Nokia Q3 Earnings To Be Announced October 20: Crunch Time Continues
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced today that it will be reporting its third-quarter earnings a week from today, October 20. Will we see more of th… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Ice Cream Sandwich Melts? Google, Samsung Move Nexus Prime Launch
People that have been gearing up for the launch of Google’s newest Android iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Samsung’s latest signature dev… Read more at paidContent »
B2B Publisher Wilmington Migrates Its Business Online
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Business publisher Wilmington, once a Press Gazette owner, says 72 percent of its 2010/11 publishing income came from digital – up from 45 p… Read more at paidContent »
Tablets, E-Reader Growth Offset By Weak No-iPhone Quarter At Best Buy
Growth in sales of mobile devices wasn’t enough to offset declines in television and gaming at Best Buy, whose second-quarter results indica… Read more at paidContent »
Wiley’s Professional/Trade E-Book Revenues Triple To 11 Percent Of Sales
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Book publisher John Wiley & Sons’ professional/trade book division made $11 million from e-book sales in the first quarter of fiscal year 20… Read more at paidContent »
Alipay Buys Up More Of China’s Nascent Online Payments Market
The Chinese online payments provider in which Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) holds an indirect interest is buying itself a greater slice of that growing… Read more at paidContent »
Not Just Random House: Over 20 Percent Of Hachette’s Sales Are E-Books, Too
On the heels of the news yesterday that over 20 percent of Random House’s U.S. sales are e-books, Hachette Book Group says that e-books made… Read more at paidContent »
War Games Offset Music Decline For Vivendi
French entertainment and telecoms company Vivendi (EPA: VIV) has reported a strong first half, with record sales of its Activision (NSDQ: AT… Read more at paidContent »
Mail.ru Seeing Explosive Profit Growth
Portal operator Mail.ru’s half-year profit has more than doubled to $85.5 million, underlining it as one of the most successful in the high-… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: B&N’s Digital Sales Up, Can’t Compensate For Falling Store Sales
Barnes & Noble’s digital sales continue to increase–but not enough to make up for falling in-store sales, the company announced in its Q1 2… Read more at paidContent »
Netmums Owner AuFeminin Sees Growing Profit, Overseas Expansion
The new owner of the Netmums community plans to buy up more sites.
Axel Springer’s auFeminin women’s network bought the UK site earlier in… Read more at paidContent »
Perform Revenue Jumps After IPO, But Swings To A Loss
Online sports broadcaster Perform Group swung to a loss in its first year on the stock market after it spent out on more sports rights and a… Read more at paidContent »
Cisco’s reorg: Reduce, re-align and reap the benefits?
Cisco’s massive restructuring plan appears to be working, as the company reported better-than-expected revenues and earnings in its fiscal fourth quarter. The plan is designed to simplify its sales and engineering teams by limiting the number of decision makers and aligning sales by region. Read more »
LinkedIn’s user base skyrockets. Profits, not so much.
UPDATED. LinkedIn on Thursday announced the financial results from its three months operating as a public company. The company showed off impressive user growth, but that has not started to translate into significantly higher profits. LinkedIn says it’s spending its revenue to reinvest for future growth. Read more »
Apple shares close above $400
Apple investors rejoice: The company’s stock closed at an all-time high Tuesday. Shares of the iPhone and iPad maker hit $400 a few times Monday but closed at $398.50. Tuesday shares opened at the $400 mark and actually peaked in the morning at $404.48. Read more »
Is Google becoming more mature — but less interesting?
Ever since co-founder Larry Page took over as CEO in January, Google has been getting more businesslike, shutting down projects like Google Health and now Google Labs. While this may be a sign of maturity, it could also make the company less experimental — and less interesting. Read more »
How the iPad is driving Apple’s business
When Apple released its third-quarter 2011 earnings results Tuesday, the numbers were, as is becoming almost customary for the Cupertino crew, a huge blow-out. Success was spread over many parts of the business, particularly the company’s flagship products. But those iPad results? Those were fairly stunning. Read more »
By the numbers: Apple’s third quarter 2011 earnings & revenues
Apple just reported the results for its fiscal third quarter 2011 that ended on June 25, 2011. It was a blow out quarter led primarily by the booming demand for iPhones, iPads and Macs. Here is a quick breakdown of numbers for the quarter. Read more »
Nokia, Microsoft Reveal Details Of Their Deal While Nokia’s Earnings Drop
The handset maker and software giant may have already walked down the aisle as far back as February 11, but it was only today that they fina… Read more at paidContent »
After a Big Quarter, Dell Should Make a Big Data Buy
After a $15.7 billion fourth quarter that put Dell over the $60 billion revenue mark for the year, Michael Dell got to talking once again about his company’s acquisition strategy, suggesting that more software purchases are indeed on the way. Read more »
Rackspace Cloud Revenue Keeps Rising, Tops $100M
Rackspace reported cloud revenues of $31.4 million during the quarter, up approximately 17.1 percent over the previous quarter, and bringing the company’s total 2010 cloud revenue to $100.7 million. Perhaps more telling, though, is the increasing percentage of overall revenue attributed to cloud computing. Read more »
AOL Beats Estimates, but the Ship is Still Taking on Water
AOL managed to beat analysts’ estimates for revenue and earnings for the latest quarter, thanks in part to some asset sales that boosted the bottom line. But the company’s advertising business continues to shrink rapidly, even as it’s spending hundreds of millions on acquisitions. Read more »
AWS Looks on Pace for That $500M in 2010
Weeks like this past one remind us just how big Amazon Web Services is in the world of cloud computing. Customer wins, financial results and new features rolled out could matter a great deal when it comes to improving Amazon’s bottom line and AWS’s market share. Read more »
VMware’s Q3: Has Growth Really Peaked?
The talk around the web today is about how, despite huge revenue and income gains in the third quarter, VMware cannot sustain this type of growth. Such analysis, however, ignores several realities regarding the state of cloud computing and VMware’s place in the market. Read more »
Oct. 18: What We’re Reading About Infrastructure
With EMC in talks to buy Isilon and news of Dell’s DCS business only getting better, the future is all about lots and lots of cheap boxes. And speaking of the future, will all the post-M&A integration leave “supervendors” hamstrung as IT passes them by? Read more »
Hey Shareholders, Capex Means Cash in the Cloud!
Om’s post about Google’s spending got me thinking about the hypocrisy in the way we assess web companies’ decisions to splurge on infrastructure. Startups are praised for spending on more infrastructure, while public companies feel the wrath of financial analysts when they do the same. Read more »
Oct. 15: What We’re Reading About Infrastructure
Bolstering the argument that money makes the world go ’round, Google’s earnings, and spending, were big news today, as is the third-quarter decrease in VC funding. AMD’s “better than expected” net loss and the prospect of cloud-caused job losses also garnered attention. Read more »
Google Shows Thin Skin, Pushes Back on Criticism
Google today on its quarterly earnings call broke out some numbers that it doesn’t historically give (and doesn’t promise to give in the future): revenue and monetization rates for display, video and mobile advertising. The intent was to show that Google isn’t just a search company. Read more »
Motorola Only the Latest of Apple’s Many Legal Woes
Today, Motorola filed suit regarding three complaints against Apple over patent infringements. The complaints deal with antenna design and other associated smartphone technologies covered in 18 patents held by Motorola. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Apple’s legal problems. Read more »
A Safari User’s Switch to Chrome
I’ve used Safari as my default browser since 2008, but lately I’ve decided to give Google Chrome a shot at becoming my new standby. I made the switch owing to Chrome’s reported performance advantages. Would they prove convincing enough to make the change permanent? Read more »
Will DECE’s UltraViolet Shine Bright? Or Will Consumers Get Burnt?
DRM has a new name, and that name is “UltraViolet.” The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem today announced the name for its “Buy Once, Play Anywhere” digital content framework, along with a consumer website in which consumers will be able to manage all their content and devices. Read more »
Electrovaya, Chrysler Testing Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Ram
Electrovaya, the Canadian battery maker supplying lithium-ion batteries for Chrysler’s plug-in hybrid truck demo, brought in nearly $1.1 million in revenue during the first three months of this year, compared to just $675,000 in the same period a year earlier. Read more »
AT&T Bets Big on the Internet of Things
AT&T’s said today its wireless division grew to account for 45 percent of revenues in the first quarter. Indeed, the carrier is betting big on wireless through the sale of phones with data plans and an emphasis on providing wireless connectivity for the Internet of things. Read more »
