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Intel Diversifies
According to a Gartner report, Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2012, global PC Shipments fell 5% last quarter to 90.3 million units. The increasing availability of lower cost tablet devices has eaten into PC sales. The launch of significant new operating systems such as Windows 8 is also not able to stir up
Zynga’s Online Gamble
A report by Lazard Capital released last year expects the social gaming market to be worth $9 billion by 2015. The social gaming market has seen growth through the increased adoption of social networking sites, such as Facebook. The report suggests that nearly 41% of the U.S. Internet-using population accesses social games through these networking
Success on iOS but Weak Console Game Performance for Electronic Arts
According to investment firm Digi Capital, in their Global Games Investment Review 2013, the digital games industry is projected to grow at an annual rate of 12.2% over 2012 through 2016 to reach $83 billion. Online and mobile games will continue to drive growth in the market as sales of console games dwindle. In 2012,
Baidu, Alibaba Grow on China’s Increasing Internet Usage
China continues to make strong progress in deepening their internet penetration rates. As of last year, 42% of the country’s population had access to the internet, compared with a mere 4.6% in 2002. According to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) China will continue to improve the user experience of the service
Online Travel Counts on International and Mobile Growth
According to PhoCusWright, a travel research firm, global online travel bookings grew 8% over the year last year to $313 billion. The researcher estimates that online travel market sales will grow 7% a year this year. Meanwhile, the online travel sector is focusing on international and mobile expansion to ensure it captures a bigger share
Athena Health Acquires Epocrates
A 2011 report by IDC estimates that the electronic health reform (EHR) market will grow from $1.9 billion in 2009 to $3.8 billion by 2015. Outpatient EHR is projected to account for $1.41 billion of the market, and the inpatient EHR services will contribute the remaining $2.4 billion by 2015. A more recent report by
Pure Storage Grows on Flash Memory
According to the 2013 McClean Report, the total flash memory market (NAND and NOR) is estimated to have grown 2% last year to $30.4 billion. While growth in the flash memory market has been driven by the increased consumer adoption of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices, the enterprise segment is also shifting toward this
Cloudera’s Big Data Growth Story
In a report published by IDC earlier this year, Worldwide Big Data Technology and Services 2012-2016 Forecast, the worldwide big data technology and services market is projected to grow annually at 31% to be worth $23.8 billion by 2016. This is a conservative estimate compared with Wikibon’s research, which projects the big data market to