John Legere’s Uncarrier campaign may have landed T-Mobile plenty of customers over the last two years, but Uncarrier’s numerous consumer enticements haven’t…
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New Relic boosts revenue growth in first post-IPO earnings
New Relic’s first earnings report since going public last December seemed to please investors as the application-performance and analytics company took in…
Read MoreTwitter retracts “iOS 8 bug” explanation for slow user growth
On Twitter’s earnings call yesterday, CEO Dick Costolo said its nearly flat user growth in the fourth quarter was partially the result of an…
Read MoreWhy Twitter finally caved and returned to Google
Following the release of its fourth-quarter earnings results, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo confirmed the company’s previously rumored new partnership with Google. Twitter…
Read MoreTwitter beats on earnings but misses on user growth
Twitter’s stock rose slightly today after the company announced its fourth quarter earnings. It beat by a significant amount, although it missed in terms…
Read MoreSprint is growing, but it’s still losing core phone customers
Marcelo Claure may have brought the struggling Sprint back to growth, but the new CEO probably wishes the company were growing in…
Read MoreGoogle misses slightly on fourth quarter earnings and stock dips
Google’s fourth quarter earnings missed Wall Street expectations today, but only by a slight amount. The stock dipped down 3 percent in after…
Read MoreSamsung is making less money from phones, but chip sales are up
Samsung Electronics announced a fourth quarter earnings decline on Thursday, its first holiday season drop in three years. The earnings report wasn’t as gloomy…
Read MoreHere’s why Facebook got away with a 335 percent hike in ad prices
Ads dominated the discussion during Facebook’s fourth quarter earnings call this Wednesday. COO Sheryl Sandberg told analysts that the company is charging 335 percent…
Read MoreAT&T grows by 1.9 million connections, many of which were cars
AT&T posted yet another strong quarter for new connections, but unlike previous periods this fourth quarter was driven (pun intended) largely by…
Read MoreYahoo stock rises as it turns Alibaba investment into separate company
Yahoo is splitting its remaining Alibaba shares into a separate company called SpinCo. The move will help Yahoo avoid the tax pitfalls of the investment.…
Read MoreVerizon adds 2M new connections, but customer turnover increases
At a high level, Verizon had a very good fourth quarter for customer growth. It brought on board an additional 2.07 million…
Read MoreNetflix wants to expand to 200 countries within the next two years
Netflix wants to complete its global expansion within the next two years, the company announced as part of its Q4 2014 earnings release.…
Read MoreSprint is growing again, adding 1M new connections
T-Mobile tried valiantly but it didn’t overtake Sprint as No. 3 U.S. mobile carrier in 2014. Sprint actually had a great holiday…
Read MoreT-Mobile grew by 8.3M subscribers in 2014
T-Mobile’s customer growth spurt continued into the normally busy holiday season in 2014 as it added 2.1 million new connections to its…
Read MoreSamsung shuts down its flagship retail store in London
If you’re doing any last-minute Christmas shopping for a gadget lover in the U.K., you’re not doing it at Samsung’s retail flagship Experience…
Read MoreUnder new CEO, Sprint shows signs of life, but it’s still shedding key customers (and employees)
Sprint started growing again last quarter, but its 484,000 net subscriber additions all came from MVNOs like FreedomPop. Sprint is still bleeding valuable postpaid customers, and it's financial troubles are triggering new layoffs.…
Read MoreFacebook continues strong earnings streak (and WhatsApp and Instagram aren’t even making real money yet)
Facebook just introduced ads on Instagram, and hasn't tried to make money off WhatsApp yet, but the company's revenue is robust nonetheless.…
Read MoreT-Mobile grows by another 2.3M connections as it rakes in more smartphone customers
T-Mobile keeps growing, adding new prepaid and postpaid customers and activating new smartphone and even internet-of-things connections. The only area where its lagging far behind the competition is in tablets.…
Read MoreDespite strong revenue, investors aren’t pleased with Twitter’s Q3. Here’s why
Twitter's user growth rate is on the decline which has shareholders worried about the future of the company. On the earnings call, CEO Dick Costolo said, "It's more critical than ever that we increase our pace of execution."…
Read MoreAmazon’s gigantic operating loss sends shares sliding 10% after hours
Amazon saw big losses again in its Q3 2014 earnings, missing analyst estimates and reporting a whopping operating loss of $544 million.…
Read MoreAT&T connects half a million cars to its LTE network in Q3
AT&T adds 2 million new connections in Q3, but it's most impressive growth came in the connected car as GM and Audi rolled out their 4G vehicles this year.…
Read MoreMarissa Mayer defends her acquisition strategy by pointing at $200 million in mobile revenue
Yahoo's mobile effort is starting to bear fruit. Will it save the company?…
Read MoreTablets continue to drive Verizon’s growth in Q3
Tablets have turned into Verizon's big of source of growth, which means Verizon might be vulnerable as the iPad Air 2 goes on sale. Verizon is the only major carrier incompatible with Apple's new SIM card.…
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