Worldwide personal computer shipments shriveled again in the third quarter, but Apple (AAPL) and Dell gained market share. Research firm Gartner (IT) late Thursday said global PC shipments fell 7.7% year over year to 73.7 million units in Q3. Rival research firm IDC estimated global PC shipments dropped 10.8% to 71 million units. “The global PC market has experienced price increases of around 10% throughout the year, due to the sharp appreciation
Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says Apple (AAPL) isn’t a serious electric threat, telling German newspaper Handelsblatt that Apple hires from Tesla are failures. “They have hired people we’ve fired,” Musk said. “We always jokingly call Apple the ‘Tesla Graveyard.’ If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. I’m not kidding.” Musk conceded that a “car is the next logical thing” for Apple, but says that iPhones and the Apple Watch are
Stereo headphones and tablets are expected to be the top technology gifts this holiday shopping season, according to a survey by the Consumer Electronics Association. So expect to see a lot of Beats headphones and tablets from Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN) being opened on Christmas day. The CEA estimates that holiday season spending on tech products in the U.S. will reach nearly $34.2 billion, up 2.3% from last season. Based on a consumer