IDC, one of the leading market analysis firms, has just released its worldwide PC shipments forecast for 2014. The company says that the global PC market will contract 2.7 percent in 2014, a smaller decline than what IDC previously expected.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/IDC-Global-PC-market-shrinks-2-7-percent-in-2014.130961.0.html
Well, good job to microsoft and sony, that's mostly their merit.