Economy
Shopping 2.0: Providing an Optimized Experience
September 13, 2010 12:48 pm | by Sean Cook, ShopVisible | Articles | CommentsOver the past few years, advancements in mobile technology have been nothing short of remarkable. Smartphones have become the norm, allowing people to break the chains of the living room PC...
Adobe 2Q Sales Near $1 Billion Mark
June 23, 2010 8:32 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAdobe Systems took a break from lobbing salvos at Steve Jobs to report record sales, which reached almost $1 billion in the second quarter.
Motricity Shares Slip After IPO Prices Low
June 18, 2010 8:39 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsShares of mobile data services company Motricity are slipping after its scaled-back initial public offering priced low.
Motricity IPO Price Sinks to $64 Million
June 17, 2010 8:01 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsMotriciy cut the price of its initial public offering for the second time in June, lowering its financial expectations to just a quarter its first IPO attempt in January.
Best Buy Posts Meager Q1 Profit Gain
June 15, 2010 7:59 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsConsumer electronics retailer Best Buy said U.S. sales of laptops, mobile phones and appliances experienced "low double-digit" sales increases in its first quarter.
Embedded Devices: Module Vendors Talk Demand
June 14, 2010 12:28 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsWith wireless connectivity spreading like weeds from handsets to laptops to machine-to-machine (M2M) and an increasing variety of consumer electronics, the companies that make the chips to support the connectivity are enjoying a boost to their bottom line.
Dell Lowers 1Q Profit to Build $100M Legal Reserve
June 11, 2010 8:08 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDell said Thursday that it lowered its first-quarter results by $100 million to set aside a $100 million reserve it may need to pay out as part of a settlement...
SIA: Chip Sales Soar 28% in 2010
June 10, 2010 8:17 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSales of chips embedded in computers, cell phones and consumer electronics are expected to make a healthy recovery this year after last year's low point.
Texas Instruments Raises 2Q Estimates
June 9, 2010 8:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsTI has raised the bottom end of its second-quarter financial guidance after a recovery in its industrial segment boosted sales of its power analogue and embedded processing products.
Motricity Lowers IPO Prospects to $101M
June 2, 2010 8:32 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsMotricity expects its initial public offering to bring in less than half of the $250 million IPO it forecast in January, according to documents filed with the SEC.
Foxconn Raises Worker Pay by 30% After Suicides
June 2, 2010 8:29 am | by Annie Huang, Associated Press Writer | News | CommentsTaiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, shaken by a spate of suicides at its China plants, said Wednesday it is raising the pay of workers by 30 percent...
Taiwan's Foxconn Raising Pay for Workers
May 28, 2010 7:38 am | by Anne Huang, Associated Press Writer | News | CommentsThe Taiwanese electronics company buffeted by a spate of suicides at its China factories said Friday it will raise the pay of workers by an average of 20 percent.
Lenovo Misses Estimates Amid Mobile Expansion
May 27, 2010 7:45 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLenovo swung to a profit on rising demand for its personal computers but missed analysts' expectations as it spent money to expand its mobile phone business.
FCC Survey: ETFs, Bill Shock Still Baffle Consumers
May 26, 2010 7:55 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC today released the findings of an agency survey on the consumer mobile experience that shows one in six mobile users have experienced "bill shock".
Walmart Slashes Price on iPhone 3GS
May 25, 2010 7:56 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWalmart Tuesday said that it will drop the price on the 16GB iPhone 3GS to $97, cutting the price by more than half...
Why Retail Stores Must Be a Top Priority
May 21, 2010 11:35 am | by Chris King, Oracle Communications | Articles | CommentsTo keep up with the growing popularity and complexity of wireless services and devices, more service providers are opening their own phone stores or expanding their brick-and-mortar retail arms.
Google: Nexus One 'Profitable'
April 16, 2010 8:06 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsGoogle gave a rosy outlook on its various forays into the mobile space during its first-quarter results despite low sales estimates...
Sony Ericsson Finds Profitability in Q1
April 16, 2010 8:04 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSony Ericsson today announced better than expected earnings for the first quarter of 2010.
Small Businesses Get Busy with the FCC's Broadband Plan
April 14, 2010 11:36 am | by Steve Hilton, Analysys Mason | Articles | CommentsOver the past several months, I've been talking with the FCC about its small business broadband public-private partnership. The partnership is a piece of the National Broadband Plan.
iSuppli: Another Challenging Year for Handset Makers
April 14, 2010 8:35 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsFollowing on the heels of a vicious economic environment, iSuppli is predicting another harsh year ahead for contract manufacturers.
India 3G Spectrum Auction Nears $1B Mark
April 12, 2010 8:01 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsBids for 3G spectrum licenses in India's biggest markets are approaching $1 billion apiece just three days into the two-week auction.
China 3G Boosts ZTE Profits
April 9, 2010 8:17 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsChinese infrastructure company ZTE posted a 48 percent increase in profits due to lucrative contracts to construct China's 3G networks.
Chip Sales Continue Recovery
April 5, 2010 7:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said chip sales continued to recover in February as demand for computers and cell phones drove revenue.
Huawei Profit Soars to $2.7B
March 31, 2010 8:17 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsHuawei said its net profit more than doubled in 2009 thanks to rising sales, favorable exchange rates and lucrative contracts.
iPhone Report Does Number on Stocks
March 31, 2010 8:14 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsApple shares reached an all-time high Tuesday after a newspaper report said the iPhone could find a new U.S. sales outlet through Verizon Wireless.
