The prevailing economic uncertainty will force smartphone prices globally down, with nearly three-quarters of the devices to be sold at prices below US$400 (A$546.9), the technology analyst firm IDC has forecast.



The Australian PC market — desktops, notebooks and workstations — grew by 35.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 with a total of 1.422 million units shipped, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Digital bank 86 400 has unvelied what it claims is the first consumer-facing feature developed using Open Banking product data, a real-time comparison graph of savings interest rates.

The US will need to invest between US$20 billion (A$27.3 billion) and US$50 billion in new semiconductor fabrication plants if it wants to reverse the trend of the last 30 years which has seen semiconductor manufacturing decline, a study claims.

The global telecom software and services market in 2019 grew about 1% to US$66.9 billion, with Nokia again ranked as the top service provider by market share with approximatelly US$4. billion, according to the rankings by research firm Analysys Mason in its latest annual report.

Brought to Australia for the first time by WaterSecure, the Flo system by well-known US faucet brand Moen can "continuously monitor for water leakage and prevent water damage", and it's available locally now - and naturally features a smartphone app.

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