Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
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Google Maps slipped last year, giving Facebook enough room to become the most popular mobile app in the U.S., according to ComScore. Facebook's mobile app had nearly 85.5 million unique visitors in December, while the Google Maps app had ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by ...
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The United Kingdom has posted its highest full year new car sales result since 2007, with 2,044,699 registrations recorded in 2012. That promising figure shows a 5.3 per cent rise year on year, pushing the market past two million units ...
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Computerworld-After years as the top PC maker in the world,Hewlett-Packard may be pushed aside by a quick-moving Lenovo. It's no longer clear which company sits at the top of the rankings for the PC industry. Two industry analyst firms ...
The head of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Tony Weber, has criticised the general media for its reporting on the local industry, claiming that local manufacturing is competitive by today’s standards. ...
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IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
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Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said in a study released on Tuesday. Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled ...
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While an analyst firm is reporting that global semiconductor revenue has dipped 3% this year, the market is expected rebound in 2013. Gartner Inc. reported this morning that worldwide chip revenue will hit $298 billion this year, a 3% ...
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As the latest iPhone went on sale Friday, with T-Mobile USA once again left out of the party, the fourth-place U.S. carrier started turning on a network that is designed to offer high data rates on unlocked iPhones. On Friday, T-Mobile ...
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Apple's personal computers remained fixed in fourth place during 2012's second quarter, a spot it's occupied most of the year, a technical support franchise said today. The cause, ironically, was the very success that Apple has had ...
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On the technology front, CIOs in Asia are prioritising business intelligence and analytics, mobile technologies and cloud computing, according to a survey conducted by analyst firm Gartner. The research firm stated that for the most part, ...
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Thanks to the popularity of Apple's iPad and iPhone mobile devices, the Objective-C language has overtaken C++ in Tiobe's monthly assessment of programming language popularity. Objective-C, the language used for developing applications to ...
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Apple and Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC have settled all of their outstanding patent disputes, they said. The settlement includes a 10-year agreement under which the companies will license current and future patents from each other, they ...
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Despite a backdrop of a slower global economy and continued uncertainty – notably surrounding the euro zone – global prime retail markets have proved generally resilient over the year to June, with rental growth driven in ...
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