Notebook sales were still on the decline in the first quarter of the year, Digitimes Research says, although the “on-year declines were the slowest compared to those in the past five quarters,” and some laptop makers have enjoyed renewed success in the business during the period. Even so, it’s not clear yet whether the notebook market has started to recover, the publication noted. In Taiwan, notebook shipments dropped by 13.8% sequentially in the first quarter of 2014, and by 6.8% compared to the same period last year. When it comes to worldwide shipments, the trend is similar, with notebook sales dropping by 14.2% sequentially and 5.5% compared to last year. Companies including HP, Asus, Apple and Lenovo thrived, the publication shows, with the