Robert Hof

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

Latest from Robert Hof

Cloud lifts Amazon profits again, but investors wanted faster growth

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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 of $749 million, or $1.54 a share. That …

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

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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, easily beating Wall Street analysts’ estimates of $8.5 …

Big holiday for iPhones and apps helps Apple beat earnings forecast

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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 time since early 2016. Apple reported a first-fiscal …

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

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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 longtime New York Times technology writer John Markoff …

Google parent Alphabet’s profit shortfall disappoints investors

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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 it earned a profit before certain costs such …

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

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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 social network. Barra, a rising star who had …

Amid legal quarrels, Qualcomm shares fall on mixed earnings results

INFRA By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

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 maker of chips used in many smartphones and …

Spying an opening in enterprise collaboration, Box revamps its Notes tool

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Despite a seeming glut of online collaboration services from Slack to Facebook Inc.’s Workplace and document sharing services such as Google Docs and Microsoft Corp.’s Office 365, Box Inc. thinks there’s still a gap among them waiting to be filled. Three years …

VC Greg Sands: Cloud disruption, venture turmoil and Trump spell tumultuous 2017 for entrepreneurs

INFRA By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

Like many other people in Silicon Valley on Inauguration Day Friday, Greg Sands found himself wondering with no small amount of trepidation about what kind of economy we’ll see under President Trump. And it wasn’t just because Sands, founder and managing partner …

Dialpad reveals new momentum behind its drive to kill the desk phone

APPS By ROBERT HOF10 YEARS AGO

San Francisco-based startup Dialpad Inc. today is revealing new evidence that its mission to kill the traditional desk phone with a cloud-based phone and communications system is taking off. The company said it has added some 10,000 new customers in the past …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

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

Spying an opening in enterprise collaboration, Box revamps its Notes tool

Dialpad reveals new momentum behind its drive to kill the desk phone

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