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The Enterprization of Consumer Apps

Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on October 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

The classic comedy “Trading Places” explores what happens when people from completely different walks of life switch places. In the technology world, we are witnessing a similar swap.

Sprint: Even Fewer Dropped Calls, Callers

John Paczkowski in News on October 29, 2009 at 6:55 am PT

Good thing Sprint expects to lose fewer customers this quarter than in previous quarters. Because if the company continues to lose them at its former rate–well, things are going to get even uglier. Reporting a wider third-quarter loss than expected this morning, Sprint said it lost 545,000 wireless customers and 801,000 more in the crucial postpaid category.

Sprint: Fewer Dropped Calls, Callers

John Paczkowski in News on July 29, 2009 at 6:24 am PT

The Palm Pre has proven a far better curative for the handset maker than for Sprint, its exclusive carrier. Certainly, the Pre doesn’t appear to have done much to reverse Sprint’s decline. Reporting second-quarter earnings this morning, Sprint posted a loss of $384 million, or 13 cents a share as customers defected to rival carriers.