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Global PC shipments fell in the third quarter of 2021 after five quarters of double-digit growth, and came in at 5% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that Japan was the worst affected with a drop of almost 30% in shipments.

Shipments of PCs to India in the second quarter of 2021 grew by 43% year-on-year to 4.1 million units, marking a five-year high, the technology analyst company Canalys says.

COMPANY NEWS: Board International, the number one decision-making platform provider, today announced the appointment of Marco Limena as chief executive officer.

Global technology sector veteran Darren Needham-Walker has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Brisbane tech startup Advanced Mobility Analytics Group AMAG.

COMPANY NEWS: LEADING Australian technology company RBC Group is preparing for strong growth after signing its most significant partnership in its 46-year history with Australia’s largest private IT company Interactive.

HP’s Generation Impact Incubator debuts at The Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2021, giving young Aussies the chance to bring their ocean-saving ideas to life, as HP announces over 50 of its products contain ocean-bound plastics.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency The Commerce Commission has issued a draft determination that HP New Zealand Limited (HP) should be allowed to engage in resale price maintenance (RPM) in relation to its proposed HP online stores and HP online marketplace stores. 

Melbourne-based additive manufacturing specialist Titomic has appointed 3D printing expert Herbert Koeck to the role of chief executive officer, effective 1 July 2021.

Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise has been renamed Parallels Desktop for Chrome OS, and the latest version adds support for AMD processors and runs on 12 additional Chromebook and Chromebox models.

Smartech Business Systems has relocated its global headquarters from Hong Kong to Sydney.

Promising a modern printing experience that makes printing easier, more convenient, and more sustainable than ever, HP's new service goes up against Epson's EcoTank and Canon's MegaTank, along with Brother's also excellent range of printing solutions.

Operations management vendor PagerDuty has promoted Natalie Fair to the role of APJ regional lead.

As usual, Nvidia had a raft of product announcements ready for its annual GTC conference which started today. Among the standouts were the Grace data centre CPU, a next-generation BlueField DPU, Omniverse Enterprise for 3D collaboration, and updates to the company's Drive platform.

The latest data from Canalys shows continued strength in the worldwide PC market in the first quarter of 2021, with shipments of desktops and notebooks, including workstations, up 55% year on year.

Traditional PC shipments during the first quarter of 2021 grew by 55.2% year-on-year to 84 million units worldwide, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that this included desktops, notebooks and workstations.

Specialising in massively delighting customers with truly top tech, AMD notes new business notebooks from HP and Lenovo with its new processors "provide leadership performance and enterprise-class security solutions to meet the evolving demands of the modern workforce."

Global AI SaaS solutions provider PROS has appointed former Accenture managing director Katrina Klier as chief marketing officer.

Payment solutions provider Linkly has appointed Frerk-Malte Feller as its CEO.

As distant education became the new normal in 2020, demand for Chromebooks rose to a record high, according to research from Finaria.it.

The authorities at Baltimore County Public Schools, which was hit by ransomware last week, appear to have realised that Windows was a factor in the infection, and have advised students to avoid using Windows-based devices until further notice.