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It was a terrible holiday for the PC
PC sales in emerging economies were also down in 2012, for the first time since IDC started tracking them.
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The BYOD focus is shifting from security to strategy
Mobile working and BYOD is changing the way IT works in business and unlocking enterprise systems for development and productivity, says IDC; IT can't say no and it isn't going to buying most of the...
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PC sales just fell off a cliff -- the worst quarterly decline ever recorded
Sales were down 13.9% from a year ago in Q1 -- the worst decline since IDC started tracking sales back in 1994.
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How Samsung beat the innovator's dilemma
Four years ago, Samsung was the number-two mobile phone maker overall, but didn't have a smartphone business. Now, it sells more smartphones than the next four vendors combined, and is the top phone...
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Surface catapults Microsoft into the top-five tablet makers
Half of all Windows tablets sold during Q1 2013 were from Microsoft. None of the big PC OEMs made the top five.
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The future of tablets: Smaller, cheaper, and everywhere
IDC says that traditional PC shipments peaked in 2011, making room for the booming tablet market. There's still lots happening with tablets though, as smaller sizes and cheap prices make gains.
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More than a billion smartphones will ship this year
Versus 315 million PCs and 227 million tablets.
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Platform-as-a-service market will triple in the next four years
The platform-as-a-service industry will triple to more than $14 billion by 2017, due to high interest in faster application development and lower IT costs, predicts IDC.
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Android market share crosses 80%, but there's no single "Android"
Android continues to dominate new smartphone sales, according to third quarter 2013 statistics from IDC, and has crossed 80% for the first time.
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2013 will be the worst year ever for PCs, says IDC
IDC calls the 10.1% expected drop in PC sales in 2013 “by far the most severe yearly contraction on record.”
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Apple's share of the mobile phone market is still rising, says IDC
The company not only earns more money than any other handset maker, but its first-mover advantage in smartphones is still helping it grow its share of the overall mobile phone market.
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Google's Android empire is unraveling
Google may have won a couple of battles this week, like unloading Motorola's handset business and signing a patent deal with Samsung, but it also became clear that Google's Android empire is...
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Smartphone platforms in 2013: Android, iOS, and irrelevant
If there was any doubt, the latest smartphone platform market share numbers from IDC make it crystal clear that it's a two-horse race. IT and developers should plan accordingly.
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No rebound for PC sales in 2014, says IDC
IDC said 2013 marked the most severe contraction on record for PC shipments and revised down its expectations for 2014. This year, PC shipments will fall under 300 million, the researchers said,...
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