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In Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins, Jr asks if “Steve Ballmer is a failed CEO?” then forecasts Microsoft’s feeble future even as it banks record profits. Microsoft is a company stuck in the glory years of the 1980s and 1990s - truly glorious years for a company that built not one but two massive cash cows: Windows and Office.
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Digital entertainment services firm RealNetworks reported second quarter revenues of $88.9 million, down from $135.7 million a year ago–however, net loss for the quarter was $25.9 million, a significant improvement over losses of $188.3 million reported in the second quarter of 2009. RealNetworks credited the revenue slide to the spinoff of its Rhapsody music service, noting that Rhapsody revenues contributed $40.5 million to the firm’s Q2 2009 haul–compared to the year-ago quarter, Real experienced a 2 percent increase in Media Software and Services revenue to $19.6 million, a 5 percent decrease in Games revenue to $28.1 million and an 11 percent decrease in Technology Products and Solutions revenue to $41.1 million.
Looking ahead at the third quarter of 2010, Real expects overall revenue to dip slightly from Q2, anticipating softness in Games. In related news, the firm named Matt Hulett head of the Games unit, replacing John Barbour–Hulett, formerly chief revenue officer of the Games business, brings with him more than 20 years experience in digital gaming and online services, including executive stints with Expedia and Shockwave.com.
Last month, RealNetworks announced plans to reorganize its business and operational structure, eliminating 85 jobs including about one quarter of its executive ranks. Real consolidated its Technology Products and Solutions and Media Software and Services business units, creating teams focusing on product development, sales and marketing, and service delivery–in addition, the firm reduced office space in Europe, Asia and its Seattle headquarters. According to RealNetworks, the reorg represents the latest step in its ongoing efforts to simplify, restructure and grow.
For more on RealNetworks’ Q2 results:
- read this release
- also check out FierceWireless‘Q2 earnings page
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With the ereader wars continuing to escalate, bookseller chain Barnes & Noble will build a series of in-store boutiques spotlighting its Nook solution, promising sample devices, demonstration tables, video screens and employee advice and instructions. Rolling out in September across all 720 Barnes & Noble locations, the Nook boutiques–each 1,000 square feet in size–leverage the company’s greatest advantage over online rival Amazon.com, giving consumers an in-store, hands-on demonstration of the Nook’s capabilities. “American consumers want to try and hold gadgets before they purchase them,” said Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch in an interview with The New York Times.
Barnes & Noble stores already include small counters where customers can test drive the Nook, but the new boutiques–located near each store’s café–will offer far larger display space as well as designed Nook covers and related accessories. Within each store, customers may also read entire ebooks for free. “We’ve tried to replicate the physical bookstore experience,” Lynch explained, adding that the number of physical books on display in stores will not shrink to accommodate the new Nook boutiques. Instead, Barnes & Noble will slash its music section and arrange books more efficiently.
Earlier this week, Amazon released the latest version of its competing Kindle device, touting a new electronic-ink screen with 50 percent better contrast than rival units, a 21 percent smaller body that retains the familiar six-inch reading area and a 20 percent increase in page-turning time. Priced at $189, the Kindle also doubles content storage to roughly 3,500 books, with battery life of up to one month, built-in Wi-Fi, Facebook and Twitter integration, and a graphite color option and more. Amazon additionally introduced the Kindle Wi-Fi, which retails for $139–optimized for readers who don’t want or need the 3G download connectivity of the regular Kindle device, the unit enables consumers to obtain content via WiFi connection.
For more on the Nook boutique promotion:
- read this New York Timesarticle
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Release-news.com (press release) New Orleans, LA, 30 July, 2010 – Infintech Designs, the leading New Orleans, Louisiana web design company specializing in cutting edge web development, … PageRanking.com Announces to Offer Reseller SEO Services Along with their … Searchengineoptimisation.com Add New Content To SEO Video Resource Centre Affordable Seo Company UK |
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Dot VN, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Results
MarketWatch (press release) Begin design and construction of an IDC located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and — Begin the development of social networking services and email services … Dot VN, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Results |
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GSLO Development Partner PREE™ Launches New Website
Earthtimes … has launched a new website which has been designed to further inform the public about the PREE™ company, technology and products in development. … |
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Research In Motion released the beta version of its upgraded BlackBerry App World storefront, promising a series of new bells and whistles including improved application discovery, expanded payment options and a new user identification system. First and foremost, BlackBerry App World now supports credit card payments as well as PayPal; RIM adds it is still working to integrate direct operator billing with a host of carrier partners. The store also boasts new tabbed sections for various application lists–users can now horizontally swipe or scroll to view the Top 25 Free Apps, Top 25 Paid Apps and Top 25 Themes, along with checklists spotlighting the Newest Apps and Recently Updated Apps.
The refreshed BlackBerry App World introduces BlackBerry ID, giving users a device-independent user ID tag to enable new payment options as well as seamlessly transfer their personal library of free and premium apps when they upgrade to a new BlackBerry device. Also new: Support for QR barcode scanning.
RIM states that more than 30 million BlackBerry smartphone users have now downloaded BlackBerry App World since the store launched in the spring of 2009, with consumers averaging more than a million app downloads each day. Although BlackBerry App World is now available in over 65 countries, the new beta preview is presently limited to customers in the U.S. and Canada.
For more on the BlackBerry App World upgrade:
- read this release
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Google Ramping Games Business
InformationWeek Developing games for social networking sites typically costs between $50000 and $400000, the association estimated. The median spending on digital goods at … Google Develops a Facebook Rival Google Preparing for a Social Media Takeover? Google in Talks to Build Rival to Facebook |
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Timely perspective on Apple, Microsoft, and the substitution of “Linux” with Android (Google’s trademark)
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