Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) shares rallied more than 3 percent on Thursday in extended-hours trading after the world’s largest software company beat expectations and tallied record first-quarter sales, driven by the company’s cloud strength and hardware progress. The Seattle-based company turned in a fiscal first-quarter profit of $4.54 billion, or 54 cents per share, on…
Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is now no longer rejecting the calculator widget PCalc, a popular iOS app, which was previously to be removed from the iOS store, says a report from Techcrunch. Recently, the iPhone maker threatened to pull the popular app and widget from the app store alleging that widgets in iOS cannot perform…
A woman who in full public view wore cloths that revealed her cleavage, and whose photo was taken by Google Street view, has won approximately $2,000 from a Canadian court for the emotional damage she suffered by having her picture taken and posted on the internet. While sitting on the stoop of her split level…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) could face a potential legal battle in connection with its “Rooms” app, which was launched last week. Facebook previously faced similar trademark issues related to its Timeline feature, Paper news reading app and Bolt photo-messaging app for Instagram. Damien Rottemberg, co-founder and CTO of Room Inc., the developer of Room app, which…
Amgen (AMGN) reported third quarter 2014 earnings of $2.30 per share, well above the Consensus Estimate of $2.06 and the year-ago earnings of $1.93. Earnings were driven by higher revenues and higher profitability on Enbrel. Total revenues increased 6% to $5,031 million in the third quarter of 2014, beating the Consensus Estimate of $4,918 million….
Taxi passengers in the Malaysian cities of Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru can now pay for their rides in bitcoin, thanks to a booking service called Taximonger. Bitcoin Malaysia reported that it believes Taximonger offers the first opportunity for Asian taxi customers to use bitcoin, adding that for Malaysia it also represents the first cashless…
