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BRC announces worst UK retail sales figures for 16 years

13 April 2011, 14:21

The monthly study sees the biggest year-on-year drop since its records began.

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Smartphone boom is hitting operator profits

13 April 2011, 11:30

The cost of subsidizing handsets and supporting the explosion in data traffic is being felt.

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Bing tops 30% of US searches

12 April 2011, 11:47

Google not having everything its own way on the other side of the pond.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Nokia and Cisco gain despite challenges

11 April 2011, 14:48

The market likes a frank acknowledgement of the challenges at hand.

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UK spends £3.5 bn a year on extra mobile phone charges

11 April 2011, 12:17

A new report reckons we each give operators almost £200 a year more than we should.

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Google survey reveals how we use tablets

8 April 2011, 14:42

A study by AdMob reveals tablets are used for gaming at home on weekday evenings.

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HTC overtakes Nokia in market cap

7 April 2011, 13:25

A symbolic moment in the evolution of the mobile phone industry.

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Gartner: Android to grab half of smartphone market by 2013

7 April 2011, 11:50

This will help Android tablet sales, but that will be its high-water mark.

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Milton Keynes slowest UK town for 3G

6 April 2011, 17:56

...says Top10.com.

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Tablet and e-reader chip market grew by 2,000% last year

5 April 2011, 15:07

And it’s expected to double this year, according to IDC.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: PC stocks hit the rocks

4 April 2011, 13:53

A stream of bad news around PC sales has hit the shares of AMD, Intel, Dell and HP.

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Android jumps to a third of all US smartphones, overtakes RIM

4 April 2011, 12:20

The growth of Google’s mobile platform shows no sign of slowing.

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Dixons Retail shares plunge after profit warning

30 March 2011, 12:57

The electronics retail giant blames low UK consumer confidence for short-fall.

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IDC predicts Windows Phone will overtake Apple

30 March 2011, 11:42

Recent IDC report IDC sees 2011 smartphone market growing by 50 percent.

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Emerging markets hit the right note with mobile music and video

29 March 2011, 16:06

Mobile music subscribers will reach 178 million by 2015, increasingly from emerging markets.

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Confirmed: Brits are mobile social networking addicts

29 March 2011, 12:26

Recent survey found that UK mobile users spend lots more time on social networking sites.

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UK online ad spend tops £4 billion

29 March 2011, 11:47

That’s a quarter of the total spend on advertising.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: markets rebound in absence of global shocks

28 March 2011, 12:59

A rare week without any new disasters buoys stockmarkets.

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The Acer sales slump continues

28 March 2011, 11:51

The Taiwanese PC giant has warned that Q1 sales will be ten percent down on the poor previous quarter.

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Ovum: Android set to dominate

25 March 2011, 12:12

A forecast suggests Android will drive a doubling of the smartphone market by 2016.

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What mobile phone buyers want

23 March 2011, 14:02

Recent report suggests that buyers prioritize battery life and ease of use.

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UK mobile ad spend doubled in 2010

23 March 2011, 10:35

A new study from the IAB indicates the mobile ad market has gone exponential.

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Cost of data breach cleanup soars

21 March 2011, 15:56

UK organisations faced £1.9m bill per incident in 2010, report says.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Apple hit by Japan and analyst downgrade

21 March 2011, 12:13

Concern about the component supply chain and deceleration at Hon Hai.

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iPhone leads smartphone market revenues

16 March 2011, 18:05

Apple took the biggest chunk of smartphone revenues in 2010.

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Smartphones added to inflation basket

15 March 2011, 14:31

Apps also considered when calculating inflation.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: mobile chip stocks continue to suffer

14 March 2011, 12:42

ARM, NVIDIA and Qualcomm all have bad weeks as the mobile bubble deflates.

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Epic Giveaway: The iPad 2 reportedly sells out in 1 day with 70% new buyers

14 March 2011, 09:58

According to an anecdotal study, this could be Apple’s biggest hit yet.

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Acer takes a kicking from the iPad

11 March 2011, 11:54

The netbook and low-end notebook markets are struggling.

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Apple Q4 tablet market share dips to 73%

11 March 2011, 10:51

According to an IDC report, Samsung sold more Galaxy Tabs than most expected.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: NVIDIA shares plummet – iPad 2 effect?

7 March 2011, 13:27

Maybe the market has fallen out of love with NVIDIA and its Tegra 2 chip.

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Gartner blames tablets for loss of interest in PCs, lowers forecast

3 March 2011, 13:55

The market researcher has lowered its PC market forecast for the 2011 and 2012.

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Mobile entertainment market worth $33bn and rising

2 March 2011, 09:33

The smartphone boom is great news for content and service providers.

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