The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is selling some of his Google stock to the tune of approximately $1.45 billion. This will reduce his ownership of Google from 2.8 percent  to 2.1 percent. A regulatory filing shows that Schmidt started the stock trading in November, and plans to . [...]
Microsoft Bing’s Most-searched Terms Include Bieber, Xbox
Microsoft has unveiled Bing’s top-searched terms for 2011, a list that harbors absolutely no surprises. Topping the list of most-searched people is Justin Bieber, which suggests a lot of tweens are using Microsoft’s search engine for their teen-idol needs. No. 1 in the category of consumer electronics was Xbox/Kinect, followed by the Kindle, then PlayStation. [...]
Sony Ericsson Sold 22 Million Android Devices to Date, Going Smartphone-only in 2012
A day after Google announced that 190 million Android devices have been manufactured to date, Sony Ericsson this morning revealed that 22 million of those that were sold were its Android-powered Xperia smartphones. In fact, 80 percent of the company’s sales now comes from higher-end mobile devices, which is why Sony Ericsson will be shifting [...]
Microsoft’s Earnings Call Hints at Trouble Spots
Microsoft should probably give the executive who signed off on developing the Kinect a serious raise. The hands-free controller, along with Office 2010, helped power some solid quarterly revenue numbers for Microsoft: $16.43 billion, a year-over-year increase of 13 percent. Net returns rose 31 percent, to $5.23 billion. The company’s Business Division performed well, rising [...]
