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Jul 28 2012 ∞
Olympic opening ceremony a Labour party broadcast? Yup, that’s about right Zoe Williams, guardian.co.uk Tories fulminate at celebration of a ‘nationalised stranglehold’. But a stranglehold that the whole nation loves is called a hugAs one Saudi Arabian commentator put it, it was the first Olympic ceremony that needed a live feed on Twitter to… “It takes a giant of a nation to make its health­care pro­vi­sion free at point of need”

Olympic opening ceremony a Labour party broadcast? Yup, that’s about right
Zoe Williams, guardian.co.uk

Tories fulminate at celebration of a ‘nationalised stranglehold’. But a stranglehold that the whole nation loves is called a hug

As one Saudi Arabian commentator put it, it was the first Olympic ceremony that needed a live feed on Twitter to…

“It takes a giant of a nation to make its health­care pro­vi­sion free at point of need”

Jun 08 2012 ∞
parislemon: It’s come to this. iTunes humor…

parislemon:

It’s come to this. iTunes humor…

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Apr 19 2012 ∞

Microsoft's Online "Operating Loss Improvement"

parislemon:

Overall, a good quarter for Microsoft. Revenue was up 6% year-to-year thanks largely to the Server & Tools Division and the Business Division (read: Office). 

In other words, the quarter was driven by the enterprise side of the company.

Windows growth was up slightly (4%), but that’s probably to be expected as Windows 8 nears. And Microsoft specifically called out the strong enterprise growth there as well.

On the full-on consumer side of things… the Entertainment & Devices Division (read: Xbox) saw revenue decrease 16% year-to-year. That’s not good. While Xbox was the top-selling console for the 15th straight month, the company cited a “soft gaming console market”.

For the quarter, the division actually swung to a loss — $229 million in the red.

A new Xbox can’t come soon enough for the company. And it’s not gonna happen until next year. 

But hands-down the best part of the release is this:

The Online Services Division reported revenue of $707 million, a 6% increase from the prior year period, and operating loss improvement of approximately $300 million.

“Operating loss improvement”. That’s one way to put it. 

In English, the Online Services Division continues to bleed: it lost $479 million last quarter. An improvement, yes — but mostly thanks to less costs. Revenues were only up $40 million. 

The division has not posted a profit since 2005.

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The iPhone Once Again Outsold All Verizon Android Phones *Combined*

parislemon:

Verizon sold 6.3 million smartphones last quarter. The quick breakdown using my math skills:

3.2 million iPhones.

3.1 million non-iPhones.

Android is still winning by some metric, I’m sure. Ridiculous phones sold with styluses, perhaps? Wait, no, that’s AT&T.

Also note that 3.2 million iPhones is a drop from the 4.3 million iPhones Verizon sold last quarter — which isn’t a surprise given that last quarter was the holiday quarter and the first quarter the iPhone 4S was on sale. These numbers seems in line my iPhone sales prediction.

But, as Eric Slivka notes, the iPhone 4S also went on sale in China and on China Telecom for the first time last quarter. This may offset the holiday drop-off in the U.S. We’ll find out next week.

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