Google (GOOG) reported solid earnings, record Android numbers and 25 percent year-over-year growth on Thursday but failed to satisfy analysts and investors, who noted that growth was slower than previous quarters and that its average "cost per click" (CPC) price had gone down for the first time in two years. Read more...
More than half of new HDTV owners are shunning 3D (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - According to new research from Retrevo, approximately 55 percent of people that are planning on purchasing a HDTV during 2012 aren’t interested in paying for a model capable of 3D. Twenty-three percent are interested in buying a 3DTV if the price difference compared to a regular HDTV is small and 22 percent of people planning on purchasing a new HDTV will pay for a 3D model despite the increased cost. Read more...
AT&T filing hints only $3.8b, not T-Mobile, needed for goals
AT&T on Thursday accidentally posted a filing (since pulled, available below) that called into doubt one of the core arguments for its buyout of T-Mobile. While it has publicly said it could only get to 97 percent coverage of the US population with LTE by spending $39 billion to buy T-Mobile, an estimate included in the document instead showed that it would only need $3.8 billion in network expenses to go beyond the 80 percent it wanted otherwise. Read more...
AT&T filing hints only $3.8b, not T-Mobile, needed for goals
AT&T on Thursday accidentally posted a filing (since pulled, available below) that called into doubt one of the core arguments for its buyout of T-Mobile. While it has publicly said it could only get to 97 percent coverage of the US population with LTE by spending $39 billion to buy T-Mobile, an estimate included in the document instead showed that it would only need $3.8 billion in network expenses to go beyond the 80 percent it wanted otherwise. Senior management claimed that the deal would let it "better absorb the increased capital investment," according to AT&T... Read more...
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