PC shipments worldwide has totaled 71.1 million units during the first quarter of 2015, a 5.2 percent drop as compared to the same period in 2014.
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Windows 10 Creators update coming on April 11
Microsoft has announced that the Windows 10 Creators Update will be available in UAE from 11th April. 1 2038BDL Group to distribute Acer in UAE
The Dubai-headquartered distributor will deliver the vendor’s consumer and commercial range of products to its channel partners across UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Acer names semiconductor veteran as new CEO
Taiwanese computer maker Acer has named Jason Chen, Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, as its new president and CEO, effective 1st January.
Mitsumi expands value business
The African-centric Mitsumi Distribution is expanding its value business, with a focus on technology areas such as networking, Unified Comms and security.
Acer CEO resigns, company plans layoffs after losses
Acer CEO J.T. Wang is resigning from his post at the Taiwanese PC maker and will be replaced by president Jim Wong as part of a corporate restructuring that will try to revitalize the company’s lagging fortunes.
Acer hosts ‘Corporate Lounge’ for Partners and Customers
The company aims to enable better partner interaction through this event
Windows tablets capture more share, but Surface suffers
Windows’ share of the tablet market grew slightly in the second quarter, as shipments also ticked up in the face of a slow-down by tablets overall, researcher IDC said today.
Report: Tablet buyers don't care who makes their devices
Consumers apparently don’t care if they buy a tablet from a cheaper, no-name brand, as a whopping 45 percent of tablets sold within the “other” category.
The myth of driver backups
Once you wipe your hard drive and reinstall Windows, your system may have no audio, no Ethernet, no Wi-Fi, and possibly even no USB – all potentially major problems.
PC shipments drop 11.4% in Q2 as Lenovo surpasses HP
Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter.