Adobe profit beats as Creative Cloud subscriptions soar

(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc, which makes the Photoshop and Acrobat software, reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit as demand rose for Creative Cloud, the subscription-based version of its flagship software package.

reuters.com (9 hours ago)

Adobe Rallies on Q2 Earnings

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Adobe shares ROSE 4.36% TO $45.25 after the California-based software company reported strong earnings for its second quarter. Adobe earned 36 cents per share on a non-GAAP basis on $1.01 billion in sales. Analysts were expecting the company to earn 33 cents per share on $1.01 billion in...

thestreet.com (10 hours ago)

Adobe Systems profit beats as Creative Cloud subscriptions grow

foxbusiness.com (11 hours ago)

Adobe Systems profit beats as Creative Cloud subscriptions grow

(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc, which makes the Photoshop and Acrobat software, reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit as demand rose for the subscription-based version of its flagship software package. Shares of the company rose 4.4 percent in after-market trading. Net income fell to $76.5...

yahoo.com (11 hours ago)

Adobe Systems profit beats as Creative Cloud subscriptions grow

(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc, which makes the Photoshop and Acrobat software, reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit as demand rose for the subscription-based version of its flagship software package.

reuters.com (11 hours ago)

Nintendo 3DS outsold Xbox 360 in May as Wii U continued to flounder

The video game industry continued its downward spiral in May. According to research firm NPD Group, retail sales of hardware, software and gaming accessories in the U.S. fell 25% to $386.3 million last month, their lowest level thus far in 2013. Hardware and software sales fell 31% year-over-year to $96 million and...

yahoo.com (11 hours ago)

Salmon: Why Netflix Is Producing Original Content

NEW YORK (Reuters Blogs) -- Matthew Ball has a long examination of the economics of Netflix's original content, looking at it on a show-by-show level. He starts with the cost of producing something like "Arrested Development," and then works out how many extra subscribers Netflix would need to attract in order to...

thestreet.com (19 hours ago)

Adobe releases Creative Cloud into the wild

Adobe has released its long-awaited and highly controversial Creative Cloud suite of applications for both longtime professional devotees and the newcomers it hopes to attract. Having historically operated on an upgrade schedule of every 12 to 16 months, Adobe is now releasing new subscription-only versions of its...

macworld.com (1 day ago)

Google Reader: what are the alternatives?

Three months ago, Google announced the "retirement" of Google Reader as part of the company's second spring cleaning. On July 1st - two weeks from today - the RSS application will be given a gold watch and a farewell lunch, then it will pack up its bits and leave the building for the last time. The other items on...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

Unlicensed solicitors might be involved in Madison Village thefts

Madison Village police are still searching for a group of three or four men in a dark blue or black late-model minivan who are soliciting magazine subscriptions without a permit.

news-herald.com (4 days ago)

Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets

NEW YORK - Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft’s Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own Windows system. Microsoft also isn’t selling Office Mobile for iPhone...

savannahnow.com (4 days ago)

Facebook coding hints at upcoming RSS reader

After Google announced its plans to shutter its Google Reader RSS service on July 1, a bevvy of dedicated users suddenly found themselves without a way to conveniently track subscriptions. A handful of other sites like Feedly and Digg offered up new solutions, but now another internet giant may be testing the waters...

techradar.com (4 days ago)

Video: Woz explains how cloud computing is turning us into Soviet Russia

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak had a quick chat with FayerWayer earlier this week, and the site asked him about a wide range of topics, including the new look of iOS 7 and the recent revelations about the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program. Wozniak’s most interesting comments, though, were about how cloud computing is...

yahoo.com (4 days ago)

Microsoft Office, It's About Time

NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft's Office software package is coming to the iPhone for the first time Friday, offering people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations at the doctor's office or at a soccer game. The company isn't making an iPad version, though, nor is it...

huffingtonpost.com (4 days ago)

Madison Village Police looking for magazine solicitors

Madison Village Police Department is searching for a group of three or four males who are allegedly soliciting magazine subscriptions without a license.

news-herald.com (5 days ago)

Call of Duty: Ghosts - the £500 video game

Gamers will have to spend more than £500 on subscriptions and consoles before they can play the latest Call of Duty to full effect.    

telegraph.co.uk (5 days ago)

Xbox Live Gold Is Still One of the Biggest Ripoffs in Tech

A lot of mud has been slung Microsoft's way this week, much of it deserved. Used game restrictions, mandatory internet check-ins; these new impositions don't sit well. But they also distract from the single worst thing about the Xbox One, which was also the single worst thing about Xbox 360: The tyranny of Xbox Live...

gizmodo.com (5 days ago)

'Cord Cutting' Not a Threat: Viacom CEO

Consumers are keeping their cable TV subscriptions despite emerging online alternatives, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told CNBC.

cnbc.com (7 days ago)

E3 2013: Multiplayer gaming on PS4 will need PlayStation Plus subscription

It may not be all rosy in the world of Sony despite a triumphant E3, with the news emerging that PS4 owners will need to subscribe to PlayStation Plus to play online multiplayer. As spotted by CVG, a video from Sony carried the small print "PS4 multi-player online access requires PSN account & PS Plus...

techradar.com (7 days ago)

Multiplayer gaming on PS4 will need PlayStation Plus subscription

It may not be all rosy in the world of Sony despite a triumphant E3, with the news emerging that PS4 owners will need to subscribe to PlayStation Plus to play online multiplayer. As spotted by CVG, a video from Sony carried the small print "PS4 multi-player online access requires PSN account & PS Plus...

techradar.com (7 days ago)

5 Gifts That Keep You at the Top of Clients' Minds

The Fruit of the Month Club was way ahead of its time. Now, you can have everything ? from razors to makeup to dog treats ? sent to you on a monthly basis. I personally use a few of these subscription-based companies to make sure I don?t run out of the essentials, but I really see the value of subscriptions for...

forbes.com (8 days ago)

No ESA, It’s Actually the Industry That’s Hurting the Industry

Joystiq is reporting that Entertainment Software Association president Michael Gallagher took aim at retail game sales tracker NPD last night, calling NPD’s monthly reporting a “disservice to the truth.” NPD compiles all sorts of monthly data about what it refers to as “new physical” video game sales, a fraction of...

time.com (8 days ago)

Two of Buffalo’s Farmer Pirates are planting urban roots

Under a giant cottonwood tree on an unexpectedly wide swath of undeveloped land on Buffalo’s East Side, two pioneers in Buffalo’s small but growing urban farming movement will get married next weekend.The bride, Alex Stevens, and groom, Dan Ash, have started their own farm there – where Gittere Street dead-ends near...

buffalonews.com (10 days ago)

Today in the Sky: Pay ahead for extra leg room in the air

United Airlines will sell subscriptions that allow passengers to pay for a year's worth of extra legroom or baggage fees up front instead of doling out the extra fees flight by flight.

mydesert.com (11 days ago)

ZTE sends 400Gbps over 5,000 kilometers

Showing off its optical networking prowess, ZTE has completed at test that managed speeds at 400Gbps over a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers, or about 3,100 miles. The growth of data volumes and speeds in both fixed and wireless networks have consequences for all parts of operator networks, including long...

pcworld.com (11 days ago)

YouTube Throws a Curveball by Becoming a Sports Broadcaster

Though it’s now easy to consume music, movies and television on the Internet, watching live sports online is still a fantasy for many fans. Even as other forms of entertainment have digitized rapidly in recent years, sports for the most part have remained carefully locked in the walled garden of cable subscriptions...

time.com (11 days ago)

LinkedIn, Facebook and Apple top Forbes list of fastest-growing tech companies

It seems social networks still have a long way to grow. Forbes has come out with its annual list of the fastest-growing tech companies and has found that social networks LinkedIn and Facebook grew faster than any other companies over the past year. Forbes has now named LinkedIn the world’s fastest-growing tech form...

yahoo.com (12 days ago)

Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python

Red Hat has put out a beta release of Software Collections 1.0, in a bid to let developers use newer versions of languages such as Ruby and Python with support. For certain applications, a more recent version of a language than what's included in the base Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system is needed, according to Red...

pcworld.com (12 days ago)

EE Announces UK 4G Subscriptions Hit 500,000 In Seven Months

The UK's mobile phone networks are gearing up to launch their new 4G services this summer - but after a seven months head start it looks like EE has built up a bit of a lead. According to EE more than 500,000 UK customers have signed up to 4G. The company said that puts the UK on a pace to become the fastest growing...

huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)

FreedomPop’s Free Wireless Would Be Cool If It Wasn’t So Shady

FreedomPop, a company that sells wireless hotspot devices with free mobile data, is planning to offer a full-blown cellular service with free voice calls and text messages this summer. According to AllThingsD, FreedomPop has been amassing a pile of refurbished phones that once ran on Sprint’s 4G WiMax network, such...

time.com (13 days ago)