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Weekly Recap: Top 10 Stories On Channel Times

A running recap of latest happening in the IT Channel Industry 1. What Apple Gains From FDI Reforms?  After the government cleared roadblocks, Apple is expected to open up exclusive retail outlets across regions and strengthen its service support for Apple lovers in the country. Read More 2. 57 Per Cent Of Global Population Still Unconnected To Internet: Study  Even though the world is heading towards digitization, with the internet becoming an integral part of our lives, more than a half percent of the global population is still unconnected to broadband...
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Software Piracy Related To Intelligence, Say Researchers

Software piracy is a major issue across the world, costing businesses a big deal of money. A new study on software piracy reveals that countries with high cognitive intelligence face lesser issues of software piracy. The recent paper titled ‘Intelligence and Crime: A novel evidence for software piracy’ by three researchers from Germany’s MPRA correlates national intelligence, expressed in average national IQ points, with software piracy. The researchers have obtained data from 102 countries in 2011. They inferred that countries with ‘higher intelligence’ show lower levels of software piracy as compared to...