Groupon's sequential growth had been screeching to a halt, but the company managed to bounce back a little in the fourth quarter. That's good news. Even better news, which is not shown here, the company turned an operating profit.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- On your mark, get set, CLIMB! Read the rest of this entry »
The annual Mobile World Congress, the big show where tech companies gather in Barcelona to show off their latest smartphones, tablets, and other mobile gadgets, is in just a few weeks.
We took a look at the rumored and pre-announced gadgets that comp... Read the rest of this entry »
Gaming, a medium built most often upon conflict, is full of evil. If we define evil as unnecessary suffering inflicted on undeserving victims, then we can find dozens of culprits brimming with it... Read the rest of this entry »
News Corp. Q4 earnings are out, and operating income is up 16% to 1.50 billion.
But despite this good news, the company's Q4 financials "include $87 million of charges related to the ongoing investigations initiated upon the closure of The News of th... Read the rest of this entry »
It's cool to hate Groupon.
It's cool to snicker with tech friends and diss Groupon as a people-powered business that will "never make money" and will soon "go bankrupt."
It's cool to scoff at Groupon's former grad student CEO Andrew Mason.
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What goes through the mind of someone who trolls Facebook's RIP pages in order to leave messages like "Rot in Piss?"
What sort of person does that? What do they really look like? What do they sound like?
The BBC took it upon itself to try and meet on... Read the rest of this entry »
Cisco reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of 47 cents a share on revenue of $11.5 billion. Both figures exceeded the forecasts that Wall Street analysts were expecting.
Analysts were expecting 43 cents and $11.23 billion. It also reported net inc... Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft today posted a startling promise which said it would not use its patents to block its competitors.
Sort of.
The company said it will not seek injunctions against products when patents are contributed to standards.
This may seem like a... Read the rest of this entry »
Groupon's numbers are out!
It looks like a beat on the top line and miss on the bottom line.
The earnings miss appears to be driven by a tax expense.
Shares were down as much as 15% in reaction to the release. They bounced back, and are down 7% as of... Read the rest of this entry »