Consumer
Wearables to top Christmas lists at Currys & PC World
Connected health and homes will inspire purchases as will audio devices and tablets, retailer predicts
N-vest to train users for reseller Misco
Training provider to focus on audiovisual portfolio of e-tailer
Security, network management top IoT concerns
Survey of perspectives on the expansion of internet-connected devices confirms security fears. Chris Gonsalves reports
Sennheiser hails channel sales expansion
Audio specialist reaps rewards from new focus on channel partnership
Hard times for corporate resellers
Component cost pressures and delayed product refreshes mean that resellers need to manage business customer expectations carefully, suggests Mathias Knoefel
Digital payments to double in five years
Global online, mobile and contactless transactions now at $2.5tn
Consumer 3D print to reap $1.2bn by 2018
Figures from Juniper based on sales of hardware and other materials involved
Wave of Amazon apps to juice BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry platform to benefit from long-delayed application access
Gem shines up smart-home drive with mobile app
Heating and hot water can be controlled by smartphone with British Gas app
Can Salesforce work the wearables?
Chris Gonsalves delves deeper into the issue of B2B-appropriate wearable devices
One-stop VAT advantage for some IT suppliers
B2C suppliers of certain services to gain from one-country VAT registration
Getting ready to run on apps
Build your own could be the next step after bring your own, reckons Jamie Marshall
Currys & PC World roll out smart tech zones
Mobile, connected gadgets are being demanded by customers, says Dixons
Samsung unveils first Tizen-based smartphone
New open-source-derived operating system could be rival for Google Android
Smartphone market diversifying across Europe
More rivals than ever for Windows Phone, iOS and Android despite Q1 rally
No panic required
Are users over-concerned about mobility deployments? Experts at Channel Conference agree that individual needs must be examined in detail
Dixons exits Czech Republic and Slovakia
Company announces sale of central Europe operations
Retailer tries Bitcoin online and in store
Electronics trader announces permanent addition of much-hyped virtual currency
Vendors fuel the device confusion debate
Larry Walsh warns resellers not to rely on vendor perspectives when choosing the right end point for customers
EET Group expands for twelfth consecutive year
Chief executive not satisfied with progress of distributor
Disruptive forces in good health
Chris Gonsalves asks who could be the Amazon of healthcare IT
Evolution of a species
Is there any hope for dinosaurs of the IT industry in a cloudy future? Calum Macleod envisages the new world
AC decision time?
WLAN kit complying with 802.11ac is out. Fleur Doidge asks whether yet another wireless upgrade will be too hard to digest
Why hasn't BYOD taken off?
Ben Davies skewers a few IT channel myths about the BYOD and mobile trends