Fourth Industrial Revolution

4 charts that explain the decline of the PC

Old unused computers and monitors sit in the main hall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange August 18, 2009. China's stock market showed signs of stability on Tuesday morning after tumbling 5.8 percent on Monday, its biggest daily percentage drop in nine months, hit mainly by profit-taking after a 90-percent stock market rally earlier this year got far ahead of China's economic recovery. REUTERS/Nir Elias

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Joe Myers
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 Worldwide PC market shrinking further
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 Global smartphone shipments forecast
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 Global smartphone sales 2008-2013
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 Shipment forecast of tablets, laptops and desktops PCs worldwide from 2010 to 2019 (in million units)
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