Facebook to sell real-time Super Bowl ads, taking on Twitter
A man is silhouetted against a video screen with an Facebook logo as he poses with an Dell laptop in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, August 14, 2013.
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iPhone sales trample expectations as profit sets global record
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O ) quarterly results smashed Wall Street expectations with record sales of big-screen iPhones in the holiday shopping season and a 70 percent rise in China sales, powering the company to the largest profit in corporate history.
Apple takes high road in China smartphone standoff with Xiaomi
Lei Jun, founder and Chief Executive Officer of China’s mobile company Xiaomi, shows Mi Notes at its launch in Beijing January 15, 2015. China’s Xiaomi Inc staked its claim to Apple Inc’s crown on Thursday as the world’s third-biggest smartphone maker and most valuable tech start-up unveiled the flagship Mi Note, its challenger to Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus.
Nintendo says slack console sales to hit operating profit, weak yen to lift bottom line
TOKYO/OSAKA (Reuters) – Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co on Wednesday issued a profit warning with a silver lining – even as it sells fewer consoles, the sharp weakening of the yen means overseas sales will inflate its net income this fiscal year.
LG Display sees first quarter profit falling from fourth quarter on seasonally weak demand
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd said on Wednesday that profit in the first quarter would decline from the preceding quarter, as the display maker enters a seasonally weak period for consumer electronics products.
China regulator blasts Alibaba for illegal business on its sites
People ride a double bicycle past a logo of The Alibaba Group at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province in this file photo taken November 10, 2014.