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Earnings up at China Mobile August 15, 2013 China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile carrier by subscribers, posted a two per cent rise in second-quarter net profit yesterday, roughly in line with market expectations, buoyed by an increase in 3G subscribers. China Mobile’s net profit for the April-June quarter came in at 35.2bn yuan (£3.7bn). China Mobile, the only Chinese carrier that does [...]
Smartphone sales overtake regular mobiles August 14, 2013 SMARTPHONES outsold more basic handsets for the first time ever in the second quarter of 2013, grabbing 51.8 per cent of worldwide mobile sales. The latest analysis of the market, from data firm Gartner, also shows that Blackberry has dropped behind Microsoft as the third most popular operating system – losing almost half of [...]
Bottom Line: A single innovation is not enough August 14, 2013 THINGS just keep getting worse for BlackBerry. After finally admitting it would be open to a sale on Monday, Bloomberg cited sources yesterday claiming execs have been quietly searching for a buyer – with no luck – for months. And now Gartner’s latest report has market share all but halving in a year, dropping [...]
New York Report: Wall St falls as fears over Fed tapering weigh August 14, 2013 WALL Street stocks fell yesterday pressured by uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s plans to withdraw stimulus, but European shares rose to 2-1/2-month highs after data showed the Eurozone emerged from recession in the second quarter. The euro slipped despite the encouraging euro zone economic data as higher US bond yields buoyed the dollar, while sterling [...]
Apple share price highest since January August 14, 2013 Source: Yahoo Apple’s share price just missed hitting $500 (£322) as the US markets opened today, reaching $499.93 – up 2.1 per cent from the previous close. Apple’s fortunes looked a little brighter after activist investor Carl Icahn tweeted the company was undervalued and that he had bought a large stake in it. His announcement [...]
Billionaire’s tweet adds $17bn to Apple August 13, 2013 APPLE’S shares rocketed last night after legendary investor Carl Icahn tweeted his support for the company, adding tens of billions to its market value. The activist shareholder sent markets wild with a pair of tweets during afternoon trading yesterday, telling over 40,000 followers that he owns a large amount of Apple stock – which he [...]
Brand Index: Blackberry’s new model failed to stem its brand decline August 13, 2013 THERE was a spike for BlackBerry on Twitter on Monday with 41 per cent of the UK Twitter population exposed to messages about the brand. They were of course hearing the news that the mobile phone manufacturer is setting up a committee to explore potential business model options, including selling off the company. So what [...]
Facebook snaps up translation and voice recognition company August 13, 2013 FACEBOOK plans to buy the maker of a speech recognition and language translation app, providing technology that could bolster the social networking company’s mobile efforts. Facebook did not disclose the financial terms of its deal for Pittsburgh-based Mobile Technologies. Facebook’s management director Tom Stocky said in a blog post: “Voice technology has become an increasingly [...]
Hon Hai’s second quarter profit tops forecasts but margins tough August 13, 2013 TAIWAN’S Hon Hai Precision Industry is trying to reduce its reliance on Apple, it said yesterday, and is turning its focus to businesses ranging from software development to e-commerce. Hon Hai said its net profit rose 35 per cent to T$16.98bn (£366.7m) last quarter from a year earlier. Margins are still under pressure, however. The [...]
New York Report: Shares lifted by better macro data and Apple August 13, 2013 US STOCKS rose yesterday after strong economic data boosted confidence, while Apple bolstered the Nasdaq after billionaire investor Carl Icahn took to Twitter to reveal a long position in the stock. Rising US retail sales in July, combined with a higher Zew German sentiment index and Eurozone industrial production, painted a rosier picture of the [...]