Robert Hof

Robert Hof is editor in chief of SiliconANGLE. Email: robhof@siliconangle.com

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Hortonworks shares jump as revenues top forecasts

NEWS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Big data leader Hortonworks Inc. managed to win back at least some investors’ confidence today with third-quarter earnings that beat revenue expectations despite a somewhat higher-than-forecast loss. The company, whose software helps companies collect and analyze massive amounts of data across networks …

Mobile ads drive soaring Facebook earnings, but investors worry about 2017

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. again crushed Wall Street earnings estimates today, thanks to all those video ads you’re watching on your smartphone. But investors worry if the good times will last. The social network reported yet another better-than-expected quarter — cementing, along with search giant …

Marc Andreessen joins board of cloud communications startup Dialpad

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

You probably haven’t heard of Dialpad Inc. Marc Andreessen intends to change that. The well-known venture capitalist and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz today joined the board of Dialpad, a San Francisco-based startup that’s aiming to kill the traditional desk phone with …

Who needs text chat? HipChat debuts link to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc.’s Echo, the smart speaker with a Star Trek-style intelligent voice assistant called Alexa, is still something of a novelty for consumers to ask about the weather forecast or order products. Now it’s finding its way into the office. HipChat, the …

Despite surging cloud business, Amazon’s profits miss forecasts

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Despite continuing strength in the cloud computing business that has buoyed profits for the past year or more, Amazon.com Inc. today reported third-quarter profits that missed analysts’ expectations. The Seattle-based online retailer and cloud giant said it earned a profit of $252 …

Google beats earnings forecasts on mobile ads, YouTube and a wisp of cloud

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Bolstered by ads on smartphones and YouTube, Google Inc. parent company Alphabet Inc. posted a 23 percent jump in profits on a similar rise in revenues for its third quarter. The company said it earned a profit before certain expenses such as …

Apple shares drop despite better-than-expected iPhone sales, Q1 outlook

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Despite slowing sales of iPhones as consumers waited for new models, Apple Inc. today reported better-than-expected sales of the devices and forecast current-quarter results higher than Wall Street is forecasting. Still, it’s clear that Apple is still struggling with a broad decline …

Microsoft shares hit all-time high as cloud revenues soar

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp.’s cloud computing revenues shot up 116 percent, providing a big boost to fiscal first quarter earnings, the company reported today. Shares of Microsoft rose nearly 6 percent to reach an all-time high of about $60.60 in after-hours trading on the results, …

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: ‘Great opportunities’ and great challenges for women in tech

WOMEN IN TECH By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Women have made great strides working their way into technical positions at companies, but there’s still a very long way to go before they reach parity with men, especially in leadership positions. All that will surprise no one, but breakthrough executives such …

The new hybrid cloud: A conversation with AWS’s Andy Jassy and VMware’s Pat Gelsinger

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

“Pat, funny to see you here today.” Those were the first words out of the mouth of Andy Jassy (above left), Amazon Web Services’ chief executive, after he appeared onstage at a press conference Thursday with VMware Inc. CEO Pat Gelsinger (right). …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

Hortonworks shares jump as revenues top forecasts

Mobile ads drive soaring Facebook earnings, but investors worry about 2017

Marc Andreessen joins board of cloud communications startup Dialpad

Who needs text chat? HipChat debuts link to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant

Apple shares drop despite better-than-expected iPhone sales, Q1 outlook

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: ‘Great opportunities’ and great challenges for women in tech

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