Google Capital to make investments in maturing tech firms
# 2013-05-22 20:19:00, Engadget
Google Ventures has a reputation for backing tech winners early on -- it gave a boost to this little startup called Nest, for example. It wants to exert influence every step of the way, however, and it's launching Google Capital to make this happen. The new fund is investing in firms that aren't...Iterations: How Tech Hedge Funds And Investment Banks Make Sense Of Apple's Share Buybacks
# 2013-05-19 07:00:46, TechCrunch
Apple has a good deal of cash. And, in the Valley, the startup ecosystem -- for many reasons -- wants to see Apple spend that cash. As their cash pile continued to grow as their stock price and market cap soared, Apple's inability to provide robust software services combined with opportunities to ex...Tim Cook talks Apple's tax situation ahead of next week's Senate hearing
# 2013-05-16 15:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Earlier this week we reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook is slated to testify at an upcoming Senate hearing focusing on the offshore tax practices of American corporations. As it stands now, Apple currently has over US$100 billion holed up overseas that it's hesitant to repatriate due to less-than-idea...Apple's first $3.05 quarterly dividend payout scheduled for tomorrow
# 2013-05-16 11:30:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Back in April, Apple gave shareholders yearning for a bigger cut of Apple's profits something to be happy about. Specifically, Apple a few weeks ago announced that it was upping its quarterly dividend by 15 percent, raising it from $2.65 a share to $3.05 a share. Apple's first dividend payment unde...Study: iPhone retains value better than top Galaxy models
# 2013-05-15 07:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The next time your Samsung Galaxy-toting friends try to annoy you, here's a piece of information you can throw back at them. According to a study published yesterday by investment bank Piper Jaffray, iPhones depreciate at less than half the rate of similar Android devices from Samsung. Analyst Ge...To Test The Bitcoin Waters, Adam Draper's Boost.vc Accelerator Adds Backing From Lightspeed, Beluga ...
# 2013-05-14 01:57:22, TechCrunch
As a fourth generation venture investor, Adam Draper was pretty much predestined to work with startups. The son of Tim Draper, the founder of global VC firm Draper Fisher Jurveston, Adam has made it his mission to do everything in his power to help entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life -- without ...Apple takes fifth spot in Chinese smartphone market
# 2013-05-09 06:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
In the world's largest smartphone market -- China -- Apple's share rose in the first quarter of 2013 to make the company the fifth largest vendor. Numbers from research firm Canalys show that the release of the iPhone 5 and price cuts on older iPhone models drove growth of Apple's sales. Apple's ...Apple soars into Fortune 500's top 10
# 2013-05-06 09:30:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Despite the media's best attempts to make it appear that Apple is in dire financial straits, Fortune today reported that the company has made it into the top 10 of the Fortune 500 list. Apple arrives in the top 10 in the number six spot, replacing HP (now No. 15) as the leading tech company. Here...Apple's $17 billion bond deal allows it to avoid $9.2 billion tax hit
# 2013-05-03 11:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Yesterday I reported on the clever economics behind Apple's US$17 billion bond deal, specifically pointing out that the interest Apple will owe on each share it repurchases will be less than the dividend it would have otherwise been responsible for. Going a bit further, Businessweek did some calcul...How Apple Just Avoided Paying $9.2 Billion in Tax
# 2013-05-02 22:32:00, Gizmodo
When you're a company as big as Apple, saving on tax bills is important—especially when they're in the billions. Fortunately its team of accountants has just managed to save it a cool $9.2 billion.Read more...The clever economics behind Apple's $17 billion bond offering
# 2013-05-02 15:30:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple on Tuesday raised $17 billion via a bond offering as part of its recently announced capital program which aims to return $100 billion to shareholders by the end of 2015. Apple's capital return program is comprised of two components: an increased quarterly dividend of $3.05 a share and a $55 bi...LinkedIn Stock Dips 10% On Slowing Growth, Even As It Beats Q1 Estimates On Sales of $324.7M; EPS $0...
# 2013-05-02 10:54:54, TechCrunch
LinkedIn has just reported Q1 earnings of $324.7 million, up 72% year-on-year, and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.45, both soundly beating analysts' estimates (via First Call) of $317 million and EPS of $0.31; as well as LinkedIn's own guidance from last quarter, when it said it expected between ...Angel Investor, Spotify Fixer Shakil Khan Launches Coindesk, A Bitcoin Resource
# 2013-05-01 12:15:25, TechCrunch
Shakil Khan, an angel investor and advisor to Spotify, just launched Coindesk, a Bitcoin resource and news site, amid a boatload of hype and VC interest in the crypto-currency. Khan says Coindesk was a project he conceived of about four weeks ago, around when Bitcoin was surging to an all-time high....About 30% of Facebook's Advertising Revenue, Or $375M, Came From Mobile Platforms
# 2013-05-01 10:22:28, TechCrunch
Almost one-third of Facebook’s advertising revenue is now coming from mobile platforms, according to the company’s latest earnings release. About $375 million of Facebook’s $1.25 billion in advertising revenue came from products like the company’s new mobile app install ads. That’s up from...Facebook Q1 Earnings Beats With $1.46B In Revenue, Up 38%, But Misses With Flat EPS Of $0.12 Non-GAA...
# 2013-05-01 10:07:49, TechCrunch
Facebook has just posted its earnings for the quarter that ended March 31, 2013. Facebook hit $1.46 billion in revenue up 38% from Q1 2012, beating Wall Street estimates of sales of $1.44 billion. Facebook reported earnings of $1.06 billion for the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per shared misse...On Deck Adds $17M From Google Ventures And Peter Thiel To Help Small Businesses Connect With Capital
# 2013-05-01 01:25:37, TechCrunch
Because there are so many small businesses out there on Main Street that don't have access to the same juicy venture capital rounds that seem pervade today's tech industry, On Deck set out in 2007 to provide mom-and-pop business owners with an easy way to secure the capital they need to grow their b...SupplyShift Helps Companies Understand The Environmental Impact Of Their Supply Chain
# 2013-04-30 08:45:24, TechCrunch
For large companies that have a long list of suppliers that they work with, it’s not only difficult to manage communication with all of them, but understanding the environmental impact of each supplier is next to impossible. It’s not a sexy space to work in by any means but the addressable marke...Braintree Poaches Google Wallet Co-Creator Rob von Behren From Square
# 2013-04-30 08:38:27, TechCrunch
Braintree, the Chicago-based payments gateway that’s processing about $2 billion in mobile transactions per year, just poached one of Google Wallet’s creators Rob von Behren from Square. Von Behren was one of the co-founders of Google Wallet, the NFC-centric mobile payment system that was design...Payments Network Dwolla Raises $16.5 Million Series C From Andreessen Horowitz & Others, Expands To ...
# 2013-04-30 07:00:35, TechCrunch
Building new infrastructure for digital payments may not sound sexy, but it’s an area that’s ripe for innovation. The legacy payments networks in existence today are bogged down with outdated technology, slowing progress. Des Moines-based Dwolla decided that the way to innovate in payments was t...Apple already taking steps to prepare for its upcoming debt sale
# 2013-04-30 07:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple last week announced that it would embark on a massive stock repurchasing plan whereby it will purchase US$60 billion worth of its own shares by the end of 2015. In a press release on the matter, Apple called it the "largest single share repurchase authorization in history." What's more, the c...Chamath Palihapitiya Chats About Why Big Ideas Are Harder To Find, But Could Be Easier To Get Funded
# 2013-04-29 06:12:41, TechCrunch
The Social+Capital Founder, early Facebook employee and owner of the Golden State Warriors, Chamath Palihapitiya, joined us onstage at Disrupt NY and gave some brutally honest answers to questions as to why we’re seeing a lull in innovation. I had a chance to talk to Palihapitiya back stage and ...Chris Dixon Plans On Investing In More Bitcoin Startups, Says More Entrepreneurs Are Getting Involve...
# 2013-04-29 03:27:25, TechCrunch
Chris Dixon joined our co-editor Eric Eldon this morning at Disrupt NY 2013 to discuss his move out to San Francisco for a job at Andreessen Horowitz. One of the areas that interests him the most is the much-hyped Bitcoin space. The reason why Dixon is so interested is because it solves many problem...European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push In...
# 2013-04-25 23:00:20, TechCrunch
SumUp, one of the many European mobile card reader startups targeting small businesses -- and taking advantage of Square’s continued absence to acquire users and build out a business -- has taken another step designed to expand its reach by announcing a partnership with Revel Systems, a maker of i...SecondMarket Confirms Layoffs To Have Leaner Cost Structure, Become “Break-Even”
# 2013-04-25 09:00:31, TechCrunch
SecondMarket’s CEO Barry Silbert just confirmed that the company had layoffs this morning. From a tipster, we had heard it was as much as one-third of the company’s headcount but SecondMarket says it was less than that. The rationale? Basically, Silbert said that the company had grown a “bloat...Qualcomm Q2 2013 earnings: revenue up to $6.12 billion, profit reaches $2.07 billion
# 2013-04-24 11:59:00, Engadget
Qualcomm is having an easy time riding the growing wave of mobile devices. Case in point: its very healthy second quarter earnings. Revenue at the San Diego outfit climbed 24 percent year-over-year to $6.12 billion, while the chip designer's net profit grew a similarly brisk 17 percent, to $2.07...More realistic guidance from Apple results in better analyst estimates
# 2013-04-24 07:30:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt put it the best in the subhead for his Apple Earnings Smackdown article this morning when he said "Apple management may have found a way to tame the wild beasts of Wall Street." What he was referring to was the fact that most Wall Street analysts were actually qu...Small Business Finance SaaS Provider Wave Launches Payroll App for iOS
# 2013-04-24 02:56:14, TechCrunch
Toronto-based Wave, the online finance software startup that has built a growing business around a freemium model of cloud-based accounting, is launching its new iOS payroll application today. The tool is a companion to the company's web-based payroll platform, adding a much-needed mobile element to...Apple Q2 '13 Intl Sales 56% Of Total Revenues; Cook Defensive On China: “Best Quarter Ever” At $8.8B...
# 2013-04-23 12:13:17, TechCrunch
Apple today posted Q2 earnings that beat estimates at $43.6 billion in sales, which illustrates that, while the Americas -- led by the U.S. -- remains the company's single biggest market, Asia, led by sales in China, continues to show the strongest growth amidst weakened demand at home and in Europe...Apple increases dividend by 15%, poised to embark on large stock-repurchasing plan
# 2013-04-23 12:05:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
In conjunction with its earnings report for Q2 2013, Apple issued a press release announcing some major plans for its ever-growing stockpile of cash. In March 2012, Apple announced that the company would be instituting a $2.65/share dividend on a quarterly basis with Apple's first dividend payme...With Earnings Around The Corner, Apple's Growth Prospects Are Gloomy
# 2013-04-23 03:21:28, TechCrunch
Conventional wisdom has it that Apple has reached its peak and can only disappoint from now on. Yet, many financial facts don’t make sense. The market is too harsh with Apple compared to its competitors. But when it comes to products, there is an unsettling detail: there was no product release dur...
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