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A report from Pure SEO reveals a 31.3% rise in website visits from social media in 2017, yet experts advise a diversified digital marketing approach.

GlobalData has released commentary reporting Amazon's days at the top of the cloud market could be numbered unless it makes some changes.

Google bans cryptomining extensions from the Chrome Web Store, citing misuse by developers which impacts user performance and increases power consumption.

The cloud giant’s investment in the JGA cable system adds to its portfolio of existing cable investments, which include HK-G and SJC subsea cables.

The new IDC smart home device tracker forecasts solid growth for connected devices in key smart home categories.

Global collaboration market hits record high in Q4 with revenues reaching almost $10bn, reports Synergy Research Group. Cisco and Microsoft lead the market.

Updates include phishing prevention, mobile device management, security keys for two-factor authentication, Information Rights Management, and more.

UC consultant Ian Darby recently ended up in San Jose where natural language processing (NLP) was a hot topic. Here is his take on the Next Big Thing.

Google’s Tensor Processing Units are hardware accelerators optimised to speed up and scale up Machine learning workloads.

While it’s only been a few weeks since launch, developers are already publishing new ARCore experiences on Google Play.

Google is investing a further €500m into its Dutch data centre that ran on 100% renewable energy from day 1 to further expand the facility.

A report by Dell’Oro Group has shown that high memory costs contributed to a slower than expected Purley refresh cycle slowing sales in the quarter.

Dynamo6 is the latest Kiwi organisation to be appointed as a Google Cloud partner expanding its reach in Hamilton, Auckland and Bay of Plenty.

Despite all of the breaches across platforms last year Google remains optimistic about their security progress.

Google will ban cryptocurrency ads from June 2018, tightening its Financial services policy, following Facebook's similar move to combat scams.

In a fresh move against Siri, Google launches its Assistant on iPads, bringing enhanced smart home capabilities to Apple's larger screens.

Microservices will continue to grow in popularity this year, as more companies realise significant business benefits.

Japan’s global data center dominance stems from robust tech talent, unique standards, Asia Pacific's largest market, and major global players' presence.

Google partners with Nintendo to bring Mario to Google Maps for a week as part of a birthday celebration, turning navigation arrows into the iconic plumber.

Hyperscale operators' capex surged 19% in Q4 2017, hitting $22bn. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are the five biggest spenders.