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All the key details on Valve's upcoming PC and console disruptive platform

Microsoft has revealed its biggest net loss of $3.2 billion during its financial quarter ending June 30th 2015. The firm was hit by $8.4 billion in charges during the quarter, which was formed of a $7.5 billion non-cash impairment charge related to assets associated with its acquisition of the Nokia …

Hama UK has recruited two new regional area sales managers, as the firm expands its services into the independent sector. Kevin Hurford will take over the East of England, whilst Steve Tucker will be in charge of the South West region. As former employees of UK technical accessory supplier Vivanco, …

Both recruits come from accessory supplier Vivanco

But the vendor made $12bn in the year overall, with commercial cloud revenue growing 88 per cent

Gartner also forecasts mobile data will reach 52 million TB in 2015

The company made $3bn more compared to the same period last year

Whether you’re a global managed services provider or a local PC repairs firm, customer satisfaction is key to growing your business. To help you engage and interactive more efficiently with your customers, respond quicker to issues and queries, manage your feedback and improve your customer relationships, here’s IT Channel Expert’s …

Purple WiFi has announced the appointment of Mike Greig as VP service providers, Americas. Greig will be reporting to Eric Law, VP of worldwide sales and will focus on growing the Americas’ service provider team. He will be responsible for engaging service providers, creating demand, selling enterprise software and cloud …

Shop suffered £12,000 in damages

With two major mergers going ahead and further competitive manoeuvring in prospect, the landscape in the mobile market is changing, but is it a threat, an opportunity, or both for the communications services industry? The proposed acquisitions of O2 by Three and of EE by BT and the subsequent mergers …

Tech and computing products are of no use unless teachers understand them, says The Tablet Academy