Poor results and not able to make investors happy with the launch of BlackBerry 10 prototype does not stop BlackBerry maker Research In Motion to smile a bit as US Department of Defence approved the use of BlackBerry 7 Smartphone. BlackBerry 7 smartphones have undergone successful testing through Army labs leading to a subsequent listing on DISA’s Unified Communications...
The gaming company Activision Blizzard has announced its quarter first 2012 revenue with GAAP net revenues were $1.17 billion, as compared with $1.45 billion for the first quarter of 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, the company’s net revenues were $587 million, as compared with $755 million for the first quarter of 2011. For the first quarter, GAAP net revenues from digital channels represented 27% of the company’s total revenues. On a non-GAAP basis, net revenues from digital channels were 51%. The GAAP earnings per diluted...
Huawei which earlier aiming to ship over 100 million mobile phones this year is expecting sales of its consumer devices to rise to $9 billion this year from previous $6.8 billion last year, reports Reuters. Huawei’s consumer devices business group mainly sells wireless cards, mobile phones and tablet PCs. The company expects consumer device sales, which includes handsets, to reach $30 billion in five years, from $7 billion now, becoming as big a revenue driver as its flagship telecommunications equipment business. ...
With Apple topping the chart in customer satisfaction, then why its manufacturer unit leaves behind. Reuters reports that Foxconn states that the company will achieve 10 percent growth in its revenue this year, as it plans for a new China headquarters in Shanghai. The company’s Chief Terry Gou said Foxconn’s manufacturing in China will focus on domestic consumers in the country, as well as research and development in technology, sales and services. We hope the words of company’s head will be true but although it all depends when...
The Korea Herald reports that according to Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC), Apple has updated its after-sales policy in South Korea, making it the world’s best. The company will now replace all defective products in that country with new devices within the first month of purchase and even if the manufacturing defect strikes even after one month, the company will replace those devices either. “Apple confirmed that the renewed policy in Korea is the world’s best level compared to in other countries,” said Kim Chung-ki,...
When talking about keeping the customer satisfied, Apple topped the chart, according to the E-Retail Satisfaction Index published by ForeSee, customer analytics site. Apple’s retail website scored 85 out of 100 in the year’s index, while it was 80 last year. Some other notable players that made the list included Newegg.com at 82, Netflix.com at 81 (a 4-point drop from last year), BestBuy.com at 80, HPShopping.com at 79, and MicrosoftStore.com at 78. Scores of 80 or higher on the index are considered superior in terms of customer satisfaction. “Amazon...
As expected it happened, Yahoo’s investor Third Point’s Loeb hit back on the company by writing a letter to the board asking it to fire CEO Scott Thompson over errors related to the college education listed on his resume, and replace him with chief financial officer Tim Morse or Head of Global Media Ross Levinsohn as an interim chief executive. The controversy started last week when Third Point Loeb (Yahoo investor) stated that Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson owes Accounting degree not the Computer Science degree. Loeb even quickly lobbed...
We earlier reported that Foxconn is hiring some 18,000 employees for iPhone 5 June release, confirming to this but with different dates of launch, Digitimes reports that Pegatron Technology reportedly has landed orders for a new-generation iPhone to be launched in September and a 10-inch iPad to be launched in the fourth quarter. The company has already finished...
Apple has released a number of updates for its supported operating systems and OS X software. The updates are for Snow Leopard and for its Safari Web browser. According to the updater’s Web page, the following features are key changes to the browser: Improve the browser’s responsiveness when the system is low on memory Fix an issue that could prevent...
President Obama yesterday on TV publicly announced for the very first time that he supports same-sex marriage. This tweet was posted on his Twitter page, saying: “Same-sex couples should be able to get married.” –President Obama What interesting sort of happen is that within the time-span of eight hours, the tweet had been retweeted for more than...
