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Innovation accelerators to reach $5.5tn by 2020

New research from IDC shows the Internet of things, virtual reality and robotics will be new drivers of global ICT industry revenue.

Digital transformation key to success for SMEs

SMEs are encouraged to adopt customer-centric digital strategies to be successful.

Cinemas relatively stable, say Deloitte's media predictions

Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions for 2016 say traditional cinema is faring well in the age of digitisation.

Facebook finds its footing in mobile

Mobile daily active users exceeded Web daily active users for the first time in Q4, and mobile now accounts for 23% of ad revenue.

200m users now on LinkedIn

The largest professional networking site in the world continues to grow, adding two new users a second.

A billion tweets every 2.5 days

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo reveals some new statistics about the micro-blogging service, calling it the "pulse of the planet".

Pinterest ups mobile game

The social pin-boarding site is now invite-free and has unleashed its first app for Android, while also updating its offerings for iOS.

Facebook's mobile headache

With one in five monthly active users bypassing the Facebook desktop site altogether, the social network urgently needs to effectively monetise mobile.

Facebook by numbers

The world's largest social network now has 955 million active users, but mobile and increased competition is still of concern.

No IPO, says Twitter CEO

Twitter is doing just fine as a private company and has no plans to go public, says CEO Dick Costolo.

Pinterest: the new network explodes

Digital scrapbooking is stepping into the limelight as new networking service, Pinterest, starts making waves in the social space.

A bright future for Africa

Frost & Sullivan's Growth, Innovation and Leadership Congress revealed considerable growth predictions for the continent.