Smartphone sales slump
Global smartphone shipments fell to their lowest quarterly number in two years after consumer confidence was sapped by inflation and recession fears.
The quarter to June saw a 9% drop to roughly 290 million units shipped, market trackers Canalys, Counterpoint and IDC...
PC sales slow down
Computer sales grew at the slowest rate since the start of the pandemic due to component shortages and logistics snarls, according to the latest report by IDC.
The key U.S. market shrunk for the first time since sales cratered in the first quarter of 2020 with the...
Huawei brought low
Huawei has dropped out of the five best-selling smartphone brands worldwide and out of the top five in its home country, China.
IDC's market data shows that Huawei has dropped into the "Other" category on the worldwide smartphone sales rankings, with Apple dropping to third...
Big jump in PC sales in 2021
Worldwide demand for PCs continued to remain extremely high during the first quarter of 2021, data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed.
According to the company’s preliminary results, global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops...
South African PC monitor sales falling
The PC monitor market in South Africa showed declines over the last quarter, according to research from International Data Corporation (IDC).
Despite this, the overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC monitor market saw year-over-year growth of 7.2% in...
PC shipments fall
Personal computer shipments fell 1.7 percent in the July to September period from a year ago, tech research firm IDC said on Wednesday
Smartphone shipments jump in third quarter on China demand: IDC
Global smartphone shipments jumped 39 percent in the quarter ended September 30, while brisk demand for low-priced Android devices in China eroded Apple’s market share.
Going a bit (Micro)soft
Microsoft’s glory days are behind it, and its days of making investors into millionaires are long gone, writes Alistair Fairweather
TopTV a pawn in political game: shareholder
The founder of the company that owns TopTV says political interference by the Industrial Development Corporation left the firm facing financial ruin
PC sales plummet, sharpest drop on record
Personal computer sales plunged 14 percent in the first three months of the year, the biggest decline in two decades of keeping records, as tablets continue to gain in popularity and buyers appear to be avoiding Microsoft Corp’s new Windows 8 system...
Beware: Piracy is costing you billions
According to a new study by the IDC, the use of pirated software is costing businesses billions around the globe – and South Africa is no exception.
Undersea cable connecting Cape Town to Mtunzini planned
Techteledata said it has received funding from the IDC to build a submarine cable which will link Mtunzini, East London, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town
South African IT services to exceed R40bn in 2012
The South African IT services market is set to exceed R40 billion ($5 billion) in 2012, according to a new study conducted by market research and advisory company IDC.