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68.4 million PC shipments
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.4 million units
in the second quarter of 2015, a 9.5 percent decline
from the second quarter of 2014, according to pre-
liminary results by Gartner, Inc.
This was the steepest PC shipment decline since the
third quarter of 2013. PC shipments are projected to
decline 4.4 percent in 2015.
70 million photos shared everyday on Instagram
300 million Instagrammers share 70 million photos each day on Insta-
gram, receiving 2.5 billion likes.
Instagram said that 70% of its active users are from outside the US, with
14 million users from the UK. This is the first time the company reveals
user statistics according to geographic locations.
$1 trillion losses from cyberattacks
A cyberattack on United States’ power grid could cost
as much as $1 trillion to the U.S. economy.
Such an event would cause a rise in mortality rates as
health and public safety systems fail, and disruption to
transport and infrastructure.
1.31 billion active users on Face-
book each month
There are currently 1.31 billion active Face-
book users, with an annual growth rate of
23%. Active Facebook users from mobile
platforms have reached 844 million, with an
annual growth rate of 29%.
There are over 4 billion video videos each
day.
63.19 million shipments of Apple devices
Apple devices during the third quarter totaled 47.5 million
iPhones, 10.9 million iPads and 4.79 million Macs. Apple made
an additional $2.6 billion in revenues from other products such
as Apple Watch, iPod, Apple TV and Beats products.
Accordingly, iPhone sales grew by 35%, whereas iPad sales
declined by 18% and Mac sales and revenues grew by 9% on
an annual basis.
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