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IDC Says Worldwide Tablet Growth Will Continue Slowing In 2015 While 2-In-1 Devices Maintain Momentum
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 9:40am | 231Read More...Worldwide shipments of tablets and two-in-one devices are expected to decline 3.8 percent from 2014 and reach 221.8 million units in 2015, according to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. In a report published on Wednesday, IDC noted that its most recent...
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Report: Apple Prepping 12.9 Inch iPad
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 9:16am | 350Read More...AppleInsider, a popular blog and one of the leading authorities on all things Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAP) related reported over the weekend that Apple is working on a large 12.9 inch iPad with a host of new features and changes from prior models. The publication, citing a "person familiar...
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Wunderlich Says Zagg Is A 'Classic Turnaround Story'
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 8:36am | 212Read More...In a report published Tuesday, Wunderlich analyst Rommel Dionisio initiated coverage of Zagg Inc (NASDAQ: ZAGG) with a Buy rating and $13 price target, noting the company is a "classic deep-value turnaround story." "Following disappointing sales and earnings performance in 2013 and first half 2014...
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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 | 354Read More...In 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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Citigroup Sees Improved Outlook At Buffalo Wild Wings
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 11:44am | 240Read More...In a report published Monday, Citigroup analyst Gregory Badishkanian commented on Buffalo Wild Wings' (NASDAQ: BWLD) fourth-quarter results and why he is more bullish on the company. Badishkanian noted that the company posted "mixed" fourth-quarter results as earnings per share...
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Best Buy Reports Holiday Sales Data, Cautious Fiscal 2016 Comments
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 8:49am | 280Read More...Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) reported on Thursday that its domestic comparable-store sales for the nine weeks ended January 3, 2015 rose 2.6 percent, an improvement from the 0.9 percent decline the company saw in the same period a year ago. Revenue totaled $11.366 billion (including $1.233...
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Analysts: Tablet Displacement Of PCs Slowing
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 1:47pm | 378Read More...The U.S. market for personal computers in 2015 will be flat to slightly positive, according to a couple of recent market research reports. The worldwide displacement of PCs by tablets peaked in 2013 and the first half of 2014, according to Gartner. Now that tablets have mostly penetrated key...
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Gartner: Worlwide PC Shipments Fell 0.5 Percent In Third Quarter
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 10:37am | 346Read More...According to Gartner Research, worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.4 million units, a decrease of 0.5 percent from the third quarter a year ago. “Growth in the mature markets was offset by a decline in shipments in emerging markets, similar to what was seen in the second quarter of 2014,...
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Google And VMware Just Ganged Up On Microsoft
Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 12:14pm | 596Read More...Businesses are all about saving money. Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) have come up with a way enterprises can save lots of money via Google’s inexpensive Chromebook. Chromebook users, thanks to VMware, will be able to access Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows applications via...
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Sony's PCs Are Dead – Up Next, TVs
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 10:28am | 485Read More...The ways in which we consume information and entertainment are changing and Sony (NYSE: SNE) knows it. The company announced Thursday that it would give up its PC division, selling it to Japanese investment fund, Japan Industrial Partners Inc. In addition, Sony said it would spin off its TV...
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Sony To Test Cloud-Based Cable Television
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 2:49pm | 537Read More...In a move that could increase competition and give consumers more cable TV choices, Sony (NYSE: SNE) said Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it planned to start testing a cloud-based TV service in 2014. The company said the yet-to-be-named service would include live...
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Are Chili's and Applebee's Preparing to Replace Wait Staff With Tablets?
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 2:29pm | 577Read More...At the same time fast food workers are staging a series of one-day strikes in an attempt to force a hike in the minimum wage – fast casual chains like Brinker International's (NYSE: EAT) Chili’s and now, DineEquity's (NYSE: DIN) Applebee’s have taken steps to install electronic tablets at every...
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Rumor: Google to Announce Set-top Box Early in 2014
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 12:16pm | 568Read More...According to The Information (subscription required), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to come out with a set-top box called Nexus TV sometime in the first half of 2014. The new device, Geekwire said, would compete with Apple's Apple TV, Microsoft's Xbox One, and Amazon's rumored-but-so-far-delayed...
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Market Wrap For November 27: Markets Inch Higher Before Pausing For Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 6:01pm | 1594Read More...Major indices crawled higher on light volume, which was to be expected. The Nasdaq to new highs that haven't been seen since September 2000, while the other major indices failed to hold on to earlier gains, but still finished in positive territory. On Thursday, the markets will take a much...
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Tablet Sales to Experience Tipping Point in 2014
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 10:29am | 574Read More...According to a new study by researchers at Canalys, 2014 should be a tipping point in the tablet market. Canalys believes that next year 50 percent of all “PCs” shipped around the world won’t be PCs in the traditional sense—they’ll be tablets. Reigning supreme will be tablets built on Google'...
