Kara Swisher in Media on May 7, 2013 at 1:25 pm PT
Strong performance of media properties added to the results.
Kara Swisher in News on January 28, 2013 at 2:11 pm PT
Turnaround via nuclear fission.
Kara Swisher in News on January 28, 2013 at 1:35 pm PT
A little up is better than a little down.
Voices
Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on July 4, 2012 at 10:00 am PT
It’s not surprising that the first tablet to carry Google’s brand would attract attention from hardware analysts. Nor is one of their key conclusions much of a shock — the $199 price tag on the new Nexus 7 doesn’t leave Google much of a profit margin.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 9, 2011 at 6:01 am PT
Demand Media is expected to have a solid quarter, but that might not matter to its weakened stock.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm PT
For Apple, a smaller, cheaper iPhone may be more than a means of entering the market for lower-end phones currently dominated by Android and Symbian–it could be the final step in the company’s global smartphone dominance.
That’s the theory put forth today by Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, who sees an iPhone Nano or Mini as an inevitability, one that would dramatically expand Apple’s addressable market.
John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2011 at 8:41 am PT
Some additional perspective on Nokia’s massive mobile R&D spend and a point of comparison for its market return. Extrapolating from Bernstein Research data that estimates Nokia spent $3.9 billion on mobile research and development, Asymco’s Horace Dediu has calculated Apple’s mobile R&D spend, and there’s an astonishingly wide gulf between the two.
John Paczkowski in News on February 3, 2011 at 12:24 pm PT
Does your wireless plan suit your needs? Truly suit your needs? Because if it doesn’t, you’re potentially wasting hundreds of dollars. According to a yearlong BillShrink survey of more than 230,000 wireless users, people waste an average of $336 annually by miscalculating their voice and data needs.
John Paczkowski in News on February 3, 2011 at 4:10 am PT
Nokia spent scads of cash on research and development last year, but didn’t see much return on it. Certainly, the investment did little to slow the continuing deterioration of its competitive position.