January 20, 2012
Foxconn chairman compares his workforce to ‘animals’ On ZDNet, Hana Stewart-Smith gives the report. “Gou and his general managers apparently listened carefully as Chin provided advice as to how to manage different types of animals, and asked Chin to put himself in the position of Hon Hai’s chairman. It seems, unfortunately, there’s a bit more than just jest to this analogy,” she writes.
Microsoft blames poor Windows sales on PC slump On The Register, Iain Thomson explains the argument. “For the last three months, Microsoft not only saw its Windows division revenues fall 6 per cent, but its business division grew just three per cent despite strong sales of Lync, Exchange, and SharePoint. This is compared to 11 per cent growth in its server and tools group, with online services up 10 per cent and the entertainment division seeing revenues climb 15 per cent to $4.24bn, with Xbox Live subscriptions up by a third,” he writes.
Google Q4 earnings miss the mark but revenues break $10B On Talkin’ Cloud, Matthew Weinberger reports on the figures. “The good news: Google broke $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in company history, and CEO Larry Page actually mentioned Google Apps during today’s earnings call — a small but important tip of the hat to the company’s channel partner strategy. The bad news: That $10 billion quarterly revenue figure ‘only’ represents a 25 percent jump from Q4 2010, far short of some analyst expectations,” he writes.