Robert Hof

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

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Facebook debuts Messenger AR and translation tools for businesses

APPS By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

A lot of people weren’t sure when Facebook Inc. opened up its Messenger platform two years ago to businesses that the 1.3 billion people using the messaging system would want that kind of company in their most intimate app. No matter: The …

Thanks again to cloud computing, Amazon smashes earnings forecasts

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

In a sign of strength in everything from its retail operations to its surging cloud computing business, Amazon.com Inc. once again managed to outpace forecasts in its latest quarter. The retail and cloud computing giant today reported a first-quarter net profit of …

No user or advertiser exodus here: Facebook easily beats earnings forecast

APPS By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Updated: Beating back weeks of bad news involving exposure of its users’ personal data, Facebook Inc. today reported first-quarter results that handily beat expectations that were tempered by worries that advertisers might start to shy away. That clearly didn’t happen, though honestly …

With new features, Flipboard goes deep on tech coverage

APPS By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

The social magazine service Flipboard Inc. is doubling down on tech coverage with new curation features announced today that soon will be expanded into other coverage areas. The features, available in the Flipboard mobile app and on the web, highlight deeper, curated …

Google parent Alphabet’s ads, cloud and hardware keep cruising. Investors: ‘Meh’

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Updated: Brushing back concerns about recent attacks on data-driven advertising, Alphabet Inc. today beat profit and revenue forecasts for its first quarter, aided partly by strength in other businesses such as cloud computing and hardware devices. The parent company of Google LLC …

The IPOs keep on coming: Raising $497M, Pivotal Software sees modest share price bump

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Updated: In the latest of a series of initial public offerings by enterprise computing companies, Pivotal Software Inc. late Thursday raised $497 million in its IPO, and its shares rose 4.9 percent on their first trading day Friday. That’s a relatively modest …

Box unveils new administrative dashboard and governance features

BIG DATA By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Cloud content management firm Box Inc. today introduced a couple of new features in hope of making it even easier for customers to store all their data in its service. One set of features is updates to its Admin console, including a …

Google and Netflix open-source Kayenta, a software release management tool

APPS By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

These days companies often issue new releases and updates of their software several times a day to millions of users in the cloud, and no matter how much they try to make sure it will run flawlessly, it’s nearly impossible to guarantee …

Setting IPO price, Pivotal Software looks to raise up to $592M

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Pivotal Software Inc. a maker of software for building cloud computing applications, today revealed how much it plans to raise in its imminent initial public offering of shares: up to $592 million. Majority-owned by Dell Technologies Inc., Pivotal said in a filing …

In conversation with Box CEO Aaron Levie: ‘We’re now in the real wave of IPOs’

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF9 YEARS AGO

A recent surge of initial public offerings of stock by a variety of technology companies has raised hopes that the iconic symbol of Silicon Valley wealth creation is finally on the comeback after years of fitful activity. Aaron Levie, chief executive of …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

With new features, Flipboard goes deep on tech coverage

Google and Netflix open-source Kayenta, a software release management tool

Setting IPO price, Pivotal Software looks to raise up to $592M

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