The most important application of diazo coupling reactions is electrophilic aromatic substitution of activated benzene derivatives by diazonium electrophiles. The products of such reactions are highly colored aromatic azo compounds that find use as synthetic dyestuffs, commonly referred to as azo dyes.
The biggest IT vendors in the world by revenue. Research and advisory company, Gartner, has published the top global 100 vendors in IT in 2016 based on their revenue across IT and component market segments. Apple is listed as the largest vendor with more than $218 billion in IT revenue â approximately $79 billion larger than second placed Samsung Vendor Group, while Google is third.
According to IDC, in October 2014 Xiaomi was the third largest smartphone maker in the world, following Samsung and Apple Inc., and followed by Lenovo and LG. Xiaomi became the largest smartphone vendor in China in 2014, having overtaken Samsung, according to an IDC report.