Shipments of Western European personal computing devices, including traditional PCs and tablets, will total 76.3 million in 2018, a 3.3% YoY decline, according to IDC.

Global spending on robotic process automation software is estimated to reach $680 million in 2018, an increase of 57 percent year over year, according to Gartner.

Telecom operators are looking to break out of the rut of simply providing connectivity, but face fierce opposition in the form of technology interlopers, according to GlobalData.

A 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman were arrested in Crawley on suspicion of disrupting aviation services to endanger or likely to endanger safety of operations, Sussex Police said in a statement, adding that police operations around the airport would continue. No other details about the individuals was given, according to Bloomberg.

When it comes to online orders this Christmas, U.S. consumers are spending more than ever before, according to Bloomberg.

The smart home market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) grew 31.4% in 3Q18, reaching 23.6 million units shipped, according to IDC.

The number of Facebook users in the US will inch up 0.9% this year to 169.5 million, according to eMarketer.

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the IoT payments market will grow at an average of 75% per annum over the next 5 years.

IT spending in EMEA is projected to total $973 billion in 2019, an increase of 2 percent from the estimated spending of $954 billion in 2018, according to Gartner.

Worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation is forecast to reach $1.97 trillion in 2022, according to IDC.

Berg Insight estimates that the number of remotely monitored patients will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 31.0 percent to reach 83.4 million by 2023.

Cybersecurity has reached a junction and needs to decide where it goes next.

In this year's digital transformation predictions, IDC has identified two DX groups based on specific trends and attributes.

Gartner highlighted the top strategic Internet of Things technology trends that will drive digital business innovation from 2018 through 2023.

Ericsson has released the eighth edition of its ConsumerLab trend report, 10 Hot Consumer Trends 2019, representing predictions of 34 million early technology adopters.

A new IBM study estimates that 62 percent of automotive executives believe blockchain will be a disruptive force in the auto industry by 2021.

CIOs need to prepare workers for a future in which people do more creative and impactful work because they no longer have to perform many routine and repetitive tasks, according to Gartner.

According to a new market research report by Berg Insight, the scootersharing fleet is forecasted to grow from 14,400 vehicles worldwide in 2017 to more than 2.6 million vehicles in 2023.

Digital business has reached a tipping point in EMEA, with 35 percent of CIOs being in a position to scale their digital initiatives, according to Gartner’s annual global CIO survey.

According to IDC, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to decline by 3% in 2018 before returning to low single-digit growth in 2019 and through 2022.

Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services will increase by 0.6% in 2018 (in constant dollar terms), according to IDC.

The 35 must-watch technologies represented on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 revealed five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines.

With more content available than ever before, the number of Germans watching digital video is surpassing expectations, according to eMarketer.

Discounts on so-called "Black Friday" are becoming increasingly popular among European consumers, according to GfK.

While the majority of businesses recognise which capabilities are important for their future success, many are failing to take the actions needed to build or even introduce them into their organisations, according to PwC.

Grocery apps are some of the fastest-growing apps in the US, according to eMarketer’s latest app usage forecast.

With the first instances of 5G services rolling out in the fourth quarter of 2018, 2019 is set to be a seminal year in the mobile industry, according to IDC.

Speech recognition will reach the Plateau of Productivity within the next two years and six other technologies will reach mainstream business adoption in the next two to five years according to Gartner.

Snapchat will have a larger user base among UK adults ages 18 to 24 than Facebook in 2018, according to eMarketer’s forecast on social network usage.

In the third quarter of 2018, Chinese brands Huawei and Xiaomi, helped drive global smartphone sales, according to Gartner.