Apple unveiled a suite of upgraded products at its annual Unleashed event, notable of which is the MacBook Pro now equipped with Apple’s very own pro chips: the M1 Pro and M1 […]
Quick look at what Apple launched during the Unleashed 2021 event
Worldwide smartphone shipments grew 13.2% in Q2 2021 — IDC
The smartphone market continues its streak of bouncing back after a momentary slump because of the pandemic. According to industry analyst International Data Corp. (IDC), the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) experienced […]
IDC: Smartphone shipments up 25.5% in first quarter of 2021
The preliminary data from the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker show the smartphone market bounced back with 25.5% year-over-year shipment growth in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21). […]
IDC forecasts smart home devices shipment to surpass 1.4 billion in 2025
Driven by home automation products and ambient computing, the International Data Corp. (IDC) predicts that smart home devices will reach 801.5 million units in 2020, which is an increase of 4.5% over […]
Apple leads in global smartphone sales, says Gartner
Apple’s fourth-quarter sales helped it claim the top spot surpassing Samsung for the first time since 2016, according to the recent report by Gartner Inc., a global research and advisory firm. However, […]
IDC: Smartphone shipments up 4.3% in Q4 2020 led by a record quarter from Apple
The worldwide smartphone market continued to improve in the holiday quarter of 2020 (4Q20) returning to familiar ground with 4.3% year-over-year (YoY) growth. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corp. […]
Apple invests in education with hub and developer academy as part of Racial Equity and Justice Initiative
Technology company Apple announced major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), which include the Propel Center, a learning hub for Historically Black Colleges and […]
IDC: Remote work pushes growth of PC shipments to 26.1% in Q4 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic not showing signs of letting up, the work-from-home setup and hybrid workers push the personal computer sales to further growth. This is according to the latest International Data […]
IDC: Samsung is back on top spot in worldwide smartphone shipment
The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with shipments declining just 1.3% year over year, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corp. […]
Palo Alto Networks finds thousands of malicious cybersquatting domains
Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks’ latest research, threat actors have been cybersquatting in popular domains in order to deceive unsuspecting victims. It found more than 2,000 domain squatters distributing malware or conducting […]
Apple’s stock market value surged to $2 trillion
Apple’s shares rose to $468.65, which is equivalent to a market capitalization of $2.004 trillion. This happened just two years after hitting the P1 trillion mark. Reuters reported that the iPhone maker’s […]
Huawei tops 2Q20 smartphone sales despite ‘largest-ever’ market decline
Based on the preliminary data from IDC (International Data Corp.) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Chinese brand Huawei reach the No. 1 position in the smartphone shipment with 55.8 million units in […]
IDC says worldwide smartphone market suffers largest decline due to pandemic
As governments imposed lockdowns and quarantines limiting movements of people, the global economy is already expected to experience a sharp decline. Now, industry analyst firm International Data Corp. (IDC) reported an 11.7% […]
Apple unveils 2nd Gen iPhone SE with A13 Bionic chip
Powered by Apple-designed A13 Bionic, considered to be the fastest chip in a smartphone, the latest iPhone SE is the latest in the company’s line of communication devices. A13 Bionic enables longer […]
Gartner: Global smartphone sales fell ‘slightly in Q4 2019, Apple, Xiaomi still in Top 5
Global sales of smartphones to end-users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4% year over year, according to Gartner Inc. In full-year 2019, smartphone sales declined by 1.0%. “2019 […]
Apple to miss Q2 revenue guidance due to effects of coronavirus
Apple cites the effects of coronavirus for missing the second-quarter guidance the company issued the same time it released the first-quarter earnings. The technology company has temporarily closed its stories in China […]
IDC: Apple takes top spot as global smartphone market declines in Q419
Following the announcement of its first-quarter results, Apple takes the top spot in the preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker in terms of shipments. However, […]
IDC: PC shipments grow 2.7% in 2019, ending 7-year decline
In the latest Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker released by the International Data Corp. (IDC), the worldwide market for traditional PCs finished an ” impressive 2019 with fourth-quarter growth of 4.8% […]
Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee Alliance form working group for Project Connected Home
Technology organizations are prepping for the dawn of the Internet of Things (IoT) or the age when everything is connected. It should not come as surprise then that industry giants Amazon, Apple, […]
IDC: Worldwide smartphone shipments grow 0.8% in Q3 2019
Worldwide smartphone shipments increased 0.8% year over year in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) reversing seven quarters of decline, according to new data from the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly […]
IDC: Smartphone shipments decline in Q1 2019
Challenges within the smartphone market carried right into the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19) with shipment volumes down 6.6% year over year, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) […]
IDC: Global PC shipments decline 3% in Q1 2019
HP, Lenovo, Dell, Apple, Acer round up the Top 5
IDC: Tablets shipments continue to decline, down 13.5%
(Image by William Iven/Pixabay) The worldwide tablet market declined 13.5 percent during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) as global shipments fell to 33 million, according to preliminary data from the International […]
Apple is now the world’s $1-trillion company
(Image from Pixabay) At the closing of the stock market Thursday (US time), Apple Inc.’s stock price leaped to 2.9 percent at $207.39 which led to it becoming the first $1 trillion […]
Huawei overtakes Apple in second spot as smartphone shipment declines in 2Q18
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342 million units during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), resulting […]
Apple to shut down security gap on iPhones
Photo by William Iven / Pixabay / In the next software update, iPhones will shut down the security gap that allows a third party to break in and collect data even without a […]
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