Peter Kafka in Media on January 19 at 1:28 pm PT
First look at Google Q4 earnings: $8.13 billion and earnings of $9.50. Wall Street was expecting something like $8.4 billion and $10.50 a share.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 1:20 pm PT
Even with hard drives in short supply, killing demand for PCs and servers, chipmaker Intel manages to beat the expectations of the Street.
Ina Fried in News on January 19 at 1:17 pm PT
Redmond posted a rare drop in overall net income for the quarter as the unit that houses Windows posted a 6 percent year-over-year decline.
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John Murrell in News on January 19 at 12:26 pm PT
DoSomething.org, which helps channel the energies of teens into social causes, said today
it had lured Adam Hirsch away from the COO job at Mashable to become its chief digital officer as of Feb. 7. Hirsch will oversee all member engagement including social media, product development, and mobile.
Devlin Barrett, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 19 at 12:11 pm PT
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down Thursday one of the world’s most popular file-sharing websites, MegaUpload.com, and announced the arrest of four of the people behind it in a global crackdown against the suspected online pirates.
Kara Swisher in Media on January 19 at 11:54 am PT
Good morning yesterday, you wake up and time has slipped away …
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Liz Gannes in Social on January 19 at 11:20 am PT
SecondMarket, the private market dominated by sales of stock by former employees at consumer Web and social media companies, had more than $558 million in transactions in 2011, for 55 percent year-over-year growth, it
said today. Buyers tell SecondMarket they are still most interested in getting shares from regular targets like Facebook and Twitter, but some recent emerging targets include Pinterest, Practice Fusion, ZocDoc, Klout and Kickstarter. (Of course, just because there are would-be buyers doesn’t mean there are sellers.)
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 10:26 am PT
Big Blue reports earnings today after the markets close. Expect some troubles related to currencies and maybe from service bookings. Also? It will be Ginni Rometty’s first earnings report as CEO.
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John Paczkowski in News on January 19 at 10:01 am PT
European Union regulators will soon decide whether or not to clear Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. After suspending its review in early December to seek more information from the companies, the European Commission has begun mulling the deal anew, and set for itself a new deadline:
Feb. 13. The EC’s review of the acquisition is but one of a handful. Regulators in the U.S. and China are also assessing it.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 19 at 9:58 am PT
Here’s a new twist on flash sales deals in which users — not suppliers — find the best prices for last-minute travel deals.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 19 at 9:33 am PT
Twitter has acquired Summify, a small start-up that smartly aggregates links shared by users’ friends on social networks.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 19 at 9:00 am PT
Although users will get more megabytes per dollar, chances are the average AT&T consumer will be paying more with the new rates.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 19 at 8:45 am PT
It’s like the old “make it up on volume” joke. Except this time it might work, if students and school districts play along.
John Paczkowski in Media on January 19 at 7:58 am PT
The textbook triumvirate is onboard for Apple’s new iBooks textbook store.
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John Paczkowski in Media on January 19 at 7:41 am PT
Apple’s
new iPad textbook initiative was only just announced this morning, but it’s already got quite a head start. During an event at New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, Phil Schiller, Apple’s SVP of marketing, revealed that more than 20,000 education apps have already been built specifically for the iPad, and that 1.5 million iPads are being used in schools today.
