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Slowing China sales, iPhone 6 juggernaut pinching Android

Slowing smartphone sales in China and continued strong sales of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6 handsets will hurt sales of Google (GOOGL) Android-based smartphones this year, market research firm IDC said Tuesday. Android smartphone shipments are forecast to rise 8.5% in 2015, compared with 11.3% growth for the total worldwide smartphone market, IDC said. By comparison, Apple iPhone sales are seen rising 23% in 2015, thanks to strong uptake of its new bigger-screen handsets. Smartphone growth overall is slowing. Last year, smartphone shipments worldwide rose 27.6%, IDC said. IDC said 2015 will bring two notable milestones.

Apple IoT Partners On Tap; Google Primes ‘Brillo’

As Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) ready software targeting new apps, IDC forecasts that the Internet of Things will quickly expand in health care, manufacturing, digital signage, connected cars and other markets. IoT refers to technology that connects industrial, medical, automotive and consumer devices to the Internet. IDC says the IoT market will jump 19% in 2015 to nearly $800 billion in revenue worldwide. The forecast includes hardware,

Schools embrace Google Chromebooks, business adoption lags

While the personal computer market is declining, Google (GOOGL) Chromebook sales are on the upswing.Worldwide sales of Chromebooks are on pace to grow 27% this year to 7.3 million units, research firm Gartner (IT) said Thursday. By contrast, PC sales, dominated by Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows operating system, are forecast to fall 2.4% to 306.3 million units, Gartner said. Education is the primary market for Chromebooks, accounting for 72% of sales in 2014. “Since the first model launched in mid-2011, Google’s Chromebook has seen success mainly in the education segment across all regions,” Gartner analyst Isabelle Durand said in a statement. Chromebook purchases in the commercial market remain low despite interest from small and midsize businesses and vertical industries, Durand said. Google is increasingly targeting the business segment with its Chromebook for Work suite of office productivity applications and has improved access and functions by making more…