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Tag: Acer

Gartner: Mac unit sales grew 5.1% worldwide in second quarter

Thursday, July 9, 2020 11:29 pmNo Comments

Apple’s Mac unit sales grew 5.1% as worldwide PC shipments totaled 64.8 million units in the second quarter of 2020, a 2.8% increase…

Gartner: Apple’s Mac sales dip slightly, marketshare increases in Q4

Thursday, January 10, 2019 5:46 pmThursday, January 10, 201918 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018…

Despite drop in PC market, Apple’s Macintosh holds its own

Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:00 amThursday, July 13, 201712 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.1 million units in the second quarter of 2017…

Apple to grab 8.3% of 2017 notebook market share thanks to new MacBook Pro

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:29 pmWednesday, November 16, 201615 Comments

Global notebook shipments for 2016 is estimated to decline by 4% compared with the prior year…

Apple was the only personal computer maker to experience growth in 2015

Friday, January 15, 2016 9:25 amFriday, January 15, 201616 Comments

Apple was the only PC manufacturer to see YoY growth in the personal computer market…


Apple continues to beat the Windows PC market

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 10:31 amWednesday, January 13, 201610 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 8.3 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2014…

Apple iPad losing market share but maintaining strong leads in usage and profitability

Friday, July 25, 2014 2:01 pmFriday, July 25, 201416 Comments

IDC released its estimates for June quarter tablet shipments…

IDC: Apple iPad maintains lead in worldwide tablet market

Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:28 pmThursday, July 24, 20149 Comments

The worldwide tablet grew 11.0% year over year in the second quarter of 2014…

Wearable device shipments expected to surge in the third quarter

Monday, June 23, 2014 9:27 amMonday, June 23, 20145 Comments

With Apple’s iWatch expected to enter mass production…

Honey, can you pick up a tablet at the grocery store?

Friday, February 28, 2014 9:29 amFriday, February 28, 201411 Comments

Originally derided as a pricey niche product for geeks, tablets…

As Windows PC profits evaporate, LG to exit traditional PC market

Friday, January 10, 2014 6:02 pm46 Comments

Korea’s LG Electronics is said to be preparing to exit the traditional PC market…

IDC: Worldwide PC market contracted 7.6 percent in Q313, Apple Mac declines 11.2 percent in U.S. market share

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 5:05 pm17 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 81.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013…

Gartner: Apple Mac U.S. share slipped as worldwide PC shipments in Q313 declined 8.6 percent

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:51 pmWednesday, October 9, 201315 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.3 million units in the third quarter of 2013…

Apple’s iPad still number 1 in China unit share, but its lead is shrinking

Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:01 pmThursday, August 22, 201310 Comments

Samsung moved into second place with 329% growth…

World’s biggest computer maker: Apple Inc.

Friday, February 22, 2013 2:38 pm15 Comments

Its time to update the biggest computer-maker listing…

Acer delays Windows RT tablets; adopts ‘wait and see’ approach after poor Surface RT reviews

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:32 pm30 Comments

Taiwanese computer maker Acer is putting off the launch of tablets using…

Samsung continues to challenge ‘Made for iPhone’ trademark

Friday, August 31, 2012 3:33 pm24 Comments

On May 5, 2010 Apple filed for a logo titled ‘Made for iPhone’ which contained a small image…

Acer CEO to Microsoft: ‘Think twice’ about Surface tablets

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:37 pm35 Comments

JT Wang, chairman and chief executive of Acer, said Microsoft’s plans…

U.S. Windows PC shipments drop 7%, Apple Mac up 4.3% YOY

Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:44 amThursday, July 12, 201221 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 87.5 million units in the second quarter of 2012…

New York-based labor rights group says Apple suppliers in China breaking labor laws

Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:56 amThursday, June 28, 201211 Comments

Apple Inc’s suppliers in China have violated local labor laws…

Acer, Toshiba, Asustek to unveil iPad killers next week

Thursday, May 31, 2012 5:54 pm35 Comments

Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. and Asustek Computer Inc. will unveil tablets running Microsoft’s WIndows 8…

NPD: Apple leads mobile PC shipments in Q112

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:01 pmTuesday, May 22, 20125 Comments

Apple led the market in mobile PC shipments during the March quarter…

Gartner: Apple Mac overtakes Acer, Toshiba for #3 spot in U.S. PC marketshare in Q112

Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:32 amThursday, April 12, 20129 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 89 million units in the first quarter of 2012…

NovelPoint sues Apple, most of PC industry in patent cash grab

Monday, March 12, 2012 7:33 pmMonday, March 12, 201223 Comments

NovelPoint Security LLC has sued 35 mostly major companies over two patents…

What Apple knows that all the CES tablet peddlers are still missing

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:16 pmWednesday, January 11, 201227 Comments

The problem with Android tablets isn’t a time or maturity issue…

Would you feel secure connecting Windows PCs and Android phones with ‘AcerCloud?’

Monday, January 9, 2012 9:05 am18 Comments

Two days before the official start of CES, Acer held a press conference…

Acer CEO: We’re going to stop selling cheap, unprofitable crap

Thursday, December 8, 2011 2:01 pmThursday, December 8, 201136 Comments

Acer CEO J.T. Wang has settled on a turnaround strategy for the company…

Gartner: Apple Mac share up 20% in Europe YOY as PC shipments plunge 11.4%

Monday, November 14, 2011 12:30 pm11 Comments

PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 14.8 million units in the third quarter of 2011…

Acer VP claims PC ultrabooks to hurt iPad in 2012

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:08 pmWednesday, September 28, 201129 Comments

Acer vice president Scott Lin pointed out that ultra books…

Apple Mac tops American Customer Satisfaction Index customer satisfaction for 8th consecutive year

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:49 amWednesday, September 28, 20115 Comments

Apple’s record of customer satisfaction preeminence in the personal computer industry continues unabated in 2011

Acer posts deeper than expected loss as iPad effect deepens

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:03 amWednesday, August 24, 201128 Comments

Acer on Tuesday posted a deeper than anticipated loss…

Apple overtakes HP to take top spot in mobile PC market share

Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:01 amThursday, August 18, 201116 Comments

Apple shipped over 13.5 million mobile PCs overtaking HP for the top spot…

Acer founder: iPad, MacBook Air are short-term fads

Friday, August 5, 2011 10:01 amFriday, August 5, 201170 Comments

Acer founder Stan Shih has commented that the fads…

Acer cuts laptop shipments in Apple iPad’s post-PC world

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:01 amTuesday, June 28, 201120 Comments

Acer’s significantly lowered estimates include full-size laptops…

Beleaguered Acer lowers laptop expectations, slashes tablet shipment target by nearly 60 percent

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:40 am20 Comments

Acer Inc slashed its full-year shipment target for tablets by almost 60 percent…

Microsoft to restrict number of tablet assemblers that can use Windows

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 4:15 pm29 Comments

Microsoft Corp. plans to restrict the number of computer-hardware makers that can use its Windows operating system…

Admitting iPad is perfectly sized, Acer delays 7-inch Android tablet

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 1:01 pmFriday, May 27, 201121 Comments

A 7-inch screen is only 45% as large as iPad’s 10-inch screen…

Acer to split off tablet and smartphone unit

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:50 amTuesday, April 19, 201111 Comments

Taiwanese personal computer maker Acer Corp…

Acer’s 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A500 Android ‘iPad killer’ to launch in U.S. on April 24 staring at $450 (with video)

Friday, April 8, 2011 10:20 amFriday, April 8, 201180 Comments

Acer America today announced the Acer Iconia Tab A500 which is the company’s first 10.1-inch tablet…

Apple’s revolutionary iPad causes collateral damage to would-be rivals

Thursday, April 7, 2011 8:44 am30 Comments

Global laptop sales, which had been rising by double-digit rates…

Apple makes roadkill of deer-in-the-headlights CEOs

Friday, April 1, 2011 11:42 am43 Comments

Sources believe executives of brand vendors such as Motorola, Sony, Toshiba, Asustek Computer and Lenovo are all in danger…

Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci resigns

Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:47 amThursday, March 31, 201115 Comments

Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci has resigned from the company…

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