Mobile payments to reach $90bn by 2017

US mobile payments will reach $90-billion by 2017, a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from the $12,8-billion spent in 2012.  This is according to Forrester’s latest five-year mobile payments forecast, which segments mobile payments into three categories:...

IBM announces Q4 results

IBM has announced fourth-quarter 2012 diluted earnings of $5.13 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $4.62 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 11%.  Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings were $5.39 per share, compared with operating diluted...

Better earnings for Pinnacle

Pinnacle Technology Holdings is expecting earnings for the six months ended 31 December to be significantly higher than the previous year. The company issued a trading statement regarding the anticipated interim headline earnings per share (HEPS) and earnings per...

Google announce financial results

Google has announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended 31 December, 2012. “We ended 2012 with a strong quarter,” says Larry Page, CEO of Google. “Revenues were up 36% year on year, and 8% quarter on quarter. “And we...