Business Trends

Groupon makes a loss in first quarter

Thursday, 09 February 2012 08:12 Patrick Stafford

Group buying giant Groupon has made a loss in its first quarter trading as a publically listed company.

Halliburton switching from BlackBerry to Apple

Thursday, 09 February 2012 00:00 Andrew Sadauskas

More bad news for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, with a major corporate client revealing they are switching from BlackBerry to Apple iOS.

Samsung smartphone growth hits 275%, while RIM and Nokia tumble

Thursday, 09 February 2012 00:00 Andrew Sadauskas

Worldwide smartphone marketshare figures for the fourth quarter of 2011 reveal strong growth for Apple, Samsung and HTC, while Nokia and Research in Motion continue to tumble.

Apple threatens developers who manipulate rankings

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 08:35 Patrick Stafford

Apple has said it will not stand for any manipulation of App Store rankings, even if it is discovered a third-party is at fault.

HTC “dropped the ball” on 4G, missed estimates

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 00:00 Andrew Sadauskas

HTC chief financial officer Winston Yung has admitted the company has "dropped the ball" with its "4G" LTE handsets, after missing analysts' estimates.

Hundreds of DreamHost websites redirecting users to a scam page

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 00:00 Andrew Sadauskas

There are reports that websites hosted by DreamHost are redirecting users to a Russian scam page, after the webhosting company was attacked last month.

Google hires Apple executive for new project

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 08:24 Patrick Stafford

Search giant Google has hired a former Apple executive for a new project, a new report from VentureBeat claims.

German government recommends Chrome to small business

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 00:00 Andrew Sadauskas

The German government department responsible for online security is urging small businesses to switch to Google's Chrome web browser.

Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb failing to tempt Android users

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 00:00 Andrew Sadauskas

Google have released new statistics showing that devices running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) remain a tiny proportion of the Android user base.