Google parent Alphabet announced third-quarter results. Both revenues and earnings per share beat Wall Street estimates. The company reported roughly $27.8 billion in total revenues (up 24 percent), with Google contributing all but $302 million of that amount. Earnings per share were $9.57, which was about $1.24 higher than expected. Advertising generated just over $24 billion […]
Cisco has just signed a check worth $1.9 billion for Broadsoft, a clear sign that the company is set on moving away from switches and routers and expanding its product portfolio. Cisco, the world’s biggest producer of networking gear, announced on Monday that it offered Broadsoft $55 per share, a 28% premium over its closing
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Usefulness Content Freshness If you have ever wondered about Facebook behind the headlines, Becoming Facebook: The 10 Challenges That Defined the Company That’s Disrupting the World” might be for you. This book, written by the company’s former head of global marketing, showcases the growing pains and
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On Tuesday, the designer James Dyson said his company would spend nearly $3 billion to introduce an all-electric car by 2020. The British billionaire is well known for revolutionizing the vacuum cleaner, not to mention hand dryers in restrooms. By jumping into electric cars, Dyson has forged a de facto alliance with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Travelers who check at least one bag when flying domestically are paying more overall than they did before airlines began unbundling fares in 2008 and charging separately for checked baggage, a government watchdog said Wednesday. A report by the Government Accountability Office said airline officials told GAO investigators that base air fares are now lower
These days we can put all our content and immortalize it on the web. But the mobile app Snapchat does the opposite – you post your story and it disappears within 24 hours. Who would have thought that this crazy idea would turn out to be such a big hit? The app definitely made changes
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According to The Telegraph, Google is planning to file an appeal against the roughly $2.7 billion (€2.4 billion) antitrust fine imposed by the European Commission in June for abuse of market position in shopping search. The fine was the largest in EU history; the previous record fine was $1.3 billion against Intel. Last week, Intel won
Israel’s startup scene – which boasts of the world’s largest number of NASDAQ-listed companies per capita, is headquartered around Tel Aviv. As we explored in Chapter One, the Tel Aviv area is the host of pillar companies such as Check Point Software which spawned many other publicly-traded companies – creating the flywheel effect mentioned above.
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PNR: This Old Marketing with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose can be found on both iTunes and Stitcher. If you enjoy our show, we would love it if you would rate it or post a review on iTunes. In this week’s episode Robert muses on inventing our own traditions. In the news, we cover Apple’s $1
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