Samsung and Apple Continue to Lead as Top Global Semiconductor Customers in 2015
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung Electronics and Apple together consumed $59.0 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of $0.8 billion from 2014 (see Table 1). "Samsung Electronics...
Digital brands win largest share of positive sentiment from consumers in 2015 UAE BestBrand Rankings
Digital brands dominate seven places in the UAE’s top 10 most positively perceived brands for 2015 following new entries from WhatsApp and YouTube, according to the 2015 BestBrand Rankings, launched today by global market research company, YouGov. The BestBrand Rankings are compiled using YouGov’s...
Mac OS X threats rose by 15 percent in 2014
A growing number of attackers have begun to target Apple operating systems, with the amount of infections and new malware threats increasing over the past two years. The number of new Mac OS X threats rose by 15 percent in 2014, while the number of iOS threats discovered this year has more than doubled,...
UAE Early Adopters Eager for Apple’s New Product Releases
Apple's upcoming announcement on September 9, which may include global product launches, will be welcome news to the large early adopter population in the UAE, says the UAE's largest mobility retailer, axiom. A report published last year by Research and Markets, titled UAE Smartphone Market Forecast...
Smartphone Sales Declined For the First Time in China
China has been a major contributor to economic growth and low global inflation. Investors around the globe are catching their breath after one of the worst day’s trading in many years. This is also reflected in the technology space which is extended to smartphone sales. Android's Year-Over-Year Growth...
Report By Gartner: Sales of Smartphones Grew 20 Percent in Q3 2014
“Sales of feature phones declined 25 percent in the third quarter of 2014 because the difference in price between feature phones and low-cost Android smartphones is reducing further,” said Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner. In the third quarter of 2014, smartphones accounted for 66 percent...
Smartphone Market In UAE To Reach US$ 9.3 billion In 2019
According to a report by TechSci, “UAE Smartphone Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2019”, the smartphone market in UAE is forecast to reach US$ 9.3 billion in 2019. The market has been segmented into smartphones featuring display below 5 inches, and phablets with display size above 5 inches....
Will Apple Pay Transform Consumer Payments?
On September 9, Apple announced an exciting new feature, Apple Pay, a mobile wallet payment system available on the new iPhone 6 and Apple Watch devices. A lot of initial reactions to the announcement was "Not another mobile wallet option!" Lucas Zaichkowsky, Enterprise Defense Architect at AccessData...
Who Is Being Hired At The World’s Largest Apple Store In Dubai
Apple is reportedly planning to build the largest Apple Store in the world in Dubai's Mall of the Emirates, MacRumors reports, citing EDGARDaily.com. The Mall of the Emirates currently includes over 700 shops spread across four floors, and an indoor ski resort. The new Apple Store was originally planned...
iPhone 5s Gets An Elegant Look
By Atelier introduces four collections of its unexpected and daring outfit for the iPhone 5s, which transforms the mobile phone into a striking object created with excellent materials, rare craftsmanship, and singular design. It is neither a case, nor a mobile phone competing with market leaders, but...
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