Apple iPhone Designer Is Now a Knight
Jony Ive, the man who designed the iPod and the iPhone, might already be considered technology royalty amongst geeks. Now he’s an actual British knight. Apple’s lead designer, was knighted this morning in London and given the title of Knight Commander of the British Empire....
  Pandora Media raises outlook as more people tune in
 (Reuters) - Online streaming music service Pandora Media Inc reported better-than-expected revenue and raised its full-year guidance as more people tuned in. The stock climbed 13 percent in extended trading after closing at $10.33 on Wednesday. "We are making excellent progress on all fronts - consumer adoption continues at an extraordinary pace," Pandora Chief Executive Joe Kennedy said in an interview with Reuters. Pandora raised its full-year revenue outlook to a range of $420 million to $427 million from a previous forecast of $410 million to $420 million. ...
HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5B annually
 Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 27,000 jobs as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers.
Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year. "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device," Obama said in a statement. ... How chips, PCs, services companies are faring
A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring: Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO
Facebook Inc. began trading publicly last Friday following one of the most anticipated stock offerings in history. The initial public offering of stock priced at $38 a day earlier. It was at the top end of a projected range that Facebook had already increased just days earlier.
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