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LG sees hope in display panel industry
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 13 July 2016 11:06

LG sees hope in display panel industry


Should pick up in the second quarter

LG Display has said that it is seeing signs of improvement in the display panel industry and expects its business performance to pick up in the second half of the year.

LG profits reach two-year high
Published in News
Friday, 08 July 2016 11:43

LG profits reach two-year high


$504 million for April June

LG Electronics appears to be doing rather well all of a sudden and says its second-quarter operating profit will reach a two-year high.

Blackberry hopes licencing can save its bacon
Published in Mobiles


Other companies will want our tech

Blackberry is hoping to pull its nadgers out of the fire by licencing its mobile software to other outfits.

Lenovo confident it can turn itself around
Published in News


Net loss of $128 million – first in six years

Lenovo is not having a good time of late as the declining use of the PC and its underperforming Motorola unit continues to give its bottom line a spanking.

Nvidia does better than expected
Published in Graphics
Friday, 13 May 2016 09:36

Nvidia does better than expected


Chip demand rising as AMD snoozes

Nvidia forecast better-than-expected revenue for the current quarter demand for its chips has risen, while its rival, AMD has a knap while waiting for its Zen technology to arrive.

HTC sales drop down the loo
Published in News
Monday, 09 May 2016 12:32

HTC sales drop down the loo


Reporting miserable results

HTC is having a pretty terrrible day after having to report a dismile quarter with falling sales.

MediaTek expects profits to rise
Published in News
Tuesday, 03 May 2016 11:33

MediaTek expects profits to rise


But margins will fall

MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of 24-32 percent in the second quarter of 2016, but also thinks its gross margins for the quarter will fall.

Microsoft earned $22.1 billion in third quarter
Published in News


Azure doing well

Microsoft reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2016, including revenue of $22.1 billion. This means that in Q3 2015, Microsoft saw $21.73 billion in revenue and earnings – slightly better than Wall Street expected.

Samsung heading for more profits
Published in News
Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:30

Samsung heading for more profits

Samsung hinted that there was a pickup in second-quarter profits after reporting a 12 percent earnings gain in January-March on the back of "robust" sales of its Galaxy S7 smartphones.

Alphabet falls shorts of investor's expectations
Published in News


Wall Street still loves it

The umbrella of the Google Empire, Alphabet announced that its first-quarter earnings fell short of estimates, largely because it spent more to build traffic for its mobile advertising services.