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OYSTER BAY, NY -- Virtual reality took a step forward at the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress.

Read more: Report: 50M Mobile VR Devices Will Be in Use by 2020

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide tablet shipments will drop to 195 million units in 2016, down 5.9% from 2015, according to a new International Data Corporation forecast.

Read more: Demand for Detachables Not Enough to Save Tablet Shipments

WASHINGTON — The 90-day moving average worldwide sales of semiconductors fell 5.8% year-over-year to $26.9 billion in January.

Read more: Semiconductor Demand Slows in January

TAIPEI -- Contract prices of NAND flash memory chips fell by nine to 10% in the fourth quarter due to oversupply conditions, TrendForce reports.

Read more: Oversupply Continues to Plague Flash Memory

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Global penetration of embedded and hybrid factory installed OEM telematics in new passenger cars to exceed 72% by 2021, driven mainly by leading automotive OEMs in the US, Europe and China.

Read more: OEM Telematics to Be in 7% of New Cars by 2021

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board fabricators reported January orders slumped versus last year and sequentially, and sales declined too.

Read more: N. America PCB Orders Fall Victim to Seasonality in January