Amazon.com reports 22pc hike in first-quarter sales to US$16.07bn
E-commerce behemoth Amazon.com has revealed its first-quarter sales have gone up 22pc to US$16.07bn, compared with US$13.18bn in the first quarter of 2012.
26.Apr.2013 16:42
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Yahoo!’s chairman of the board Fred Amoroso resigns
Internet giant Yahoo!’s chairman of the board Fred Amoroso has resigned from the position and will not seek re-election to the board of directors at the company’s upcoming annual shareholders meeting.
26.Apr.2013 15:52
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€2,500 online business voucher on way to help SMEs access €21bn digital economy
Internet giants Facebook, Google and PayPal are to work on a special pilot involving 20 Irish companies to bring them into the digital economy. Announcing the pilot, Ireland's Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton said a €2,500 Business Online Voucher is in the works to try and increase the number of Irish firms trading online by 2,000.
26.Apr.2013 13:59
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Zynga reports drop in revenue and number of users in first quarter
Online social games maker Zynga has revealed a profit of US$4.1m on US$263.6m in revenue during the first quarter of the year, while fewer consumers are playing its games.
25.Apr.2013 10:21
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Google acquires news reader start-up Wavii for about US$30m - report
Google has beaten Apple to the punch in acquiring news feed start-up Wavii for around US$30m.
24.Apr.2013 12:57
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Ericsson Q1 revenues slip 22pc from previous quarter to €6bn
Swedish communications equipment provider Ericsson has reported a 22pc drop in revenues in the first quarter of 2013 to €6.05bn (52bn kronor) from €7.7bn in the previous quarter.
24.Apr.2013 11:05
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VMware posts 13pc rise in first-quarter revenue of US$1.19bn
Revenues rose and profit plummeted for VMware during the first quarter of 2013. The cloud and virtualisation software and services provider reported revenues of US$1.19bn, a 13pc increase from the same period last year, and net income of US$147m, down 9pc compared to US$191m in the year-ago period.
24.Apr.2013 10:09
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Apple revenues reach US$43.6bn – posts US$9.5bn profit – iPhone growth slows
Technology giant Apple posted solid sales and revenue figures of US$43.6bn and US$9.5bn, respectively, but has raised questions about future growth plans as sales levels of iPhone devices appear flat and new product announcements may not be expected until later in the year.
23.Apr.2013 23:59
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IBM buys UrbanCode to help businesses quickly deliver software
Technology giant IBM is expanding its DevOps strategy, designed to enhance the software development and delivery process for businesses, with the acquisition of UrbanCode Inc for an undisclosed sum.
23.Apr.2013 15:53
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Smurfit and Desmond-backed firm allies with US casino ahead of new US web gambling laws
A tech company backed by the Smurfit family and Dermot Desmond is poised to profit when the US eventually passes internet gambling regulations. GameAccount Network has forged an alliance with MPTN, the owners of the Foxwoods Resort Casino, to build an internet gaming portal and jointly sell software to other casino operators hoping to be ready for when the online gaming laws are passed.
23.Apr.2013 14:19
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Netflix reaches 36m global subscribers, US$1bn revenue
On-demand video-streaming service Netflix has posted its earnings call for the first quarter of 2013, citing more than 4bn hours of viewing by 36m subscribers worldwide – 7.14m of which are located outside the US – and global revenue of US$1.024bn.
23.Apr.2013 10:42
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Rumours of the demise of manufacturing greatly exaggerated
At the height of Ireland’s feet-of-clay economic boom, a thought pervaded official circles in Ireland – manufacturing no longer matters to the economy. Indeed, there was plenty of reason to believe this might be the case since a lot of electronics manufacturing activities that came in the 1990s had shifted to the Far East.
23.Apr.2013 10:10
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The technology business week: €16.2bn in export sales for Enterprise Ireland clients, troika exit to boost IDA’s efforts
A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.
22.Apr.2013 10:59
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Weekend news round-up: anti-CISPA web blackout; US to tax the internet?
In our trawl through the weekend’s best tech stories, it has emerged that the US Senate is about to vote on legislation to give states the power to tax online purchases; how Boston tech start-ups banded together in the aftermath of last week's tragedy; Anonymous is leading a protest against CISPA; and Google’s Eric Schmidt discusses North Korea, a country in the digital dark.
22.Apr.2013 10:24
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Financial results this week
Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.
22.Apr.2013 06:00
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Angry Birds maker Rovio hires new EVP to lead game development
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has added a new executive vice-president of games to its flock, Jami Laes.
19.Apr.2013 15:54
