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Experts say that looking at screens before bed can disrupt sleep

Parents advised to cut screen time before bedtime

Parents should avoid letting their children use mobile phones, tablets or computers an hour before bedtime and agree screen time limits, according to new official …

Health • 04 Jan 19

PC sales set to decline this year and next

PC sales decline set to continue beyond 2018

Sales of personal computers are expected to decline by 2.7% this year, the latest analysis shows.

Business • 29 Nov 17

Sales of tablets were down 8.5 per cent during the last quarter compared to a year earlier

Tablets tumble as sales decline continues

The tablet craze from a few years ago showed more signs of fading this year, with most major producers reporting sales declines in new research.

Technology • 05 May 17

Tablet unit growth is expected at 20% in 2015

Tech spending sputters amid economic woes

The outlook for global technology spending is uncertain after nearly flat growth in the past year, with turbulent economic conditions making a forecast difficult.

Business • 05 Jan 15

Global PC shipments are forecast to fall by 6.1% this year

PC shipments fell 9.8% in 2013 - survey

Global shipments of personal computers fell 9.8% last year, according to International Data Corporation’s latest tracker, as consumers increasingly turned to smartphones and tablet devices.

Business • 04 Mar 14

Continued drop in digital camera sales due to continued growth of smartphones

Sales of compact digital camera slump almost 50%

Sales of compact digital cameras took a hammering in Ireland in the last four months of 2013, falling by almost 50% compared to the same …

Business • 14 Feb 14

Dixons made an underlying pretax profit of £30.2m sterling in the six months to October

Dixons tops profit forecasts on strong UK sales

Dixons Retail beat forecasts as underlying first half profit more than doubled on the back of sales growth in Britain driven by robust demand for …

Business • 17 Dec 13

Argos trials use of tablet computers instead of its catalogues in six stores

Argos begins switch from catalogues

Argos hailed a key milestone in its 40-year history today as it threw open the doors to a new trial store in the UK where …

Business • 26 Nov 13

Apple supplied 28% of tablet computers in China in Q2, down from 49% the same time last year

Apple's grip on China tablet market loosens

Apple's grip on China's tablet market has loosened as Asian tech companies increase sales with cheaper Android tablet computers.

Business • 22 Aug 13

The number of people who own a tablet computer has doubled since the last Eircom survey six months ago

1.2 million tablet owners here by end of 2013

A new survey has found that more than 1.6 million people now have a smartphone in Ireland.

Business • 22 Apr 13

Devices running Android to grow market share to 49% this year

Apple's iPads to fall behind Android tablets

Shipments of Apple's iPads will fall behind the growing variety of tablets running Google's Android platform for the first time this year.

Business • 12 Mar 13

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