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Consumer Behavior Information Technology Trend Watching

Mobile Devices in Brazil: Smartphones are now three out of four phones

In the first five months of 2014, 28.2 million mobile phones were sold, an increase of 8% over the same period of 2013 — according to the data collected by IDC and analyzed by Abinee […]

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Information Technology Trend Watching

Mobile Devices in Brazil: 4G offer grows, but price remains high

Model offering of smartphones with mobile Internet fourth generation 4G more than doubled in the last six months in Brazil, but the high price and network challenges still limit the broadening of the user base of this technology […]

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Economics Trend Watching

Economy in Brazil: study shows market growth for vehicle tracking and fleet management

2012, the Brazilian market for vehicle tracking and fleet management handled R$ 1.5 billion and peaked at 1.94 million devices operating in the national fleet. Also according to the study, 39% of companies that already employ tracking solutions aim to increase their investment in 2014 […]

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Information Technology Trend Watching

Information Technology in Brazil: cloud computing is expected to move US$ 798 million in 2015

The cloud computing sector generated US$ 257 million in Brazil in 2013, and can reach US$ 798 million in 2015, according to the IDC […]

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Consumer Behavior Trend Watching

Consumer Behavior in Brazil: Sale of tablets increased 164% in Q1/2013

The sale of tablets in the country in the first quarter of 2013 increased 164% compared with the same period in 2012, reaching 1.3 million devices sold, according to a study by IDC Brazil released recently: in the first quarter of 2012, 493,000 tablets were sold […]

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Consumer Behavior Information Technology Trend Watching

Consumer Behavior in Brazil: Sales of tablet computers grows 171% in 2012

3.1 million tablet computers were sold in Brazil in 2012, an increase of 171% compared to the previous year, when they sold 1.1 million units, according to a study released by IDC […]

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Consumer Behavior Information Technology Software Trend Watching

Information Technology in Brazil: PC sales sets record and Brazil moves up to 3rd place in the world ranking, says IDC

Brazil shipped 3.8 million PCs between April and June of 2011, behind only China and the United States […]

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China Consumer Behavior Trend Watching

Chinese People & their Mobile Phones: use of Mobile apps in the rise

Enterprises in China are expected to use more mobile applications to ride the growth in various mobile services and features as well the high speed of 3G networks because these represent the future […]

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China Information Technology Software Trend Watching

Intellectual Property: Use of illegal software continues to rise in China

The rate of global software piracy climbed to 43 percent in 2009, a two-percentage-point increase from 2008 fueled in large part by expanding PC sales in emerging markets […]

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Design Inspiration

David Carson’s “Design, discovery and humor” talk at TED

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery — for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images […]