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Celebs' Nude Pics Hacked; China Unicom Charges Tesla; Historical Images on Flickr
From nude celebrity photos to Internet Archive images on Flickr, here's what you missed over the weekend.
PC Sales Still Kicking, But for How Long?
Emerging markets are expected to show positive growth for portable PC shipments by 2018.
Forget Phablets, Just Make Phone Calls on Your Tablet
Larger devices that ship with cellular voice capabilities are gaining traction in Asia (though not Japan).
Google Lacks Diversity; Tablet Slump; Iranian Hackers Spying
From Google's diversity issues to an expected slowdown of tablet sales, here's what you missed on Thursday.
Tablet Demand Slows as Phablets Gain Popularity
Consumers are growing more and more interested in phablets, causing tablet sales to slow during the first quarter.
Tablet Rush Expected to Stall in 2014
The tablet market is forecast to grow in 2014, but at a rate more than 30 percent slower than last year.
Windows Phone Expected to Gain as Smartphone Growth Stalls
Smartphone shipments are expected to slow to 8.3 percent annual growth in 2017, falling even lower in the year after.
Smartphone Shipments Skyrocket as Prices Drop
Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to exceed 1 billion units in 2013, up 39.3 percent over last year, research firm IDC predicted on Tuesday.
Galaxy S4, Note 3 Help Samsung Blow Away Smartphone Rivals
The smartphone market shows no signs of slowing, according to IDC, which reported 38.8 percent annual growth worldwide in the third quarter.
PC Shipments Drop Again in Third Quarter
Gartner and IDC report that global PC shipments dipped in the third quarter by around 8 to 9 percent year-over-year, but late Windows 8.1 sales may have prevented worse numbers.
IDC: PS4 to Outsell Xbox One Over Holidays
This holiday season, gamers are more likely to unwrap a PlayStation 4 than an Xbox One, according to new predictions from IDC.
Phablets, Wearables to Cut Into Tablet Sales
The growing popularity of phablets, as well as emerging categories like wearable tech prompted IDC today to shift its tablet estimates for the year.
Slow Tablet Shipments; 'World's Thinnest' Gaming Laptop; Bezos Buys WaPo Co.
Topping tech headlines Monday, tablet shipments are on the decline ahead of the next-gen iPad release, MSI introduced the "world's thinnest" 17-inch gaming laptop, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post Company.
Tablet Shipments Slow Before Next-Gen iPad Release
Worldwide tablet shipments have slowed as consumers await the next-generation iPad, according to data published by market research firm IDC.
Samsung, Apple Lose Ground to Smaller Smartphone Makers
The global smartphone market continued to see a strong uptick this quarter, with Samsung once again leading the pack thanks to its newest flagship device, the Galaxy S 4.
Grim News for PC Makers as Global Shipments Decline Again
Lenovo overtakes HP as the top PC maker, but Gartner and IDC both report another worrying quarter for the global PC industry as consumers move towards tablets.
IDC Predicts Boom in Smart Device Shipments
Shipments of smart connected devices - including PCs, tablets, and smartphones - are expected to top 1.7 billion units by next year, with roughly 1 billion going to emerging markets, according to new data from IDC.
Tablets to Outsell Laptops; EU Expects Google Search Revisions; Galaxy S 4 Mini?
Topping tech headlines Tuesday, IDC predicts tablets will outsell laptops this year, the EU will "probably" ask Google to revise their search proposal, and a leak tipped the Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini.
Tablets to Top Laptops This Year, All PCs in 2015
It's long been said that tablets will at some point become more popular than laptops, but according to a new forecast from IDC, that shift is poised to occur this year.
Abstraction and Automation Highlight EMC World
I spent much of this week at the annual EMC World conference and came away wondering: are IT departments really planning for the kind of disruptions that the industry vendors and pundits think are in store? In particular, EMC has changed its major message from "Journey to the Private Cloud" to a more generic "Lead Your Transformation." This reflects an underlying assumption that mobile, social, cloud, and big data analytics will change our understanding of the role of the IT department.
