by John Paczkowski in Digital Daily at 2:27 pm PT
My apologies. Comcast has made no final decisions about its future network management practices; nor has it committed to slowing the Internet connections of heavy users for up to 20 minutes during network congestion, though Comcast senior vice president Mitch Bowling convincingly told Bloomberg just that on Wednesday. Rather, that technique--which the company prefers to describe as a “de-prioritizing†of heavy user traffic--is one option among the many Comcast is considering. Read more »
by Tiernan Ray in Voices at 1:21 pm PT
Following a beat-and-raise quarter last night for online software vendor Salesforce's (CRM), the rewards are not what you might expect, with the shares down $11.60, or 17.8 percent, at $53.73. The company's forecast for a profit of 34 cents to 35 cents for the current quarter, excluding its cost to acquire privately held Instranet, was unimpressive to the Street. Read more »
by John Paczkowski in Digital Daily at 11:46 am PT
Apple’s Safari browser has offered "private browsing" since 2005, Firefox since 2006 (via the Stealther extension), and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer may soon offer it as well. Earlier this week, Natya Nadella, senior VP of Microsoft’s search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company is planning to give IE 8 a privacy feature for erasing search histories and the other data that browsers often log automatically. Read more »
by Tiernan Ray in Voices at 10:43 am PT
Is AT&T (T) ready to take on Best Buy (BBY)? The phone company announced today that it will offer a technical support team providing in-home service for "virtually any home technology or entertainment need." (Makes one chortle, just a little, to think about the "entertainment needs" AT&T might service in one's home.) Read more »
by John Paczkowski in Digital Daily at 8:15 am PT
Apple may soon regret the “twice as fast, half the price†slogan it chose for iPhone 3G. A first lawsuit has been filed against the company over the device’s performance and reliability, and it seeks class-action status. Read more »
by Tiernan Ray in Voices at 8:10 am PT
Shares of video game retailer GameStop (GME) are coming under pressure after the company reported sales and profit this morning for the fiscal second quarter ending in July that were well clear of estimates and at the high end of its forecast; it raised its forecast, but nevertheless, may not be seeing the profit upside some expected. Read more »
by John Paczkowski in Digital Daily at 5:15 am PT
So Microsoft’s widely publicized “edgy†ad campaign, the one designed to counter the Apple ads that have so eroded its brand, is to feature Jerry Seinfeld as celebrity pitchman. In many ways, that does more to illustrate the sad differences between the two companies than the “Mac vs. PC†ads it’s designed to combat. Read more »
by Therese Poletti in Voices at 4:12 am PT
At Intel Corp.'s big developer conference this week, the chip giant was extolling the virtues of its newest little chip, called the Atom. The Atom has surprised both company executives and analysts with its popularity among hardware makers. The chip was introduced in March and is aimed at an emerging market of very low-cost mobile devices, especially in developing countries. Read more »
