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• Oracle chases IBM and Microsoft with enterprise-grade blockchain cloud service

  Oracle has unveiled plans to peg back IBM and Microsoft through the launch of an enterprise-grade Blockchain Cloud Service.

• ​Eyes on the smartphone horizon as Microsoft Lumia sales plummet

  Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments reached 342.5 million in Q3 2015, with a slowed y-o-y growth of 8.4 percent.

• ​Virtual Reality entering “watershed” year as shipments set to smash 30 million mark

  “The recent attention to and investment into virtual reality is helping to revitalise the industry."

• ​Internet of Everything set to power 240 million active 5G connections in 10 years

  However, this will represent a very limited global reach, accounting for approximately 3 per cent of global mobile connections.

• Retail spend on Internet of Things to reach $2.5 billion by 2020

  “Retailers such as Zara and Target are already taking advantage of the benefits offered by RFID asset tracking."

• Internet of Things key as mobile wireless charging adoption to “soar”

  “Wireless charging will ultimately be about more than the power and speed of charge."

• Mobile and online transactions set to smash 125 billion mark

  The number of annual purchases made via mobiles, tablets, desktops and other connected devices should reach 125 billion annually by 2018.

• Ad-based music streaming revenue on the verge of surpassing billion-dollar mark

  Revenue generated through ad-based music streaming is set to exceed US$1 billion by 2017.

• Internet of Things connected devices to reach 38 billion by 2020

  The number of Internet of Things connected devices will number 38.5 billion in 2020.

• Has the Apple Watch recorded $1 billion revenue in 87 days?

  Here’s what the industry knows based on past performance.

• Gap between winners and losers grows larger as smartphone shipments reach 338 million

  Galaxy S6 revives Samsung’s smartphone revenues but does not boost volumes.

• Wi-Fi set to carry up to 60 per cent of mobile data traffic by 2019

  Wi-Fi networks will carry almost 60 per cent of smartphone and tablet data traffic by 2019...

• Satya Nadella or Jony Ive? Who’s the most influential tech executive?

  Juniper Research unveils newly-released rankings of the most influential executives in the technology space.

• Cybercime will cost businesses over US$2 trillion by 2019

  “Currently, we aren’t seeing much dangerous mobile or IoT malware because it’s not profitable."

• Apple updates… “So far, so underwhelming”

  That’s the damning view of Juniper Research analyst James Moar, when summarising Apple’s rather “polished” progress update last week.