Can Apple’s iPad Restore Paid Content?

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported a strong first quarter this week, but what is grabbing the headlines is its new product, the iPad. After the success of the iPod and the iPhone, Apple and just about everyone else are ready for another innovative product. Will our high hopes be fulfilled?

eBay Rides On PayPal’s Strength

In the face of the economic downturn, e-commerce seems to be holding its ground. Initial reports indicate modest, mid-teens growth in 2009 over 2008. Consumer e-commerce spending for the Christmas holiday and post-holiday season through early January 2010 was roughly $25.5 billion, an almost 4% increase over 2008. Cyber Monday, November 30, boasted sales of

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Only Facebook Can Match Google’s Run

According to a recent comScore study, the global search market grew 46% annually to more than 131 billion searches in December 2009. The United States is the world’s largest search market with 22.7 billion searches or approximately 17% market share. China was ranked second with 13.3 billion searches, followed by Japan with 9.2 billion and the UK with

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IBM Business Remix Boosts Earnings

This week, IBM (NYSE:IBM) reported fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 results that beat estimates. Although it was modest, IBM did record slight revenue growth in the fourth quarter after more than a year of no growth. The company’s focus on software and services has helped it to boost its earnings. 

Infosys Moves Beyond Body Shopping

In a recent discussion of Accenture, I talked about the recovery in the IT services and consulting space, which was driven by small and medium-sized deals in application maintenance and development, infrastructure outsourcing, risk management, data analytics, cost cutting, and business process outsourcing (BPO). The recovery seems to continue, judging from recent results. On January

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Intel Demonstrates Low-Power Smartphone Platform At CES

At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel formally launched 27 new processors produced with the 32 nanometer process technology. It also demonstrated the LG GW990, a smartphone built with the company’s yet-to-be-released Atom Moorestown platform.

Baidu, Alibaba.com, Smiling At Google’s Stance

On January 13, Google announced that it is considering shutting down its Chinese operations if it cannot reach an agreement with the Chinese government over censorship policies; Google wants to run its search engine without filtering results, which it is required to do under Chinese law. Google also said that it has been the target of cyber

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RealNetworks Banking On Facebook And iPhone For Growth

Seattle-based RealNetworks, Inc., (NASDAQ:RNWK) provides digital media services and software, including the popular media player RealPlayer, online radio, the music service Rhapsody and RealArcade. The company also offers the Helix Server technologies to mobile service providers and communication companies, software and services that include applications for the iPhone and Facebook, videos and music on-demand, ring

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