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Zact, a startup that offers customized wireless plans, launched this week as the latest service provider to promise mobile customers more control over their monthly bills ...
ESPN is in talks with at least one wireless carrier to help subsidize data usage for customers who stream sports video content on their smartphones and tablets, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal News of the possible deal comes as more mobile device users are turning to their smartphones for data-intensive activities like playing game...
YouTube unveiled a new subscription plan this week and will allow select channels to charge for monthly viewing plans. It's the first time the online video hub will charge for content. Channels including Jim Henson's TV will show episodes of Sesame Street for subscriptions starting at US$2.99 per month, or users could pay $4.99 per month to see UF...
Groupon reported a better than expected first quarter thanks to strong North American revenue growth and an uptick in mobile customers. That helped send the daily deal website's stock soaring Wednesday The company reported revenue of US$601.4 million, an 8 percent jump from the $559.3 million from 2012's first quarter. Analysts had expected closer ...
YouTube viewers curious about what other users are watching across the country can now find out, thanks to a new feature from the streaming video site that displays data about what is being shared and viewed throughout the U.S ...
Adobe announced major changes to its business model this week and revealed that from now on, it will sell its software via a monthly subscription plan and forgo boxed software and perpetual licenses The maker of popular creative software such as Photoshop and InDesign unveiled the new policy at its MAX conference this week. All of its software newe...
Smartphone usage is up in the U.S., with Apple and Android the preferred brands for the first three months of 2013, according to a recent report from comScore Apple's iPhone accounted for 39 percent of the U.S. smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, a 2.7 increase in market share from the previous three-month period. That puts the com...
Despite revenue gains that beat expectations for LinkedIn's quarterly earnings report Thursday, investors sent the company's stock falling when the company forecast lower-than-expected guidance LinkedIn reported revenue of US$324.7 million for its most recent quarter, a 72 percent jump from the 188.5 million it brought in a year earlier. Net income...
Facebook on Wednesday beat analyst expectations for revenue in its first quarter earnings and showed slight growth in the increasingly important mobile advertising space The world's largest social network reported revenue of US$1.46 billion, a 38 percent bump from the same time a year ago. Net income jumped to $219 million, a 6.8 percent increase.
Shazam on Monday announced that former Yahoo executive Rich Riley will be its new CEO as the song identification app company prepares to launch an IPO Riley will take over for Andrew Fisher, who had been the company's CEO since 2005. Fisher will remain at Shazam as the executive chairman. The company also recently snagged the BBC's Daniel Danker as...
Data from Google Trends could be useful for predicting the ups and downs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. The new information from study authors Tobias Preis, Suzy Moat and H. Eugene Stanley showed that investing based on certain finance-related trending search terms could yield much h...
LinkedIn unveiled a new contacts application for Web and mobile users this week with the goal of helping members manage the relationships they build on the professional social network ...
Zynga reported an unexpectedly strong Q1 this week, but investors chose to focus on its lower guidance for future growth in the casual gaming industry The company brought in US$264 million in revenue on the quarter, down 18 percent from the same time a year ago but beating estimates that were closer to $209 million....
AT&T slightly missed analyst expectations on its first quarter earnings report this week, despite solid growth on the wireless data side of the business and record smartphone sales The company reported net income of US$3.7 billion, a slight increase from the $3.6 billion it reported a year earlier. At $31.34 billion, revenues were down 1.4 percent ...
AT&T slightly missed analyst expectations on its first quarter earnings report this week, despite solid growth on the wireless data side of the business and record smartphone sales The company reported net income of US$3.7 billion, a slight increase from the $3.6 billion it reported a year earlier. At $31.34 billion, revenues were down 1.4 percent ...
Twitter will soon significantly expand its advertising reach after the social network agreed to a deal with Publicis' Starcom MediaVest Group, one of the world's largest advertising agencies Starcom's top clients, which include Coca-Cola and Microsoft, will now win some of the premier advertising slots on Twitter, according to published reports. Th...
Google released a quarterly earnings report Thursday that beat estimates and also showed the company may be coming to grips with the problem of monetizing its mobile platform The tech giant reported net income of US$3.35 billion, or $9.94 per share during the first three months of the year, a 16 percent jump from the same time a year ago. Google's ...
The Federal Trade Commission filed a suit against Wise Media this week, accusing the company of slipping unauthorized charges into consumer cellphone bills Wise Media allegedly charged cellphone users fees for services to which they'd never subscribed, a practice referred to as "cramming." The company used short codes, which have legitimate purpose...
Intel released a quarterly earnings report Tuesday that fell slightlyshort of already low expectations, thanks to weak worldwide PC sales.The world's largest computer chip manufacturer reported first quarterrevenue of $12.6 billion, a 2 percent drop from the same time a yearago. Net income was $2 billion, or about 40 cents per share,compared with $2.7 billion, or 53 cents per share ayear earlier...
Electronic Arts will shut down three of its less popular games on Facebook, citing waning interest in some of the company's social network offerings Starting June 14, The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society will not be available to Facebook users. It was a difficult decision to kill the games, EA said, but user interest had plunged despite ...
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