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Chromebook shipments soar, boosted by education sector

Chromebook shipments soared by 276% YoY to 12M Units in Q1 2021 with HP and Lenovo accounting for 60% of total sales. Over the last year and a half, Chromebooks have become a mainstream computing product, with millions of users worldwide. Although the education sector still accounts for the biggest share of global Chromebook shipments,…

22 June 202122 June 2021 Chris Price Chromebook, Google

Tech Digest daily round up: Google wins legal battle with Oracle

A decade-long battle over copied code in Google's Android operating system has ended in the US Supreme Court. Oracle, another tech titan, had sued Google in 2010 for copyright infringement over what it said was copied computer code. Android is now used in an estimated 70% of global smartphones, and damages could have run into…

6 April 20216 April 2021 Chris Price News

PC market sees highest growth levels in 10 years

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 79.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020, a 10.7% increase from the fourth quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. For the year, PC shipments reached 275 million units in 2020, a 4.8% increase from 2019 and the highest growth in ten years. “The worldwide PC…

12 January 202112 January 2021 Chris Price Computers, News

Acer Liquid Jade smartphone and Liquid Leap wristband coming to UK

Acer has announced that its Liquid Leap smart wristband and Liquid Jade smartphone, first presented at Computex in Taipei in June, are now to be released in Europe after their debut at IFA in Berlin next week. The one-inch Liquid Leap bracelet can connect to the Jade smartphone over Bluetooth to access and control a…

28 August 201431 October 2014 Stuart Acer, Mobile phones, Smartphones, Smartwatches, Wearables

Acer announces first Tegra K1-powered Chromebook

Acer has today unveiled the Chromebook 13, which is the first device in its class to be powered by Nvidia's Tegra K1 chip. The Chromebook 13, which is also said to have 13 hour battery life on top of its 13" screen is thought to be one of the most powerful Chromebooks available yet. Something…

11 August 201431 October 2014 James O'Malley Acer, Google

Acer Liquid S2 smartphone is first to offer 4K video recording

Acer have today revealed the Liquid S2 smartphone, capable of recording clips in super-high 4K resolution, making it the first mobile phone to offer the feature and making it harder than ever to hide that breakout that's plagued your face….

2 September 201331 October 2014 Gerald Lynch Acer, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Acer Liquid Z3 smartphone sets sights on the entry-level Android market

Best known for their PC and tablet wares rather than their mobile offerings, Acer are taking a slightly different approach with the launch of their new Acer Liquid Z3 smartphone, setting sights firmly on the entry-level of the Android market….

5 August 201331 October 2014 Gerald Lynch Acer, Android, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Acer Aspire R7 Star Trek Into Darkness Edition up for charity auction – one of only 25 in the world!

Acer's Aspire R7 Star Trek Into Darkness limited edition convertible ultrabook is to boldly go where none of its 24 brethren have gone before: into an eBay charity auction! One of only 25 in the world, the auction package includes…

6 June 201331 October 2014 Gerald Lynch Acer, Laptops / Notebooks, Tech Digest news

Acer's Haswell all-in-one PC ditches Windows in favour of Android

Acer's latest all-in-one desktop PC will ditch Windows in favour of Google's Android operating system. Despite the Windows 8.1 update sitting just over the horizon, Acer have opted to equip the forthcoming all-in-one with Android, an operating system usually the…

31 May 201331 October 2014 Gerald Lynch Acer, Android, Computers, Tech Digest news

Acer's Aspire R7 laptop/tablet hybrid insanely puts the trackpad behind the keyboard

Either Acer have struck gold with their freshly-revealed Aspire R7 laptop / tablet hybrid, or they've gone crazy. A drastic re-imagining of the laptop, it's an ultrabook/tablet hybrid that features an incredibly flexible screen and an unusual trackpad placement, putting…

3 May 201331 October 2014 Gerald Lynch Acer, Computers, Laptops / Notebooks, Tablet, Tech Digest news, Ultrabook

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