7 posts and columns on Western Europe

Seven Questions for Doug Hauger, Head of Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform

in Enterprise on April 11, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The man who runs Microsoft’s cloud explains how it’s different from other clouds out there, and how companies are using it not only to save on IT costs, but to do things they couldn’t do before.

50 Percent of Smartphones Sold in China Last Quarter Run Android

in News on December 2, 2010 at 2:41 pm PT

The smartphone market in China is growing at an extraordinary rate, largely thanks to Google’s Android OS. Chinese consumers purchased 8 to 10 million smartphones last quarter, up from an estimated 2 to 3 million in the same period last year. And according to Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt, the bulk of them ran Android.

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A Wireless World: Subscriptions Set to Pass Five Billion

in News on September 17, 2010 at 10:23 am PT

Global wireless subscriptions will breeze past another large-round-number milestone this month, according to research outfit iSuppli: An installed base of five billion devices. That’s the equivalent of almost three-quarters of the world’s population, but the regional penetration varies widely, from 50 percent across Africa and the Middle East to 157 percent in Western Europe, where many people have multiple phones and subscriptions.

Apple’s Big Plans for China

in News on February 25, 2010 at 2:02 pm PT

Not much in the way of news coming out of Apple’s annual shareholders meeting today. Aside from CEO Steve Jobs dismissing suggestions that the company use the $40 billion or so in cash and investments it has on hand to issue a dividend to investor, the only thing worthy of remark seems to be Apple’s plans for expansion in China. Big plans.

Waiting for WinMo

in News on December 15, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

Windows Mobile’s long march into irrelevance continues apace with no apparent change in tack. Certainly, the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 in September–a superficial, stop-gap point release–did little to convince anyone that Microsoft will ever deliver on its promise of a “modern” mobile operating system. And now, with the official release of Windows Mobile 7 reportedly delayed until late 2010, you’ve got to wonder if the company hasn’t already blown its last chance at a comeback in the mobile space.
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Global Handset Unit Sales Grow Just 5 Percent in Q3

in News on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Worldwide mobile phone sales grew only five percent in the third quarter–a disappointing performance in the sector, and the lowest since 2002. Only Apple and Samsung stood out from the pack. It makes perfect sense that large screen TV sales would slump heading into a recession, but mobile phones? Maybe consumers are bored. Sales are expected to jump slightly during the holiday season.

Street Unimpressed by Dell Depressiron

in News on September 16, 2008 at 3:00 pm PT

If Dell sees “further softening” in global demand for its products it’s going to need stilts to keep from sagging below water level. Shares in the company fell to their lowest point in seven years Tuesday after Dell warned of a slowdown in investment technology spending in the U.S. and abroad.