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Apple has $8.8 billion in China revenue as iPad sales up 180%, CEO Tim Cook says
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 23:56
Apple's doing well in China, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today on the company's earnings call, growing at 18 percent on a "sell-through basis," he said.
iTunes revenue hits record high at $4B this quarter
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 23:51
iTunes -- the online store that sells movies, music, and apps for Apple devices -- brought in $4 billion in revenue this quarter.
Apple now has more than 300M iCloud users
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 23:23
Apple now has more than 300 million users on its iCloud storage and syncing service, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said today on its Q2 2013 earnings call.
SkyKick raises $3.7M to hustle businesses onto Microsoft's cloud
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 23:15
SkyKick publicly launched the SkyKick Application Suite today and announced that it has raised $3.7 million to migrate small and medium-sized businesses to Office 365.
Apple revenue up, earnings down ... and shares bump to $420
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 23:03
Apple investors did not get the shot in the arm they were hoping for this afternoon as the company released its second quarter numbers. At least, not from Apple's actual sales results.
Apple boosts share buyback by a massive $50B, dividend up 15%
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:46
Apple plans to return an additional $50 billion of its cash hoard to shareholders in a massive share repurchasing program, the company said today.
Apple's Q2 2013 in 30 seconds or less
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:36
Apple reported its second quarter 2013 results today, with revenue of $43.6 billion and income of $10.09 per share. Analysts had expected revenue of $42.5 billion and income of $10 billion. Apple's guidance had been betw...
AT&T returns $4.7B to shareholders in a solid Q1
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:19
At this point, AT&T's shareholders must be pleased.
AT&T returns $8.4B to shareholders in a solid Q1
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:19
At this point, AT&T's shareholders must be pleased.
Japanese translation service Gengo gets $12M from Intel Capital
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:15
"Recent wins like our integration with YouTube are great steps on our mission to help anyone and everyone communicate freely across languages," said Gengo CEO and co-founder Robert Laing.
Google Fiber TV app makes its way to the iPad
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:14
Residents of Kansas City who prefer to use their iPad over a Nexus 7 are in luck, as Apple has just approved an official Google Fiber TV app for the device.
Dylan's Desk: How apps are chipping away at the open Web
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 22:13
Corporations have found a way to roll back the web's decades-long openness. One of of the most successful? Apple, whose quarterly earnings report lands later today.
Change.org and U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services join HealthBeat 2013 roster
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 21:52The first batch of Firefox OS phones sold out in just hours
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 21:44
Released as developer preview units, the Geeksphone models are called Keon, priced at $119, and Peak; which was selling for $194.
Yelp partners with Locu to bring menus into the 21st century
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 21:29
Yelp and Locu announced a partnership that will bring restaurant menus to Yelp in real-time, along with price lists and business information.
iPad browsing share has dropped 10% in the past six months
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 21:19
iPad is still the king of the tablet browsing platforms. But the king is not quite as kingly as he used to be.
Ed-tech startups: Imagine K12 bumps up its accelerator funding to $100K
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 21:03
The new ed-tech fund is supported by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and Y Combinator founder Paul Graham, among others.
Franchise Agreements: Understanding the Franchisor's Bargaining Position
NuWire - 23 Apr 2013 19:59
Recently, a franchisor's legal representative told me that she was legally prohibited from changing her system's franchise agreement. As stated, this is an unabashed - or maybe uninformed - deceit, not at all uncommon am...
Zooz's people-first payments platform zooms off with $2M
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 19:55
Zooz has raised $2 million to build out its online checkout solutions, which take a consumer-driven approach to powering payments.
Associated Press Twitter account hacked, tweet about White House attack 'untrue'
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 19:31
The AP Twitter account was breached today. The hackers sent out a bogus tweet about an attack on the White House.
CBS responds to Aereo threat with an investment in streaming video service Syncbak
Venture Beat - 23 Apr 2013 19:30
CBS has had plenty to say about its future if TV startup Aereo is permitted to exist, and now the company is investing some of its resources into a streaming video startup that could help it stay competitive.
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