Yahoo, the chosen web portal of the 50+ set (alongside AOL) and once a giant of the industry, has seen itself marginalized in recent years. While the search engine still generates an insane amount of traffic, the company just announced a second quarter earnings statement that was, at best, passable. Revenues of $1.08 billion fell […]
Some people have accused this blog of being a bit unfair to RIM. This could not be further from the truth. I write about the makers of the once-ubiquitous Blackberry because I want to see them return to greatness, and I hate seeing them make obvious missteps. Having sat through the death of Palm, I […]
I have a confession to make: I didn’t cover HP’s highly disappointing earnings statement because I thought you guys might be sick of hearing me go on about them. Considering the recent mismanagement and musical CEO games being played there, it’s not too much of a surprise that earnings are lower than usual but a […]
When Sprint added the venerated iPhone to their mobile lineup, analysts were a bit nervous about what it was actually costing the company. After all, while a consumer pays $199 for their Siri-packing iPhone 4S (or $99 for just the iPhone 4), Sprint is actually subsidizing those costs. The goal is to get people locked […]
Here’s a little history lesson for the young’uns in the room: once upon a time, IBM made typewriters. Fast forward to 1981 and they came out with the IBM Personal Computer. This was a game changer, to the point that the nickname “PC”, became the defining term for home computers. Yes, your Apple was technically […]
It seems the US government has less “cash on hand” than Apple.
RadioShack, who I refuse to call The Shack no matter how many PR dollars they invest, announced their second quarter earnings today and included this little bombshell: “Net income in the 2011 second quarter included one-time costs associated with two initiatives designed to enhance growth and streamline operations: a charge associated with phasing out T-Mobile […]
