Tablet technology transforms sales

Nowadays, it seems everyone has a tablet computer. But they’re for far more than just browsing the Web and checking Facebook: tablets are becoming the go-to device for sales professionals. Just ask Delfim Alves, the MD of technology company EOH, who says providing...

Lower semiconductor sales in 2012

Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2,2% year-over-year to $295-billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF).  The industry witnessed a slowdown during the second half...

Asia Pacific leads in phone sales

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled nearly 426-million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0,7% from the same period last year, according to Gartner.  Worldwide smartphone sales totalled 210-million units in the first quarter of...

China takes over as PC leader

China rose to the top of the PC market for the first time ever on an annual basis last year, relegating the US to second place with a lead of more than 3-million units, according to an IHS iSuppli PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics provider HIS....
Worst decline ever for PCs

Worst decline ever for PCs

The worldwide PC market saw its steepest decline ever in the first quarter of 2013, the fourth quarter of year-on-year shipment declines. Worldwide PC shipments totalled 76,3-million units in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), down -13,9% compared to the same quarter...