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Monday, October 18, 2010
Steve Jobs told analysts that he’s hanging on to his giant cash hoard for a rainy day–and a couple specific things he’d like to buy. Perhaps he’s discussed this with Mark Zuckerberg… Read More »
Hitachi Ltd. and Johnson Controls Inc. will team up to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric cars and advanced power distribution systems, the latest in a series of tie-ups and joint ventures looking to capitalize on the burgeoning market for next-generation batteries. Hitachi and Johnson Controls said they will work together in all aspects of the lithium-ion battery business—from research, development and production to marketing and sales. Read More »
CEO Steve Jobs made a special guest appearance on Apple’s Q3 earnings call today and used the opportunity to fire a few shots at Google while reframing the comparison between iOS and Android. Read More »
Ray Ozzie Leaving Microsoft
by John Murrell in Digital Daily at 1:50 pm PT
Ray Ozzie, who joined Microsoft five years ago as chief software architect and played a large role in developing the company’s cloud service offerings, is retiring. CEO Steve Ballmer said Ozzie will stay with the company through a transition period, but has no specific plans after that. Read More »
First hit from Apple earnings: EPS of $4.64 and revenues of $20.34 billion. The consensus was $4.05 and $18.8 billion.
The Street won’t like guidance, though: Apple is predicting Q1 EPS of $4.80, below the $5.04 analysts were looking for. They will also sputter a bit on this number: Apple sold 4.19 million iPads, and the consensus was 4.7 million. The good news: Apple sold a lot of iPhones–14.1 million. Read More »
IBM Q3 Beats Estimates
IBM today posted Q3 profits of $2.82 a share on revenue of $24.27 billion, both numbers better than the consensus estimates of analysts of $2.75 and $24.12 billion. The company said it expects full-year profits of at least $11.40 a share, also higher than the Street forecast of $11.29.
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.) Read More »
Report: Brightcove Targets IPO for Next Year
Brightcove sees a bright future in online video distribution, and according to a Reuters source, the company is prepping an IPO for the first half of next year in anticipation of doing battle with the larger competitors it expects to see. The company’s new CFO, Chris Menard, was hired in large part for his experience with acquisitions and an IPO while working at Phase Forward.
It may take decades for electric cars to become an everyday sight in parking lots and garages. But Mitsubishi Motors Corp. president Osamu Masuko sees big potential demand in the market for commercial vehicles used by businesses, even though neither his company nor its biggest local rival Nissan Motor Co. has yet specifically targeted the sector. Read More »
The move to shut down Fox.com and close off part of Hulu to the cable system’s customers was “unprecedented and anti-consumer.” So why not holler loudly? Read More »
Report: EMC Bidding to Buy Isilon
The New York Post is hearing from a source that data-storage leader EMC is wooing Isilon, a specialist in “clustered storage,” with a $2 billion acquisition offer and that a deal should be sealed before the end of the year. The report also says that EMC-controlled VMware is talking to Novell about buying its SUSE Linux business.
Thus spake Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in her weekly note to Yahoos on Friday, signing off as the Internet giant’s “fearless leader”:
“There sure are a lot of folks writing about us. There are some pretty incredible stories out there. I’m not letting it distract me, and you shouldn’t either.”
Did she just call BoomTown incredible? Thanks! Read More »
Google Adds Cloud Access to Enterprise Search Appliance
Google, which is encouraging businesses to adopt its Google Apps productivity applications, is now making that cloud-based data more accessible for companies that also use its Search Appliance. Now, in addition to enabling intranet searches, the updated Search Appliance’s Cloud Connect will also pull in results from Google Docs, Google Sites and Twitter. The new version also adds People Search, which lists the company employees related to the search subject.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is among investors who have poured $5 million into startup BlueCava, which aims to develop unique IDs for computers, mobile phones and other devices. BlueCava hopes that its device identification system may eventually replace online tracking tools such as cookies. Read More »
Consumer Reports’ odd love/kinda-love relationship with the iPhone continues: If you ignore its advice and buy the iPhone 4, the buying guide has a $10 app it would like to sell you. Read More »
Earlier Posts
- Another Week, Another Social Networking Poll (This Time, The Kids Are Alright) on BoomTown
- Yahoo to Offer Media Links on Voices
- Microsoft’s Billion Dollar Media Bailout Plan on MediaMemo
- Luxe Lowdown: Tony Sites Begin to Invite Buyer Reviews on Voices
- Apple’s Momentum Points to Another Big Quarter on Digital Daily
- Viral Video: A Dilemma Solved (And Also for Perez Hilton?) on BoomTown
- Facebook in Privacy Breach on Voices
- News Corp. Shuts Off Hulu Access to Cablevision Customers–And Turns It Back On [UPDATED] on MediaMemo
- News Corp. Vs. Cablevision = Another Installment of “How to Cut Your Cord” on MediaMemo
- Exclusive: Former Yahoo and Microsoft Exec Dossett to Demand Media on BoomTown
Macs Get New Outlook
Microsoft significantly improved each of the key components for its new Macintosh version of Office coming out Oct. 26, which finally includes a robust Mac version of Outlook, writes Walt. Read More »
