Samsung and Apple lead surge in connected devices

Shaun Nichols
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Number of connected devices shipped in Q3 up 27 percent year on year

The combined sales of PCs, tablets and smartphones climbed by 27 percent in the third quarter of 2012, according to analysts. Research firm IDC said that global shipments of connected devices hi...

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