epa04018856 A man walks past the logo of Taiwan's computer giant Acer Inc. at Acer's headquarters at Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan, on 13 January 2014. Obn 13 January 2014, Acer's new CEO Janson Chensaid Acer is looking for way to regain its former glory as world No. 2 PC vendor. Acer's aim is to build its own cloud to integrate hardware, software and services. Acer's global PC market share fell from No 2 in 2010 to No 4 in 2013's fourth qauarter, trailing behind Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. according to Gartner Inc. EPA/DAVID CHANG
SINGAPORE: Sales of personal computers (PC) fell 10% in the Asia-Pacific last year due to sluggish economic growth and tough competition from mobile devices, an industry analyst said.
International Data Corp (IDC) said sales of PCs fell to 108 million units in the Asia-Pacific outside Japan, marking the region’s first annual double-digit decline.
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