Research Reports

According to the report, Q3 2015 market share for branded tablet vendors ranks Apple at number one, followed by Samsung, Lenovo, Huawei and Asus, consecutively. Notably, the biggest QoQ vendor share gains were Lenovo and Asus.

IDC predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units.

A quarter after Apple debuted as the number two wearables vendor worldwide, Chinese vendor Xiaomi finished the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) as a strong contender for this position.

Worldwide tablet shipments will reach 211.3 million units in 2015, down -8.1% from 2014, according to a new forecast from analyst firm IDC.

Gartner predicts that 50 percent of enterprises will have started Windows 10 deployments by January 2017.

While Apple and Google largely dominate the mobile operating system (OS) space, superseding the efforts of Blackberry and Microsoft, available alternatives to consumers are gradually gaining ground.

Digital marketing is now mainstream, and digital commerce is a top priority for marketers, according to a survey of marketing executives by analyst firm Gartner.

Apple continued its dominance in the premium segment of the smartphone market with its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models for most of the third quarter of 2015.

Cyberwarfare is emerging as the next evolution in modern warfare between nation states, according to analyst firm ABI Research.

As portable computing shipments have declined, so have the key aftermarket upgrades. One of the leading accessories for portable computers is the 4G LTE USB modem. Mobile broadband USB modems have not been immune to the PC market contraction.