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According to market research firm, IDC, by the end of 2013, worldwide PC sales will have fallen more than 10 percent over a year ago. IDC said it would turn out to be the worst year on record for PC sales. Total sales this year, IDC said, would be about 314 million PCs, with most of those in...

In a detailed post on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ social network, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt offered step-by-step directions for his many friends who he said were switching from their Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones to one of several “more intuitive” Android smartphones. In the post,...

New figures released by Gartner show that despite fears of the smartphone market peaking, adoption rates continue to rise. According to Gartner, 456 million phones were sold in the third quarter—up 5.7 percent. Devices based on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s iOS, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s Windows...

The latest PC numbers are out but they’re about as clear as mud. Two separate reports show different results but the one fact they do agree on is that the market is still in decline. First, IDC reported worldwide PC shipments of 81.6 million units—better than expected, according to the report....

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) closed nearly one percent higher on Thursday at $486.22—well above its 50 day moving average of $472.85. Volume was low matching overall market volume and the stock is neither overbought nor oversold. Here are a few of the headlines you may have missed...

The tipping point has arrived. According to Bloomberg, researcher IDC released a report stating that tablet shipments will surpass those of personal computers in the fourth quarter for the first time. Opting for ease and portability, consumers now favor mobile devices over laptops and...

During the second quarter of 2012, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) celebrated an important win against its competitors. The online retail giant overtook Acer, Asus and many others to become the third most successful tablet manufacturer. According to IDC, Amazon gained five percent of the market after...

At this time last year, investors were still riding high on the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) money train. As the company that could do no wrong, Apple enjoyed privileges that few others could ever hope to achieve. That changed last fall when iPhone and iPad sales hype became so great that not even Apple...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just updated its Chrome smartphone browser again – this time for iOS devices, according to MacWorld. The new and updated features, while not groundbreaking, are significant. They include an accessible history, improved voice search, upgraded text-to-speech, and a full...

Futures Rise With Global Shares U.S. equity futures rose in early trade Thursday as global shares gained on new stimulus rounds. Asian shares rallied and European shares gained for the third straight day as sovereign bond yields on peripheral nations declined. Top News In other news around the...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone platform is giving Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) a run for its money -- in seven nations. The Windows maker quietly announced this little tidbit earlier this week. Microsoft also revealed that its mobile OS had outsold BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) in 26 different...

After 11 years of growth, sales of PCs -- including notebooks, netbooks and desktops -- are expected to decline. This revelation comes from three different researchers. In a report by IHS (NYSE: IHS) iSuppli, the researcher showed that worldwide PC shipments will contract this year by 1.2 percent...