3 posts and columns on computer industry

And…Boom: Apple Worth More Than Microsoft

in News on May 26, 2010 at 12:45 pm PT

And there it is. Today Apple, not Microsoft, is the world’s most valuable technology company. As I write this, Apple shares are trading at $244.87, giving it a market capitalization of $223.1 billion. Meanwhile, shares of Microsoft are trading at $24.79 and the company’s market cap sits at $217.78 billion.

November Search Stats: Google’s Not the Competition, It’s the Environment in Which You Compete

in News on December 9, 2009 at 12:07 pm PT

November search metrics are beginning to roll in and they’re pretty much what you’d expect. According to Experian Hitwise, Google’s already massive share of the U.S. search market rose, while Microsoft and Yahoo’s declined.
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Sad Guys on Sand Hill Road

in News on October 15, 2008 at 2:05 pm PT

Sad Guys on Trading Floors may soon have some new photographs of dismay to catalog, if the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index is any guide. Released this morning, the index puts VC confidence at its lowest point in the five-year history of the survey.