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ELECTRONICS 
October 14, 2016 Wearables Market Sales to See Modest 29.4 Percent Growth in 2016: IDC
‘ Wearables Market Sales to See Modest 29.4 Percent Growth in 2016: IDC Wearable tech, which was seeing sizzling sales growth a year ago, is cooling this year amid consumer hesitation over new devices, a survey showed Thursday. The research firm IDC said it expects global sales of wearables to grow some 29.4 percent to […]
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NEWS 
October 5, 2016 Angry Birds Maker Rovio Says Profit Fell 73 Percent In 2014
Angry Birds Maker Rovio Says Profit Fell 73 Percent In 2014 Mobile games maker Rovio reported its operating profit fell 73 percent last year due to a drop in its licensing business, a latest sign its breakthrough Angry Birds brand is losing its appeal. Falling consumer product business, which includes toys, clothing and brand licensing, […]
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COMPUTERS 
August 29, 2016 PC Shipments in India Declined 2.2 Percent in Q2 2016: IDC
HIGHLIGHTS The Indian PC market is expected to recuperate in due course of time HP led the market with 28.4 percent share Dell stood second with 22.2 percent, followed by Lenovo and Acer PC shipments in India declined 2.2 percent to 2.14 million units in the April-June quarter this year, research firm IDC said today. […]
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ALL DEALS 
August 24, 2016 Android Marshmallow Now Running on 15.2 Percent of Active Devices: Google
HIGHLIGHTS Android Marshmallow adoption has risen 1.9 percent in a month Android Lollipop saw a 0.4 percent rise in adoption Google Play distribution data is for a 7-day period ending on August 1 Google has updated its Google Play distribution data, providing figures for the seven-day period ending August 1. The data shows Android Marshmallow […]
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COMPUTERS 
July 31, 2016 US Court Rules $24.9 Billion Dell Buyout Underpriced by 22 Percent
HIGHLIGHTS Dell buyout took advantage of a dip in the company’s stock price. The added cost to the buyers from Tuesday’s ruling is about $36 million. One of the biggest losers from the Dell case may be T Rowe Price. Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners under priced their 2013 $24.9 billion buyout of Dell […]
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ALL DEALS 
April 18, 2016 Huawei Says 2015 Profit Jumped 32 Percent on Smartphone Sales
Huawei Technologies Ltd., one of the biggest makers of telecoms equipment, said Friday its 2015 profit jumped 32 percent on strong sales of smartphones and switching gear as carriers upgraded wireless networks to 4G. Huawei said it earned CNY 36.9 billion ($5.7 billion) on global revenue of CNY 395 billion ($60.8 billion). Huawei, the first […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 PC Shipments in India Grow 10.6 Percent in Q4 2015: Gartner
Personal computer (PC) shipments in India totalled around 2.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 10.6 percent increase over the corresponding period of 2014, according to information technology research and advisory company Gartner. “Consumers accounted for 40 percent of total PC sales in the fourth quarter of 2015, down from 52 percent […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 Family Business Donates 100 Percent of its Auctions to Operation Family Fund
America has always been considered the land of opportunity. With the advent of the Internet and eBay, the whole world is getting in on the act. For Cori and Beau O’Steen, eBay was the stairway to the world of commerce with their business,UpakNShip, a shipping materials supply store. UpakNShip was founded in January 2003, when Cori […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 11, 2016 Android 6.0 Marshmallow Now on 2.3 Percent of Active Devices: Google
Google’s latest publicly available version of Android mobile and tablet operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, last month finally made it to 1 percent of active devices in five months after its release to Nexus devices. The new Marshmallow version in the company’s updated Google Play distribution data for the seven-day period ending March 7 has […]
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