David Needle

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported profits of $6 billion for the first quarter today along with record revenue of $26.74 billion, both of which beat analysts’ expectations. The results are a substantial gain over the same quarter a year ago when Apple reported revenue of $15.68 billion and a quarterly profit of $3.38 billion. “We had […]

Providing typically spartan detail, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs made a bombshell announcement to employees early Monday morning that he is taking indefinite leave to focus on his health issues. “Team, At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I […]

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) thinks you shouldn’t have to pay for maintenance time for its online applications and it’s putting its Service Level Agreement where its mouth is. Looking to demonstrate to its enterprise customers that Google Apps is suited for business use that demands uptime reliability, the search engine giant said it has eliminated scheduled […]

It seems that in 2011, a majority of the IT managers in U.S. firms are planning to expand the number of mobile applications they make available to their firms’ employees. It only makes sense, after all, that enterprise IT should take notice of one of the most profound shifts transforming consumer technology habits. Indeed, a […]

If past is prologue, things are looking pretty sweet for chip giant Intel. On Thursday, the firm reported earnings for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2010, a 12-month stretch that saw revenues of $43.6 billion, the first time the company has topped the $40 billion mark. And CEO Paul Otellini thinks Intel […]

Plenty of good news from SAP (NYSE: SAP) today, as the enterprise software giant said preliminary sales results for the fourth quarter beat its own target in reporting record sales results for the fourth quarter. Software and services helped drive SAP’s record results, rising 20 percent to $13 billion. The news was greeted well by […]

Google has released a so-called Alpha or experimental preview of a new language translation feature for Android devices. Conversation Mode for Android devices is a new interface within Google Translate that’s designed to let users communicate fluidly in real-time with a nearby person in another language. Today’s alpha release of Conversation Mode offers translation between […]

One of the great things about being tall is that people look up to you — and that’s about it, everything else is a hassle. Okay, just kidding, and heck at 5′ 10″ I wouldn’t know. But there is one definite hassle to being tall, finding a good selection of clothes in the right size. […]

Do you need any help? Retail customers are used to this common greeting, but technology advances are giving consumers more opportunity to find what they’re looking for on their own. It’s all part of a new “Connected Store” concept that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and several high profile partners are showing off this week at the […]

In a surprise announcement, chipmaker AMD said its CEO Dirk Meyer has resigned and the company is looking for a replacement. The news comes at a time when AMD’s (NYSE: AMD) product lineup is considered in the best shape it’s been in for some time, thanks in no small measure to the engineering expertise and […]

Business Intelligence (BI) is a hot area of development and investment. IBM, Oracle and SAP compete fiercely on BI features designed to get enterprise users the information they need from massive data warehouses of information quickly and efficiently. The latest move concerns a new release by Oracle that specifically targets SAP users. eCRM Guide reports […]

For all the information people send back and forth over the Internet, the medium continues to suffer from a “trust issue,” according to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Speaking at a forum on Internet privacy, security and identity issues at Stanford University, Locke announced that his department will establish a new office to coordinate President Obama’s […]