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Analyst: Wait before rushing into LTE
News Operators should wait for kinks in the technology and business case to be ironed out, before embarking on full-scale upgrades to 4G standard, long term evolution, says Ovum.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Network infrastructure, Verizon Communications Inc., Ovum, Operator, revenue, network, mobile, HSPA, 4G
APAC to see fastest software revenue growth
News Asia-Pacific software market will churn US$22.1 billion in revenue next year, boosted by large domestic user base, according to Gartner.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Region, compound annual growth rate, Application Software Expenditure, revenue, Information Technology, Software, Business applications, South Korea
Open source needs successful champions
News Open source industry needs profitable proponents to illustrate success, attract funding and encourage participation, says Red Hat CEO.
Tags: Open source, Linux server OS, Open Source, Google Inc., U.S., revenue, Asia, Red Hat Inc., ISV, open-source company
Mozilla not interested in building Firefox OS
News Does Firefox backer want to turn its open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google's Chrome OS? Not for now at least.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Google Inc., Mitchell Baker, Operating System, revenue, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Research: Twitter has yet to grow into valuation
News Company is worth significantly less than US$1 billion, one company surmises. That's in part because the effectiveness of its possible business plan is still up in the air.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, revenue strategy, Twitter Inc., advertisement, revenue, Web 2.0, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., API, research company
Schmidt: Worst of recession over; Google hiring ahead
News Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares that worst of the recession is behind us and Google feels "confident about investing heavily in our future".
Tags: Internet advertising, Google Android, Google Inc., advertisement, revenue, mobile, Google Android, Investment, Wall Street, net income
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, blog
EA-Playfish: Social gaming deals gain buzz
News Electronic Arts' acquisition underscores booming demand for online social games and may prompt rival game publishers to follow suit.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., UbiSoft Entertainment, casual game, console game, Playfish, revenue
A new set of rules for social games
News Playfish's US$300 million sale to Electronic Arts seems to spell good news for other makers of social-network games, but this is a fast-growing and messy niche filled with one plot twist after another.
Tags: Games, Gamer, Facebook, Offer, MySpace, Playfish, Zynga, Playdom, cell phone, advertisement
'Green' mobile power offers new revenue
News Alternative power supplies can prove lucrative US$2.3 billion market for mobile operators and benefit 485 million mobile users without access to electricity grid.
Tags: Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Power supplies, surge suppression, Green IT, Phone, cell phone, revenue, mobile, Green IT
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
IT will lead Asia's economic recovery
News Region's tech spending in 2009 will outpace gross domestic product, growing by 4.8 percent to reach US$300 billion in 2009, finds new IDC study.
Tags: Growth strategies and tools, Microsoft Windows, Personal applications, Business, Microsoft Corp., software, Information Technology, revenue, Asia, International Data Corp.
Outsourcing and value for money improvement--incompatible?
Blogs Why would an outsourcer ever want to offer its clients value-for-money improvement? Perhaps before we answer that que...
Yahoo: Online advertising has stabilized
News Results from the Web portal gave further evidence that the online ad slump is ending, though executives stopped short of calling a recovery.
Tags: Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., advertisement, Microsoft Corp., CEO, revenue, Online Advertising, market research company, Wall Street
Asian mobile apps need better usability
News Developers in region hoping to bring apps to global audience should work on developing cleaner and more intuitive user interfaces, says Nokia exec.
Tags: Mobile applications, Software engineering/development, Nokia Corp., Mobile App, Phone, App, advertisement, revenue, mobile, Mobile applications
