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Biz Break: Google’s a great place to work, but investors may not be happy; plus Intel, Microsoft and IBM earnings, and Apple’s education initiative – San Jose Mercury News
Technology companies were squarely in the spotlight Thursday for the biggest day yet of earnings season, with four of the biggest tech companies in the world announcing their fourth-quarter earnings. — Google, usually one of Silicon Valley’s …
Discussing Apple’s education event
Macworld’s Dan Moren and Lex Friedman attended Apple’s education event in New York City. They join host Chris Breen to discuss iBooks Author and Apple’s place in the textbook market.
Intel profits jump 6%, exceed forecasts – Oregonian
Intel is based in Santa Clara, Calif., but has its largest base of operations in Oregon, where it employs 16,250. The chipmaker’s results, like Apple’s in recent quarters, have benefited from the economic surge in China and other developing …
Intel 4Q earnings rise 6 percent, top St. estimate – MSN Money
company also provided a forecast for the new quarter that matched analyst expectations. Intel’s results, like Apple’s in recent quarters, have benefited from the economic surge in China and other developing countries, where many people are …
Intel quarterly revenue forecast meets expectations – msnbc.com
The world’s top chipmaker is also struggling with tepid PCs sales due to a weak economy and consumers’ increasing preferences for Apple’s iPad. Intel had a gross margin of 64 percent in the fourth quarter, with a non-GAAP gross margin … Continue reading
Intel 4Q earnings rise 6 per cent, despite hard-drive shortages that crimped PC sales – Brandon Sun
The Santa Clara, Calif., company also provided a forecast for the new quarter that matched analyst expectations. Intel’s results, like Apple’s in recent quarters, have benefited from the economic surge in China and other developing countries, where many …
Apple 2012 – What’s Ahead – Post-Journal
There will also be updates to Mac desktops and laptops. These updates will likely only be bumps in speed gained from new Intel processors. The Mac lineup will likely not change significantly this coming year. The Apple rumor engines are … Continue reading
Apple sells iPads to replace textbooks – Salt Lake Tribune
New York • Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the … but until recently, there hasn’t been any hardware suitable to display them. All this means textbooks have lagged the general adoption of e-books, even when counting … Continue reading
Apple wants $10 billion textbook industry on iPad – Worldnews.com
Intel Corporation () is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of …
Will Intel and Microsoft use netbook lessons to compete with Apple’s iPad? – MacWorld UK
Apple is winning the tablet battle in business, and the only way for the competition to succeed is to have better functionality, or to have similar features to the iPad but beat it on price. Today, laptop vendor sources are … Continue reading
