January 26, 2009 — 9:37pm ET | By Jason Ankeny
Both Apple and Google reported earnings last week, additionally offering up some revealing information on their respective iPhone and Android mobile efforts. Apple reported strong first quarter profits on the strength of best-ever sales for its iPod portable music device and accompanying iTunes download storefront, with Q1 profits jumping to $1.61 billion from $1.58 billion a year earlier--revenue increased to $10.17 billion year-over-year from $7.9 billion. Apple sold 22.7 million iPods during the quarter, up 3 percent from a year earlier, while consumers purchased 4.36 million iPhone 3Gs during the holiday ...
This article http://www.newsweek.com/id/183666 is from February's Newsweek magazine. The author claimed: "I learned the hard way: while blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn't one of them." It is also interesting to read the comments of the article.
FIRM’S STOCK JUMPS 35% IN THE HOUR FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT. More ...
(Fortune Magazine) -- Financially speaking, Web 2.0 has been a total bust.
Social-networking companies such as MySpace and Facebook have loyal fan bases, but they're not exactly minting money.
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"Groovy is like a super version of Java. It can leverage Java's enterprise capabilities but also has cool productivity features like closures, builders and dynamic typing. If you are a developer, tester or script guru, you have to love Groovy." More ...
November 10 2008 - 12:57 pm EDT | Phil Carson | RCR Wireless News
Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhone was the top-selling handset in the United States in the third quarter, according to new data from NPD Group.
The long reign of Motorola Inc.’s Razr handset — three straight years, or 12 consecutive quarters — is over. The Razr, in all its myriad models, slipped to the No. 2 position.
Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Curve garnered the No. 3 spot, followed by LG Electronic Co. Ltd.’s Rumor and Env2.
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