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IDC On Wearables: Shift Is Underway To 'Smarter Devices'
Monday, June 4, 2018 - 2:42pm | 415The wearable market continues to grow, but at a slower rate, according to IDC. What Happened Global shipments of wearable devices rose 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2018 to 25.1 million units, which marks a slowdown from 18-percent growth seen in the same period a year ago, IDC said....
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A New Reality: Triple-Digit Gains For 2017 Possible For Virtual, Augmented Reality
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 2:15pm | 842Augmented and virtual reality, the hot-and-happening technologies of our age, could be gaining momentum, according to recent research and the IDC. A recent IDC release showed worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets surged up to 2.3 million units in the calendar year's first quarter. And what...
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IDC: Worldwide Tablet Growth Hits The Brakes, Slowing To Low Single Digits In The Coming Years
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 9:37am | 354In a report published Thursday, The International Data Corporation (IDC) lowered its five-year forecast outlook for worldwide tablet shipments following the first year-over-year decline in worldwide tablet shipments in the fourth quarter of 2014. "Despite the growing popularity of phablets...
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IDC: Apple's Tablet Market Share Slips 6%
Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 1:30pm | 369Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the worldwide market for tablet computers slipped to 22.8 percent in the third quarter, from 29.2 percent a year earlier, a market research company said Thursday. Apple's slip came amid worldwide tablet market growth of 11.5 percent in the recent...