The survey revealed a clear focus on using social media to drive initiatives based on bidirectional feedback rather than just a one-way broadcast communication mechanism.
After a flat year in 2012, global purchasing of semiconductors by the world?s top electronic brands is set to return to growth in 2013, as Apple Incand Samsung Electronics contend to claim the title of biggest spender.
In a season when their sales should be rising sharply, suppliers of large-sized LCD panels instead are encountering weak demand growth in the third quarter, exacerbating the glut already plaguing the market.
Making a stellar debut, high-resolution LCD panels featuring resolutions of 300 pixels per inch (ppi) or more are appearing in media tablets for the first time this year, with shipments set to approach 13 million units.
With most of the top brands introducing new flagship models in the first half of 2013, smartphone buyers now have more choices than ever, a phenomenon that will contribute to an expected doubling in market shipments from 2012 to 2017.
Despite the pay-TV industry?s increasing focus on delivering services to alternative devices like PCs, smartphones and tablets, its traditional flagship platform -- the set-top box ? continues to thrive, with market shipments set to hit record highs in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
