Google's Android system was used on 70.1 per cent of smartphones shipped in the quarter, while Apple held 21 per cent, according to research firm IDC. "The dominance of Android and Apple reached a new watermark in the fourth quarter," ...
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Loba Chemie was a venture started over 35 years ago to deal in Biochemical’ s and Reagents for life science research and other specialty chemicals. Loba Chemie today is one of the forerunners in the Indian chemical industry. In a ...
Swiss meat processing company Bell Group has booked an increase in full-year profits, despite what it claims has been a "demanding" market environment. In the 12 months to the end of December, net profit climbed 5.9% to CHF75.8m ...
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PepsiCo has posted a fall in full-year profits and sales as a 53rd week in 2011 results left a tough comparison. Net profits were down by 4% to US$6.18bn in 2012, the New York-based company said today (14 February). Net sales slipped by ...
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Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
Mobidia Technology, Inc., a provider of mobile analytics, today released new insight into mobile usage of messaging and VOIP applications. Mobidia's data highlights the continued and growing importance of these applications to smartphone ...
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Smartphone maker BlackBerry says it has no immediate plans to sell its new handsets in Japan, but the company denied it was abandoning one of the world's most tech-savvy nations. Having fallen far behind Apple and lost ground to other ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, has reported improved results for fiscal first-quarter 2013 (ending 28 December 2012). Revenue was $453.7m, up nearly 8% on last quarter’s $421.1m and 15% on ...
Malaysian flexible packaging manufacturer and converter Daibochi Plastic and Packaging is all set to invest MYR45m ($14m) in capital expenditure over three phases to build a new manufacturing plant in Jasin, Malacca. Daibochi managing ...
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LeapFrog is the fastest-growing top ten toy manufacturer in the UK, according to full-year 2012 NPD data. The company says it grew by 26 per cent last year, when it became the eighth biggest toy manufacturer in the UK. The LeapPad kids' ...
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Portola Packaging has announced an investment of $12m in its Kingsport, Tennessee and Tolleson, Arizona facilities in the US to accommodate increasing market demand for its hot-fill and aseptic beverage closures. The latest investment, ...
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eNet Components, leading manufacturer and full-service provider of OEM compatible Transceivers, Memory and Cables, is staking its territory in the battle for fiber optics market share. For decades, giant IT companies have dominated the ...
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1/3 of computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a tablet, according to a survey. The research firm Canalys said that with PCs and tablets combined, the market grew 12 per cent year-on-year in the last three months of ...
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Despite recent headlines about its security woes, Java has returned to the top spot in a monthly assessment of the popularity of programming languages, 10 months after being supplanted by the C language. The Tiobe Programming Community ...
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Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories for future growth, according to reports. The company has discussed the design with manufacturing ...