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iPad mini sales to drop up to 30% second-quarter 2013

While tablet sales in general are booming, a report from digitimes.com suggests sales for Apple’s smaller iPad aren’t doing too well. The Taiwanese online news site is claiming sources in the iPad Mini supply chain that expect to see a 20-30% decline in shipments for the device due to a lack of demand. Apple’s iPad [...]

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Why buying Android devices sees you paying Microsoft

If you’re buying an Android device as a way of making a point to Microsoft, you might want to stop and rethink your efforts. A report by digitimes.com is claiming that many of the major Android device suppliers are now paying patent licensing fees to the software giant. Samsung, LG, HTC, Acer, Viewsonic, Nikon, along [...]

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Apple stops ordering Mac computer parts?

Rumours are gathering that computing giant Apple has put a stop to component orders from suppliers for its Mac computer line-up. The report from digitimes.com says that a number of suppliers have been left wondering what Apple’s next move is and when it will resume those component orders. Sources in the report claim that Apple [...]

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Power a mini PC with two AA batteries

Mini PCs shot out of the gate in May 2012 and their numbers have swelled in the last 12 months as more and more models take advantage of chip designer ARM’s low-power consumption. However, while most of the available models take on the TV stick form factor, powering them has generally required either a USB [...]

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Gigabyte gaining on ASUS in motherboard sales

Gigabyte is said to be picking up the pace on motherboard sales, according to a news report from digitimes.com. The Taiwanese PC component giant is said to have sold 4.9million motherboards during the first three months of 2013, just fractionally behind the five million sold by chief rival ASUS. Digitimes says both vendors shipped a [...]

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