Google Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Results
Google Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. “We had a very strong start to 2013, with $14.0 billion in revenue, up 31% year-on-year,” said Larry Page, CEO of G...
IBM in Talks to Sell Part of Its Server Unit to Lenovo
International Business Machines Corp. is looking to part ways with the servers that have powered much of the Internet. — The company is in advanced discussions to sell its so-called x86 server busin...
Here are Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Peter Klein's internal memos regarding the CFO's exit
TNW has obtained copies of the internal memos sent by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and departing CFO Peter Klein concerning the latter's departure. That exit was announced as part of Microsoft's quart...
Google leak hints at an Android game center with multiplayer, chat, lobbies, leaderboards, and achievements
Google appears to be preparing the launch of a game center for Android with an unknown name. It looks like the new hub will sport a slew of features, including multiplayer support …
The Microsoft number we all want to know: Windows 8 sales to date
Microsoft didn't release an updated count of Windows 8 licenses sold as part of its third quarter earnings. But here's what the company did say about Windows. — On April 18, Microsoft didn't share t...
Finding and telling data-driven stories in billions of tweets
Twitter has hired its first data editor. Simon Rogers, one of the leading practitioners of data journalism in the world, will join Twitter in May. He will be moving his family from London to San Fra...
Now playing: Twitter #music
Today, we're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music, based on Twitter. It uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the...
Nokia Lumia sales hit record high of 5.6 million in Q1, still struggling in US
Nokia's latest quarterly earnings show that the Finnish smartphone maker continues to improve its Lumia sales. Following a jump in Lumia sales in Q4 2012, Nokia's first quarter of 2013 saw the compan...
First images of Nokia's aluminum Lumia, codenamed ‘Catwalk’, have surfaced [Updated]
We have no way of verifying the authenticity of these two images, but it appears to be of the upcoming Nokia Lumia ‘Catwalk’, a follow up to the Lumia 920 that reportedly sports a new aluminum chassis...
Verizon nets 677,000 new wireless subscribers, activates 7.2 million smartphones, 4 million iPhones in Q1
Verizon just announced its Q1 2013 financial results, which reveal positive subscriber numbers and record smartphone penetration. America's largest wireless carrier added 677,000 net …
Chat Heads, set free: jailbreak tweak puts Facebook Messenger all over your iPhone
A 21-year-old hacker brings one of Android's finer features to iOS — When Facebook launched Chat Heads for iOS yesterday, the feature's functionality was limited. On Android, Chat Heads cling to th...
Q1 Venture Capital Spending And Number Of Deals Down, M&A Activity Drops 44 Percent And Pre-Money Valuations Plummet
Dow Jones Venture Source released its quarterly report on the state of venture capital, including data on number of VC deals, funds raised, M&As and IPOs in the technology sector.
LinkedIn Updates iPhone, Android Apps With A Personalized Activity Stream, Better Navigation, And Ads
With the ink still drying on last week's acquisition of news aggregation app Pulse, LinkedIn continues to double down on mobile, the fastest-growing consumer service among its 200 million members.
Facebook Launches Open Graph Mobile, Updated iOS SDK With Improved Login And Sharing
Facebook today unveiled three new products at its Mobile Developer Conference in NYC that will put the company on an even faster track to becoming a mobile-first platform.
Intel outlines new strategy, investments for cloud-based networking
Summary: While this week's earnings report was all about Windows 8, Intel also has a new networking strategy to disclose. — Intel is ramping up its networking strategy with a series of new investmen...
Microsoft Excel: The ruiner of global economies?
Figuratively speaking, of course. — Aurich Lawson — An economics paper claiming that high levels of national debt led to low or negative economic growth could turn out to be deeply flawed as a res...
Space Monkey: Easy Cloud Storage in Your Very Own Home
I have a confession: I've never properly backed up my computer. Ever. Whether it was a cloud-based solution or a local NAS, the upload speeds were horrendous or the software was just plain ugly and ...