6 posts and columns on gain

U.S. Tech Job Growth Was Strongest in…Oklahoma City?

in Enterprise on December 9, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

The TechAmerica Foundation’s annual Cybercities report covering the state of America’s local technology job markets for 2009 (the most recent data available) paints–as you might expect–a depressing picture in all but a few of the markets surveyed.

Microsoft's Baaaaack? Expectations for 4Q Earnings High (As Online Division Losses Surely Will Be)

in News on July 22, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

BoomTown always likes to play the quarterly game of guessing exactly how eye-popping the loss in the Online Services division of Microsoft will be. In the third quarter, for example, it was $713,000,000–yes, all those zeros! But that will be just a rounding error to Microsoft in the fourth quarter if the software giant can meet Wall Street expectations of strong gains in profits and revenue, due to improving computer demand.

Maybe Apple Should Pay Attention to Amazon, After All

in Media on May 26, 2010 at 6:52 am PT

Some interesting context for federal regulators looking at Apple’s monopoly position in digital music: New data show Amazon making a bit of headway in its attempt to take on iTunes.

Yahoo Search: Look Out Below, as Bing Gains Again (and Google Remains as Scary as Ever)

in News on March 9, 2010 at 4:54 pm PT

Say this about the toolbar and distribution deals, which Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz keeps saying were too pricey for the Internet portal: They have certainly given Microsoft’s search offering, Bing, a very nice boost. In all likelihood, it is that and more causing Bing to make solid gains on Yahoo, whose market share declined yet again this month, according to comScore’s monthly report of search market share in the United States.

Google Says Google’s Perks Are Overrated, and Belt-Tightening Is Underrated

in Media on October 7, 2009 at 12:41 pm PT

Hey Googlers! All those perks the company is famous for: The great food, the high-end daycare, the fancy bathrooms? Overrated, your bosses say. So is the dream of getting insanely wealthy at your job. Instead, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said today, you ought to be happy to work at Google…because it’s Google.
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AMD Gaining on Intel, and No, I’m Not Joking

in News on May 12, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

Well, look at that. Floundering though it is, AMD has managed some gains in the semiconductor market. According to IDC, the company’s share of the chip market hit 22.3 percent during the first quarter of 2009, an increase of 4.6 percent over the fourth quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, Intel’s share fell to 77.3 percent, a decline of 4.7 percent.
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