Before Apple announced its lower cost iPhone 5C, some had speculated the C could stand for China, a vital market for the company’s future growth. But on Wednesday, consumers in the country appeared less than thrilled with the new ...
Apple just can’t keep a secret these days. “There’s been a thorough leaking of Apple’s most likely plans,” said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research (TBI), on what Apple will unveil ...
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Xiaomi paraded its new international figurehead on stage at a press conference late last week in Beijing, signaling to the world that the company is preparing to go global. Hugo Barra, the former Google executive Xiaomi poached last ...
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
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With its $7.2 billion agreement to buy Nokia’s handset business, Microsoft is in a position to surpass Apple and Android smartphone makers in providing an enterprise-class mobile platform, experts say. However, whether Microsoft is ...
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VMware says enterprises migrating to Microsoft Windows 7 can save a bundle by using?virtual-desktop infrastructure technology?rather than standalone PCs. VMware group marketing manager Ridwan Hug, speaking at last week's VMworld ...
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Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time ...
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The size of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market exceeded the region's portable PC market for the first time in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. IDC has announced that tablet shipments for the quarter were up 208% on ...
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Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to fall by -9.7 percent in 2013, further deepening what is already the longest market contraction on record, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The ...
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Smartphones with screen sizes of 5- to just under 7-inch, colloquially known as phablets, overtook shipments of each of the portable PC and tablet device categories in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) in the second quarter of 2013, according ...
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Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating three of HTC's employees for stealing trade secrets to sell to Chinese firms and fraud, according to recent reports. HTC's research and development centre as well as the suspects' offices and homes ...
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Up-and-coming Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has hired Hugo Barra, former Google vice president for Android product management, to lead its expansion worldwide. The hiring of Barra is a high-profile move for Xiaomi, a company that only ...
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Google has cut the price of the Nexus 4 in handful of countries including the U.K. and the U.S., where the smartphone now costs from $199. The aggressive drop signals Google wanting to preempt the arrival of a cheaper iPhone. The price ...
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Turkish rebar producer Izmir Demir elik Sanayi A. . (IDC) has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013, stating that for the coming period China's policies regarding capacity utilization rates and ...
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Windows 8 may be seeing sluggish demand, but Dell believes its the best OS for business tablets and plans to roll out more products built with the operating system later this year, a senior executive said Tuesday. "The reason that our ...