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Things Looking Up Much?

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I read the Financial Times most days. Over the last 18 months or so the news has been mostly bad, so I have to say today’s tech digest made for very pleasant reading. You don’t need a sophisticated sentiment analysis engine to see a trend here….

Lenovo profiting from recovery
Chinese PC maker Lenovo reports net profit for its fiscal third quarter to December of $80m, significantly ahead of expectations, compared with a $97m net loss for the same quarter a year earlier
http://link.ft.com/r/73UJGG/IYITVU/UURK8/OJUHR6/3O6PFC/6C/h
Sony lifts outlook after strong quarter
Japan’s leading electronics brand shows the benefits of its restructuring programme cutting its forecast net loss for the year to March 2010 after a strong Christmas quarter
http://link.ft.com/r/73UJGG/IYITVU/UURK8/OJUHR6/72VTPZ/6C/h
Samsung plans to treble smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics says it aims to treble its smartphone shipments this year by expanding its line-up in a bid to close the gap on rivals such as Nokia and Apple in the fast-growing market
http://link.ft.com/r/73UJGG/IYITVU/UURK8/OJUHR6/QFRK5O/6C/h
Facebook dominates mobile internet
Around 16m people in the UK accessed the web via mobile phone in December, with the social networking site accounting for nearly half of all the time people spent online
http://link.ft.com/r/73UJGG/IYITVU/UURK8/OJUHR6/XTLSYZ/6C/h
Tech spending
Cisco has reported sales growth for the first time since October 2008, but the expected celebration did not take place
http://link.ft.com/r/73UJGG/IYITVU/UURK8/OJUHR6/BM78HR/6C/h

3 comments

  1. Things Looking Up Much? http://bit.ly/bGLACq
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  2. Let’s hope so… RT @monkchips: Things Looking Up Much? http://bit.ly/bGLACq
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  3. Tech things seem to be at least… RT @monkchips: Things Looking Up Much? http://bit.ly/bGLACq
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