Microsoft: The World’s Newest Phone Company
It would have been hard to imagine just a year ago that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) growth engine would be the phone business. It has turned out that the most exciting developments at the world’s…
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Newest first · Page 34The iPad’s 100,000 Apps
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) now offers 100,000 apps for the iPad, according to MacStories. The iPhone has four times that many, but the iPad has only been on the market for a year. The one…
Microsoft Office 365, The Cloud, And Legions Of Hackers
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched its new cloud product, Office 365. Many of the business clients of the world’s largest software company no longer want Office to run on their PCs and servers. These customers…
Oracle Beats Earnings, Perhaps Not Enough on Hardware Drop (ORCL)
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) managed to beat earnings, but shares are lower on the report because Wall Street was not impressed. It reported $0.75 EPS on a 12% gain in sales with $10.78 billion…
Enterprise Security IPO Filing from Imperva (IMPV)
Imperva, Inc. has formally filed for an initial public offering. No financial terms were disclosed other than for up to $75 million in proceeds. This IPO will be shares sold by the company and…
Apple, Down 13% In Four Months, Struggles
It could be that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not released a major product in a quarter. The consumer public and Wall St. are used to a new iPhone, iPad, or completely new device every…
Google Takes Out $500… Chart Damage Analysis (GOOG, ORCL, YHOO, BIDU, YNDX)
Something is happening at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). Something bad. That is what its chart is saying. Google’s stock has today broke down under the $500.00 mark for the first time since September 20,…
Carbonite Updates IPO Paperwork, Growth Continues As IPO Approaches (CARB)
Carbonite, Inc. is closer to coming public. The online subscription service for data storage backup for consumers and businesses has just filed its first amendment to its prospectus filing and we care because we…
How Much Are China Sales Worth To Microsoft ?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says that the sales of Windows in China are about 5% of what they are in the US although each country has about the same number of PCs. Piracy is the…
In Defense Of Steve Ballmer
In defense of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may not be a company that can be greatly improved, no matter who runs it. Hedge fund chief David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital called for Ballmer…
Dividend Watch: ClickSoftware vs. ‘Others’ (CKSW, AMSWA, MSFT, QADA)
It was just last week that ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CKSW) managed to beat earnings, but what the company also did was begin a dividend policy. The company has a mere $301 million market cap…
Microsoft Earnings Preview: Fundamentals, Charts, Analysts, Options, and Peers (MSFT, AAPL, INTC, GOOG, YHOO, SNY, SWH, IGV)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is about to get beyond the somewhat negative press of the Paul Allen behind it. The software giant reports today after the close. Thomson Reuters has estimates for its third…
Windows’ Future In Question As Sales Reach 350 Million
Odd, that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) should announce that it had sold 350 million copies of Windows 7 just as Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) cloud computing service collapsed and left clients’ website and download services marooned.…
Unlocking The Mystery About How Android Makes Money
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) investors have been puzzled about how the company will make money on its Android mobile operating system. It is offered to mobile and portable hardware firms for free. The software might promote…
ADR Watch: Thanks Infosys, Indian Outsourcing Sinks Ships (INFY, WIT, CTSH)
Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) turned in its revenue growth and its expectations for 2011 to 2012. The results would be considered somewhat robust by most US standards of late. Unfortunately, Indian growth has…