Yahoo! Reports 7 Percent Decrease in 1Q Earnings Year-to-Year

Yahoo! Inc. has reported net GAAP revenue of $1,140 million for 1Q13, a 7 percent decrease from 1Q12. Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs was $1,074 million, flat compared to 1Q12. Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer said, “I’m pleased with Yahoo!’s performance for the first quarter.” More

ViaWest Announces Christopher Rajiah as SVP of Sales and Marketing

ViaWest, a large privately held data center, cloud computing, and managed services provider, has announced the addition of Christopher Rajiah as Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing. he will drive ViaWest’s direct sales and channel efforts and lead the company’s marketing organization, including messaging, branding, and go-to-market strategies for the full colocation, cloud, and managed services portfolio. More

Secretary of State John Kerry Kicks Off “Hangouts at State” on Google+ Tomorrow

The U.S. Department of State has announced a series of discussions called “Hangouts at State” on Google+. These monthly discussions will start tomorrow (Friday, April 19) at 1 p.m. ET with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussing “The U.S. in the World: What’s in it for Us” moderated by NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell. More

Google, Startup Weekend Announces Five-Week Course for Entrepreneurs

Google and Startup Weekend have announced Startup Weekend NEXT, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. This five-week comprehensive course, developed by entrepreneur & educator Steve Blank, will provide entrepreneurs with the skills they need to be as successful as possible running a small business. The curriculum, built around customer development and in-person interaction, helps entrepreneurs validate and modify their business models & connect with others who have faced the same business challenges they face. More

Provo to Become Third Google Fiber City

The Google Fiber team has arrived in Provo, Utah, where Mayor John Curtis announced that Provo will be the third Google Fiber City. Provo is the home base for a large population of tech companies and startups, rates second in the nation in patent growth, and is consistent ranked as one of the top places to live and do business in the U.S. In order to bring fiber to Provo, Google is purchasing the existing, city-owned iProvo fiber network and is committed to upgrade the network to gigabit technology and finish its construction. More

Salesforce.com Announces Mobile Services to Accelerate Mobile App Development

Salesforce .com has announced the Salesforce Platform Mobile Services, intended to help customer companies transform to support the mobile office. They extend the Salesforce.com cloud platform to accelerate mobile app development, delivering new tools, programs, and events for developers and partners. More

Salesforce.com Announces Chatter Topics and Expertise

Salesforce.com has announced Salesforce Chatter Topics and Expertise , to help customer companies connect with their customers, partners, employees, and products. Chatter Topics and Expertise help users discover insights, identify experts, and find related resources based on topics of interest. More

Rackspace Announces Mobile Cloud Stacks

Rackspace Hosting has announced Mobile Cloud Stacks for developers. These stacks are purpose built to help developers design, build, test, deploy, and scale mobile apps in the hybrid cloud. They are pre-configured and designed to deliver a frictionless environment for developing mobile apps. More

TCS Closes FY13 with Sustained Growth Momentum

Tata Consultancy Services has closed its FY2013 with annual revenues of Rs62.989 crore, up 28.8 percent from FY2012. Added incremental revenues were Rs14,095. Annual net profit was Rs. 13,941 crore, up 30.9 percent from FY2012. Fourth quarter revenues were Rs16,430 crore, up 23.9 percent, and net profit was Rs3,597, up 22.1%. More

Tata Group Announces Books for First Nations in Canada

The Tata Group has announced the donation of 10,000 new books to school children in the First Nations Communities of Northern Quebec-Labrador. The gift is Tata’s second donation in Canada and is part of its continued partnership with First Book, an award-winning non-profit organization that provides new books to children in need. Additionally employee volunteers from Tata Steel Minerals Canada will participate in a reading event hosted by schools in Schefferville and Kawawachikamach to support children’s literacy. More