Big Tech Archive
Archives for July 2014
Every time a startup is funded, a VC gets his wings.
Plus, Surface Mini’s untimely end, Apple’s massive R&D spend and the first volley of Amazon Fire phone reviews.
Sprint to sell Google Apps for Business as the carrier looks to bolster its business solutions unit.
A growing class of tech startups are fostering job creation -- and I’m not talking about engineering jobs.
Apple opens up a beta version of its new Mac OS to consumers.
The phone, which goes on sale next month, is priced at 85 euros, or around $115.
The Amazon Fire phone is a competent device with some new twists, but it’s only on one carrier, and lacks some features of competitors.
It might make sense, but it has not happened as yet.
The company is also seeing fast growth in emerging markets, though sales still trailed analyst expectations for a second straight quarter.
The suit was initially filed in 2011.
The company sold 35.2 million iPhones and 13.3 million iPads in the quarter, both below some analysts’ forecasts.
Without the hardware unit’s drag, the software giant would have hit its numbers easily.
Internet service providers continue to outspend Internet companies in D.C.
“Like Rocky rising from Apollo’s uppercut in the 14th round, plaintiffs’ complaint has sustained much damage but just manages to stand,” said the judge.
Plus, Apple orders a bunch of next-gen iPhones, Italy wags a finger at Google and another Airbnb horror story.