On Monday, June 10, at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, Apple strongly answered critics that had begun to question the company's ability to innovate in core areas such as its operating systems and hardware. In a two-hour ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's latest research into global PC market as well as analysis of pertinent industry news that occurred in the previous month. In April, IDC released its preliminary worldwide top 10 PC vendor shar ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's latest research and analysis. In March, IDC released its worldwide quarterly PC forecast for 4Q12 (see Worldwide PC Market: 4Q12 Review and 2012 Summary (IDC #...

This IDC study forecasts and analyzes the worldwide ereader market by region. It supersedes Worldwide and U.S. eReader 2012–2016 Forecast Update: December 2012 (IDC #...

The following was presented at the IDC Directions conferences in Santa Clara and Boston in March 2013.

This IDC Web Conference presents the outlook of IDC's Consumer Technology analysts for key device, service, and media markets. Questions to be addressed include the following::

How will consumer mobile device adoption and usage

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Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012, with many impressive announcements but also with some areas of concerns. Although the company shipped significant volumes of iPhones and iPads, its ...

This IDC study presents IDC's prognostications and major themes for consumer technology research in 2013 and analyzes various major segments of the consumer market, including consumer mobile devices, platforms and services, games, video ...

This IDC Forecast Update forecasts and analyzes the worldwide tablet market by region. It updates and supersedes Worldwide and U.S. Tablet 2012–2016 Forecast Update: September 2012 (IDC #...

This IDC Presentation explores the current and forecast markets for tablets and ereaders. It contains both worldwide and regional forecast data.

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The information and communications technology (ICT) industry is in the midst of a shift — once every 20–25 years — to a new technology platform for growth and innovation. IDC calls it the 3rd platform, built on mobile devices and apps, c ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's latest research as well as analysis of key industry events that occurred in October. In October, IDC released its tracker figures for 3Q12. PC vendors shipped 88.4 million units into the globa ...

Despite challenging macro conditions and lackluster consumer demand in the broad computing and device market, Apple continues to perform well relative to its competitors. The company announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth qu ...

This IDC Forecast Update forecasts and analyzes the worldwide ereader market by region. It supersedes Worldwide and U.S. eReader 2012–2016 Forecast Update: June 2012(I ...

This IDC study tracks and forecasts the worldwide market attach rate (aka penetration rate) for touchscreen technologies shipping in desktop and portable PCs from 2011 through 2016.: With PC ASPs plummeting in recent years, and with ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's Worldwide PC 2012–2016 Forecast Update: September 2012 (IDC #...

On Wednesday, September 12, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5. In keeping with previous releases, company CEO Tim Cook dubbed the iPhone 5 "the most beautiful product we have ever made," featuring changes to its hardware design as well as enhance ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's U.S. PC Market Top 10 Update: 2Q12 (forthcoming) as well as analysis of major industry activities that occurred in the month of July. In July, Apple's earnin ...

This IDC study provides an overview of the worldwide market for enterprise thin clients, which are network-based computing devices without local storage that are used in business environments. This document discusses the market size for ...

This IDC Forecast Update forecasts and analyzes the worldwide ereader market by region. It supersedes Worldwide and U.S. eReader 2012–2016 Forecast (IDC #...

Microsoft announced plans Monday to launch two self-branded tablets — one called Surface for Windows RT and one called Surface for Windows 8 Pro — later this year. The announcement, made at an invitation-only press event reminiscent of past ...

This IDC study forecasts and analyzes the worldwide ereader market by region. It supersedes Worldwide and U.S. eReader 2011–2015 Forecast Update: December 2011(IDC #...

On Monday, April 2, 2012, Dell (Round Rock, Texas) announced its intent to acquire Wyse Technology (San Jose, Califonia), best known for its thin client products. Dell has been working diligently over the past two to three years building ou ...

Microsoft quietly made several Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) announcements that could help redraw the PC and media tablet markets over the course of the next two years. In a blog post that went live February 9, Windows client chief Steven Sinofsky ...

This IDC study provides IDC's top 10 predictions for the worldwide personal computing and mobile connected devices markets in 2012. Each prediction is followed by analysis and the rationale behind it. This document offers the views of ID ...

This IDC Forecast Update forecasts and analyzes the worldwide media tablet market by region. It updates and supersedes Worldwide and U.S. Media Tablet 2011–2015 Forecast Update: October 2011 (IDC #...

This IDC study presents IDC's consumer prognostications and major themes for 2012 and analyzes various major segments of the consumer market, including games, video, consumer mobile devices, applications and services, consumer PCs and me ...

This IDC study looks at the results of IDC's 2011 Media Tablet Survey, fielded in December 2011 in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, and Brazil, which is the basis for the upcoming Media Tablet Multiclient Stu ...