Kara Swisher in News on April 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm PT
According to sources close to the situation, Intel Capital and Advance Publications will lead a $30 million investment round in Kno, the high-profile student tablet start-up.
In addition to the funding from its venture capital ark, Intel itself will license the hardware design of Kno, which will now focus on its software to manage the devices that are aimed at the college market.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT
Nokia has already announced the key piece of its strategy–a shift to Windows Phone for its future smartphones. Now the company is set to talk about the financial implications of that and go through the rest of its strategy, which includes a mix of Symbian and even a dash of MeeGo.
Mobilized has live coverage of the event, which started at around 4 am PT, or noon here in London.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 26, 2011 at 3:15 am PT
I’m not quite sure how to view this list of tablets that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month–as a monument to competitive spirit and move-the-story-forward innovation or as a memorial to vaporware. Either way, this canonical categorizing of the multiplicity of slates and e-readers by CEA Chief Economist and Director of Research Shawn DuBravac is pretty stunning.
John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2010 at 12:45 pm PT
A year after it first shipped, Windows 7 continues to be the commercial success that Windows Vista never was. Microsoft boasted today that it’s sold (or rather sold and pre-installed) more than 240 million Windows 7 licenses to date, making it the fastest-selling OS ever.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 3:58 pm PT
Steve Jobs told analysts that he’s hanging on to his giant cash hoard for a rainy day–and a couple specific things he’d like to buy. Perhaps he’s discussed this with Mark Zuckerberg…
John Paczkowski in News on May 7, 2010 at 7:28 am PT
“The first question that needs to be answered is ‘Does Apple have monopoly power in this market?’”
That’s what Harry First, the Charles L. Denison Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, told me when I asked him if Adobe’s rumored antitrust complaint against Apple had any legs. Today, we have the answer to First’s question: No.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm PT
The latest metrics from comScore on the U.S. mobile market from comScore, published Thursday are about what you’d expect. Among mobile network operators, Verizon ranked highest; among mobile phone makers Samsung claimed the top spot.
John Paczkowski in News on March 26, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT
Today brought with it some much needed good news for Palm: A contrarian upgrade on its shares from research outfit BMO Capital.
John Paczkowski in News on January 28, 2010 at 1:35 pm PT
Reporting second-quarter earnings in January 2009, Microsoft–beaten down by the worst PC market in several years–announced the first mass layoffs in the its 35-year history. Ugly times. But what a difference a year makes. Microsoft just reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter, posting significant gains in sales and profits.
Kara Swisher in News on October 23, 2009 at 7:42 am PT
Well, well, well, that financial imp at Microsoft–CFO Chris Liddell–pulled a fast one on Wall Street and turned in first-quarter earnings that blew away all estimates and even whisper numbers.
BoomTown liveblogged the morning conference call, which took place at 7:30 am PT–thanks for the Kiwi-laced wake-up call, Chris!
While revenue and net income in Q1 were down significantly from the same period a year ago, they were not as bad as investors expected.
Which apparently passes for terrific these days!
