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TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| June 24, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It seemed as though nobody wanted to follow Microsoft’s Monday announcement of its new Surface tablet, resulting in an unusually slow news week – or so they would have you believe. Never fear, for we have dug deep to bring you all the best tech stories that didn’t make the headlines: we’ve got employees breaking ranks at Google, good news on ACTA, Julian Assange causing havoc as usual, and Larry Ellison buying a Hawaiian island. And if you’re lucky, we might also mention Natwest’s “small” banking issues and have a quick look at the Surface after all. Business Yahoo! has hired Michael Barratt, a well-known advertising executive currently working for Google, to be its chief of revenue from July. The move signals… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| June 3, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
For once it has been a generally positive week in tech, with good news on ACTA (i.e. bad news for ACTA) and an outcome to the Google-Oracle Java suit that will have developers everywhere cheering. There are also some nice announcements from Facebook, a slight increase in momentum for Do Not Track, exciting event announcements from Apple and Google, and several product launches and releases. The news might not be so good if you’ve invested in Facebook or RIM, or if your name is Julian Assange, but at least you’re not a mayor who has just been arrested by the FBI. Business Facebook’s foray into the public market is looking less and less like the grand success Mark Zuckerberg &… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| May 13, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It has been a most unusual week in the tech world, with neither news about Apple nor any more mind-numbing patent lawsuits. Instead we’ve got some exciting intrigue at Yahoo! – did he alter it or didn’t he? – along with good news on ACTA, bad news about The Pirate Bay (sort of), several announcements from Facebook, and a couple of highly amusing computer glitches. Read about all this, and more, below. Business The headlines this week were that Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo!, is being accused of falsifying his academic record. Thompson’s official Yahoo! profile (included as part of regulatory filings submitted to the SEC), as well as his official bio from his previous job at eBay, stated that… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| February 26, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Plenty of legal mumbo-jumbo this week as Kim Dotcom is released on bail, ACTA is delayed and Microsoft accuses Motorola of asking just a little too much for its patents, but not to fear – we’ll make sure to lighten the mood a bit with a positive earnings report from HP, a “Privacy Bill of Rights” announced by Obama, some product goodness with the PS Vita and BlackBerry PlayBook, and a patent for a keyboard made of polished meteorite. Onwards! Business Dell failed to meet the expectations of many analysts – and the hopes of many shareholders – when it posted its Q4 results this week. Its net income fell 18% year-on-year to $764mn or 43 cents per share, compared… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| February 12, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It might have been a slow week for tech, perhaps thanks to the Super Bowl taking all the media coverage, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t got some great stories for you. We’re covering yet another board shuffle at Yahoo!, GigaOM’s acquisition of paidContent, some crazy Kickstarter projects, more setbacks for ACTA, Google Chrome for Android, and doctors who successfully used 3D printing to create a prosthetic jaw for an elderly woman. All this, and more, below. Business Yahoo!’s chairman, Roy Bostock, and three of its directors have announced their impending departure from the company. The move, which will occur at the next shareholder meeting, will leave Yahoo! with a board which has changed completely since 2010. Although this effectively gives… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| February 5, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Welcome to a slightly smaller than usual edition of your weekly tech news summary. Don’t worry, we’ve still got all the week’s top stories: just how rich Apple really is, Amazon’s disappointing earnings, the latest (encouraging) news on ACTA, and much more besides. But we’ve decided to spin off the week’s most important news story, Facebook’s IPO, into its own special report. For everything else, read on! Business The biggest story this week was of course Facebook’s $5bn IPO filing, one of the largest ever, which could value the relatively young social networking company at up to $100bn. The Student Review has a separate special report on Facebook, including explanations of what an IPO is and why Facebook has launched one… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| January 29, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
This week we’ve got more earnings calls (including the largest quarter ever for a technology company), a new CEO at RIM, discussions about Google and Twitter changing various policies, the grim news about ACTA, and many other interesting tidbits besides. Read on as we tackle all the tech news for the past week. Business Apple stole the show this week as quarterly earnings reports continued to roll in, merrily declaring yet another record quarter for Q1 2012. As you might expect, it was certainly a big one – but nobody, including Wall Street analysts, had anticipated just how big it would be. Blowing away predictions of earnings per share of $10.08, Apple instead posted considerably higher earnings per share of… more
