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The PC Market Has Its Strongest Quarter In Recent Memory

Screen Shot 2014-07-11 at 8.54.02 AM Personal computers, long an ailing member of the larger technology market, had a strong second quarter. After consistent quarters of decline, the worldwide PC market was either up 0.1 percent, or down a modest 1.7 percent in the period, according to Gartner and IDC, respectively. In the United States, the PC market was up around 7 percent in the quarter, again according to the two firms. Read More

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Gartner: Device Shipments Break 2.4B Units In 2014, Tablets To Overtake PC Sales In 2015

avalanche, flickr The gradual decline of the PC industry, spurred on by the rapid rise of mobile computing, continues apace. Today the analysts at Gartner have published their latest forecasts for global PC, tablet, “ultramobile” and mobile phone shipments: they are set to break 2.4 billion units, and nearly 88 percent of that number will be attributable to mobile phones and tablets —… Read More

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