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2013 Apple Earnings Forecast Raised From Huge to Ginormous

John Paczkowski in News on September 7, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT

Add another chapter to the never-ending Apple growth story. A big one.

iPhone, Android No Match for Nokia’s Symbianese Liberation Army

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 26, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

Funny–all this yammering about the fast-expanding iPhone ecosystem and the coming Android onslaught, but Nokia’s Symbian is still the leading mobile operating system around the world. What’s more, it’s likely to remain so in the foreseeable future.

IBM Gobbles Up BPM Outfit Lombardi

John Paczkowski in News on December 16, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

Research firm IDC estimates that the market for business process management software and services will hit $3 billion by 2013. That’s a little more than double the category’s current $1.7 billion. So it is not all that surprising to see IBM bolster its position there. This morning, the company acquired Lombardi, a well-known midrange BPM vendor, for an undisclosed sum.

Consumers: We Don’t Absolutely Hate Mobile Ads

Peter Kafka in Media on November 20, 2009 at 5:58 am PT

Here’s your half-empty/half-full stat for the day: Four in 10 consumers don’t want to see ads on their phones. Is that good or bad for the nascent mobile ad business?

TV on the Web: Growing Fast, Still Small

Peter Kafka in Media on June 29, 2009 at 6:49 am PT

Hulu and other purveyors of Web TV are going to see a rush of ad dollars over the next few years. But compared to the ad money going to conventional TV, that won’t mean much. A cautionary tale.