Here are your key ICT trends and insights this week: What Uber China's
merger with Didi Chuxing will mean; Delphi tests autonomous vehicles in
Singapore; and Australia is on the move - literally.
Spotlight
Overcoming the
connectivity price barrier
Innovative business models are needed to
boost global smartphone use and drive
sustainable development – could
Orange’s USD8.5 million investment in
PayJoy be part of the solution?
Cybersecurity: Talent shortage crisis
Intel Security’s ‘Hacking the Talent Shortage’ report highlights
global shortage of cybersecurity talent - here is how you can
close the gap. Meanwhile, the United States released its
first government guide on responding to cyberattacks. [Learn
more about ITU’s Cybersecurity activities.]
E-health: Satellite operator SES, the
Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and German
Doctors have launched SATMED, a
satellite-based e-health platform in the Philippines.
Meanwhile, IBM is giving free technology and computing expertise
to help
scientists fight Zika. [Learn about ITU’s efforts to use ICTs for
preventive health.]
ITU releases 2016 ICT figures 3.9 billion
people remain unconnected to the Internet, despite falling
prices for ICT services, new data released by ITU shows. The
report also tracks the digital divide, online gender gap and
other ICT data.
Read the full ICT Facts & Figures 2016 report.
Autonomous cars: Delphi will test
self-driving cars as part of Singapore’s new Autonomous
Mobility on Demand program. Delphi will retrofit vehicles with
cameras, radar and lidar to test its technology on the
crowded streets. Meanwhile, China has
banned highway testing of autonomous cars.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
The earnings are in:
Facebook,
Alphabet,
SK Telecom and Amazon are big winners in Q2, but Apple and
Twitter disappoint – will new
content and
streaming strategies reverse this trend?
Gender divide:
Qualcomm will pay
USD19.5 million to settle lawsuit that claimed gender
discrimination against female engineers. [ITU’s GEM-TECH Awards deadline extended to 15.08.2016 –
nominate now!]
Satellites:
Australia will change local longitudinal and latitude
coordinates to
match GNSS
– the country is shifting 7cm north annually – which is vital
for autonomous cars.
Insights
Africa is making new apps for old phones App
developers build basic text-based apps for specific local needs
in a region where the average customer doesn’t own a smartphone
– something Google and Apple Inc. missed out on, writes
Marie Mawad and Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier.
Tech trends that will impact your home 3D
printing, VR/AR and IoT will revolutionize how we live in our
homes, which is good for the environment and efficiency says
Agnieszka Wilk.
Perspectives from Pakistan – women in ICT engineering
A gender bias still exists for young women pursuing engineering
careers in Pakistan, but the country is working to change that,
writes
Erum Irfan.
