New findings from Juniper Research reveal that the annual sales of fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the US will reach 5 million by 2026.

Global sales of smartphones to end users returned to growth in the first quarter of 2018 with a 1.3 percent increase over the same period in 2017, according to Gartner.

A new study from IDC reveals that there is great potential in collaboration between start-ups and system integrators or consulting companies to address European enterprises' need for innovation.

In India, 337.0 million people, or more than a quarter of the population, will use a smartphone in 2018, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast.

Growth tops the list of CEO business priorities in 2018 and 2019, according to a recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner.

A new study from Juniper Research found that revenues from RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging will exceed $9 billion by 2022, up from an estimated $126 million in 2018.

New models for policing harnessing data, digitisation, public and private sector organisations, and more diverse skills, offer law enforcement opportunities to improve how they tackle emerging challenges from global criminal activity, according to PWC.

Following a series of public relations scandals last year and the aggressive expansion of Lyft, eMarketer has lowered its projections for Uber usage in the US in its latest forecast on the sharing economy.

A new report from Juniper Research found that Smart Toys will represent an $18 billion hardware and software market by 2023, up from an estimated $6 billion in 2018.

After strong year-over-year growth of 24% in 2017, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to grow for the third consecutive year in 2018 to $450 billion, up 7.7% over 2017, according to IDC.

According to IDC, the Western European printer and multifunction peripheral (MFP) market decreased by 1.6% in unit terms in 1Q18 compared with the same period a year ago.

Brookings Institution survey offers fresh fodder for the debate whether AI will help or hurt U.S. workers, showing opinion is heavily tilted against AI, according to Bloomberg.

Twitter bots may have altered the outcome of two of the world’s most consequential elections in recent years, according to Bloomberg, citing an economic study.

According to IDC, the overall tablet market for Western Europe declined 8.1% YoY, shipping 6.6 million units in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), as the tablet market continues to exhibit a bleak outlook for the region.

Worldwide ICT spending, including new technologies, is expected to exceed $5.6 trillion in 2021 with growth accelerating through the end of the forecast period as new categories account for a growing proportion of overall investments, according to IDC.