Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Virtual and augmented reality plunge into the trough of disillusionment

By Robert Hof Feb 9, 2017

In Gartner Inc.’s well-known Hype Cycle for tracking the commercial progress of a technology, the “trough of disillusionment” is the point at which “interest wanes as experiments and implementations fail to deliver.” That about…

Apps

With ‘Smart Magazines,’ Flipboard uses machine learning to reinvent its app

By Robert Hof Feb 8, 2017

No small number of people in media think magazines always had something going for them, such as smart stories and beautiful photos for readers and a targeted, self-selected audience for advertisers, that should still…

Big Data

Google’s Diane Greene: Machine learning will cost jobs, so skills training is essential

By Robert Hof Feb 3, 2017

Machine learning will cost us jobs, a prominent technology executive acknowledged today, but she said job disruption isn’t the insurmountable problem that many observers fear. Diane Greene, senior vice president in charge of Google…

Cloud

Cloud lifts Amazon profits again, but investors wanted faster growth

By Robert Hof Feb 2, 2017

Once again, the cloud kept Amazon.com Inc.’s profits flying high during the holidays, but its shares fell on lower-than-expected revenues. The Seattle-based online retailer and cloud computing giant said it earned a fourth-quarter profit…

Apps

Facebook posts strong mobile and video ad growth but higher costs loom

By Robert Hof Feb 1, 2017

So much for that cautious outlook last quarter. Facebook Inc. today beat back its own executives’ muted forecasts with a 51 percent jump in fourth-quarter revenues. The social network said revenues hit $8.8 billion,…

Apps

Big holiday for iPhones and apps helps Apple beat earnings forecast

By Robert Hof Jan 31, 2017

In a big turnaround, heavy holiday sales of Apple Inc.’s high-end new iPhones and a boost in app and content revenues helped the tech giant post higher revenues year over year for the first…

Emerging Tech

In conversation with John Markoff: Can Silicon Valley keep the innovation flywheel spinning?

By Robert Hof Jan 27, 2017

With decades of nearly uninterrupted innovation flying out of Silicon Valley, it often seems as if the tech industry’s well-oiled machine will keep running for decades to come. But that’s far from certain, according to…

Emerging Tech

Google parent Alphabet’s profit shortfall disappoints investors

By Robert Hof Jan 26, 2017

Despite more than a year of cutting back on farflung projects, Alphabet Inc. today reported fourth-quarter profits that fell below forecasts even as revenue growth outpaced expectations. The parent company of Google Inc. said…

Apps

Facebook hires former Xiaomi/Google exec Hugo Barra to head its VR operations

By Robert Hof Jan 26, 2017

Just a few days after Xiaomi Inc. executive Hugo Barra announced he was leaving the struggling Chinese smartphone maker, Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday that he will head all virtual reality operations for the…

Infra

Amid legal quarrels, Qualcomm shares fall on mixed earnings results

By Robert Hof Jan 25, 2017

In a week Qualcomm Technologies Inc. might prefer to forget, the wireless chip giant today reported a first-fiscal quarter profit that beat analysts’ expectations, but revenues fell short of estimates. As a result, the…

Robert Hof

Virtual and augmented reality plunge into the trough of disillusionment

With ‘Smart Magazines,’ Flipboard uses machine learning to reinvent its app

Google’s Diane Greene: Machine learning will cost jobs, so skills training is essential

Facebook posts strong mobile and video ad growth but higher costs loom

Big holiday for iPhones and apps helps Apple beat earnings forecast

In conversation with John Markoff: Can Silicon Valley keep the innovation flywheel spinning?

Google parent Alphabet’s profit shortfall disappoints investors

Facebook hires former Xiaomi/Google exec Hugo Barra to head its VR operations

Amid legal quarrels, Qualcomm shares fall on mixed earnings results

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