Worldwide tablet shipments grew to 47.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. While slightly below the firm's forecast, the number still represents 7% ...
Tags: Tablet Market, Android
The worldwide smartphone market grew 38.8% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 258.4 million smartphones in the third quarter, establishing a new record for units shipped in a single quarter by ...
Tags: Smartphone, Huawei, Lenvo
Global shipment of smartphones has increased 39% up to September 30. Strong demand for low-priced Android phones in China eroded Apple's market share. As growth of smartphone sales in the United States and Europe has slowed down, ...
The model of buying cloud computing resources is different from that of buying traditional hardware and software. Instead of buying licences and investing in equipment, in a cloud computing model, users pay for the resources they use ...
Tags: Pay-Per-Use Pricing, Hefty Storage
The PC market remained weak in the third quarter, but the expiration of Microsoft’s support for Windows XP in April next year may have prompted users to look at upgrades, which eased the slump. About 81.6 million PCs shipped during ...
Tags: Windows XP, PC Market
The PC market moved into its sixth straight quarter of declining sales, analysts reported on Wednesday, although the dip was less pronounced than one firm expected. Market research firm Gartner reported that third-quarter PC sales dipped ...
The Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity drive will create a market worth up to $8.9 trillion by 2020, according to analyst IDC. IoT covers anything from smart meters and machine-to-machine telematics to internet-enabled fridges and ...
Tags: IoT, smart meters
Sealed Air's Cryovac food packaging brand and International Dispensing (IDC) have joined forces to develop the new IDC/Cryovac SpeedFlex Bag-in-Box ultra-high-speed filler, Italian firm Alfa Laval was responsible to design and produce the ...
Tags: Sealed Air, Filler
Virginia Produce (VPC), a family-owned agricultural produce wholesaler, is set to more than quadruple the size of its manufacturing facility, while creating 75 full-time jobs. VPC currently sorts, processes, packages, and distributes a ...
The Federal Circuit Court of Australia has awarded Microsoft $304,994.95 in damages after Paul McLane, trading as Software Paul, was caught selling counterfeit Microsoft software. This is not the first time McLane has been in trouble ...
Tags: Microsoft, Counterfeit Claim
Asustek computer now ranks third in the tablet market, however, rival lenovo is challenging its status. IDC report that in the second quarter of 2013 lenovo shipped 1.5 million tablet computers, in the third quarter shipments is expected to ...
Tags: Tablet, Lenovo, Computer Products
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has quantified just how bad business is at the moment, as users abandon its once-dominant platform. The company said it plans to record a GAAP net operating loss during the July to September quarter ...
Tags: Blackberry, smartphone, Consumer Electronics
Thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in the second quarter of 2013 increased marginally by 0.1% on year to 407,417 units, according to results published by IDC in its EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device ...
Tags: Thin client shipments, Electronics
According to IDC, PC shipments in Russia in the second quarter of 2013 continued their steep decline, with volume slipping by 37.3% on year to a total of 2.47 million units. The notebook market suffered a contraction of 45.3% on year to ...
Tags: PC Shipments, Electronics
Brooks Sports, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and a large manufacturer and marketer of running footwear and apparel, will implement PTC Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology. The implementation will enable Brooks ...
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