Tag: mobile technology

Designing sales incentive programs for the motor retail industry - whether for your own sales force or a channel partner - presents several unique challenges due to the complexity and variability of the market. It’s a task requiring specialised skills and expertise in incentive and technology design that few businesses have in-house for either the development or ongoing management thereof.

The new nova 10 has a front camera that, not long ago, would have done any smartphone’s main lens proud. Is it possible to redefine the selfie camera? Huawei makes a good argument, as it steps out with a new device that blows up the standard expectations for front lenses on a smartphone. Literally and figuratively.

Samsung bravely created a new category with the launch of the large-screen Galaxy Note range and have just launched their 10th Galaxy Note. In fact, it’s a pair of Notes both with the iconic S Pen.

A digital initiative focused on increasing the digital intelligence quotient (DQ) of children aged 8-12, #DQEveryChild, has increased digital citizenship in children worldwide by 10% on average, reducing cyber-risk exposure by 15%.

A new standard in mobile is born with the release of the Samsung Galaxy S10. The whole is far greater than the sum of its parts with this new Galaxy phone, as Samsung has poured all their ten years of experience into their new series of flagships.

In the midst of a global digital transformation, widespread integration of next-generation technologies like 5G and IoT is just over the horizon.

The smartphone high-end has been dominated by Apple and Samsung for a few years with many pretenders and no real contenders. Well Huawei is aiming right at that duo with their new P20 Pro. Huawei has just released the P20 series, jumping from last year’s P10 series to P20 as they feel the improvements made are huge. Steven Ambrose tests the P20 Pro and reports back.

Sony gets serious with their new Xperia XZ2 Smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The release of the new Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 compact shows real effort in reclaiming their share of the high-end mobile space. New technology, new looks, and some intersecting new features make the two devices a significant return to form for Sony.

Running a country with hard cash is expensive. Instead of devising new plans to make cash available, governments should drive the cashless shift by promoting and enforcing electronic payments, which will motivate citizens to open bank accounts.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Mastercard Foundation have published an ethnographic study on the perceptions and attitudes to digital financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study will increase financial inclusion by helping financial services providers better understand the user of African digital financial services (DFS). The report A Sense of Inclusion: An Ethnographic Study of the Perceptions and Attitudes to Digital Financial Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, is based on...