Companies' bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies are affecting how many traditional PCs enterprises purchase and contributing to a global sales slump, IDC analysts said Tuesday. About 25% of employees in businesses with more than 10 ...
Tags: BYOD, PC Purchase
As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
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Worst result since the second quarter of 2010. Global enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment revenues dropped 13.2% during first quarter of 2013 to $563.4m, according to a new report from IDC. Said to have registered ...
Lenovo, the world's second-largest PC maker, has recorded a 90 per cent hike in net profit for the March quarter compared to a year earlier. The Chinese firm beat analysts' expectations by reporting a quarterly net profit of $127m ...
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Lenovo, the world's second-largest PC maker, has recorded a 90 per cent hike in net profit for the March quarter compared to a year earlier. The Chinese firm beat analysts' expectations by reporting a quarterly net profit of $127m ...
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ONLINE retail titan Amazon announced overnight that it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to more than 170 countries and territories and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries. The move steps up the offensive of Amazon ...
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The semiconductor revenues decreased by 2.2% in 2012. Worldwide semiconductor revenues are expected to increase by 3-4% during 2013, according to the report from International Data Corporation. According to the report, during 2012 the ...
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PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo’s net profit was US$127 million, ...
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IDC today drastically lowered its forecast for PC shipments in 2013, a prediction that if accurate means more bad news for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. "Lower PC sales are certainly not a positive for Microsoft," said Loren ...
Windows 8 has not found wide adoption among desktop users, so HP has announced a new portable all-in-one and lowered the price of touch PCs so users can take advantage of the operating system. The company introduced the Envy Rove, which ...
Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processors than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving ...
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PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90% year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was $127 million, the company said on ...
Tags: Lenovo, Smartphone, Profit
Apple's dominance in smartphone customer satisfaction faded last year, with rivals like Samsung and Motorola dramatically closing the gap, a national survey said today. Although the iPhone remained the top smartphone by customer ...
Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen. The device integrates the company's unique back covers with the software, allowing the look to change and new features to be ...
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A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines. Auburn, Wash.-based Puget Systems grew sales 20% in 2012, said Jon Bach, president of the independent PC ...
Tags: PC, Computer Products, Windows 7