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IDC: Smartphone shipments to grow slowly until 2022

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:18:01 +0000

IDC has revealed its predictions about the smartphone market and what it thinks will happen between now and 2022. Overall these years will see single-digit growth rates fuelled by 5G. Read more...

Range-topping 1TB Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 now available in 10 new markets

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 07:26:01 +0000

The top of the line versions of the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 became available in North America six months ago. Now they're finally hitting 10 new markets, including UK, China and Australia. Read more...

Microsoft announces nine new countries for Office 365, now available in 140 markets

Andy Weir — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that nine new markets will now be able to buy Office 365 subscriptions, bringing the total number of Office 365 markets around the world up to 140, up from just 40 in 2011. Read more...

Which countries have the largest piece of the Windows Phone pie?

Andy Weir — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:52:07 +0000

Which parts of the world have the greatest numbers of Windows Phone users? New data reveals where the largest concentrations of Windows Phone's user base is located across the globe. Read more...

Nine more countries to get Chromebooks, says Google... with a poem

Andy Weir — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:09:10 +0000

Google has revealed that nine new markets around the world will soon be able to buy Chromebooks - although its announcement came in a slightly unusual manner; specifically, in the form of a poem. Read more...

Microsoft: Missing 8 of Xbox One's planned markets was the worst part of launch

John Callaham — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:33:53 +0000

Microsoft Studios leader Phip Spencer says in an interview the decision to skip eight of the planned international markets for the debut of the Xbox One was the worst part of the console's launch. Read more...

Comcast bandwidth throttling effective in all markets

Brad Sams — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:02:19 +0000

Comcast is fighting back against what it calls excessive bandwidth users. The company confirmed that it has successfully deployed throttling technology to all its markets. Comcast claims that the technology is to help... Read more...

Intel's aggressive push in emerging markets to counter AMD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:02:22 +0000

Intel's recent aggressive push into emerging markets are seen as a response, in part, to the USS$100-laptop project launched by the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) research initiative, under the auspices of The Massachusetts Institute... Read more...

Microsoft Markets to Australia with 'Simple Things' TV ads

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:48:12 +0000

Microsoft has recently screened a new pair of TV commecials to its Australian (potential) customers. The 15 sec. spots entitled 'Simple Things' attempt to show to people how naively simple Windows XP and Office are... Read more...

Cisco eyes WLAN enterprise markets

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:37:52 +0000

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc said it is fully committed to WLAN (wireless local area network) technology, and is positioning its products specifically at the enterprise market space. "There are clearly two... Read more...

Microsoft Takes Aim at Asian Markets

Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:02:30 +0000

Microsoft Corporation received assurances from Chinese PC makers that they would try to curb the problem of pirated software, as the company unveiled the Chinese version of its software for the Pocket PC Thursday. ... Read more...

Cheaper P4 systems hit markets

Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:36:46 +0000

The low-priced Pentium 4 desktop has arrived. As expected, PC makers on Monday launched a bevy of new computers that combine Pentium 4 processors with standard memory. These machines don't perform as well... Read more...