and 5.5% respectively, while 4th placed Apple also suffered a 3.4% fall. "Still, there is some hope in the fourth quarter," commented IDC's research director for devices & displays. "New designs running

Not surprisingly, Google and especially Apple widened their leads at the top of the table. Apple's valuation rose by 43% to over $170bn, compared to a 12% increase for second-placed Google to $120bn.

Keeping pace with Apple, Google unveiled a number of new mobile products and devices, including two new Nexus smartphones, one made by LG and the other by Huawei. Both include fingerprint sensors similar

Apple is accelerating development activity on its previously rumoured electric vehicle project, according to the WSJ. Though the company has issued no firm details, it is understood to have designated

Advertisers Apple's regular Autumn product launch was full of the usual hyperbole - "this is the most powerful/popular/best [insert Apple product] we've ever made" - but there weren't any big surprises.

Luxury giant LVMH named Ian Rogers, a former Apple executive who oversaw the launch of Apple Music and was previously CEO of Beats Music, as its first chief digital officer. "Ian will bring his extensive

Apple CEO Dick Cook managed to mitigate some of the early damage - Apple is the world's most valuable company, after all, and China a key market for it - with a well-timed email to CNBC pundit Jim Cramer.

Apple jumped 35% year-on-year to 14% share, but it could face a future challenge from Huawei, which rocketed over 48% to just under 9%. Xiaomi and Lenovo/Motorola rounded out the top five. Carmakers

Advertisers Apple reported record numbers for its 3Q to June, usually one of the company's slowest periods, but they fell below investors' heady expectations, causing a sharp sell-off of the company'

including Apple-style promotional launches a la U2 or Apple Music. In a fresh blow to struggling Japanese electronics giant Nintendo, its chief executive Satoru Iwata has died at the age of just 55