BlackBerry shares fall 28% on weak sales

Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones on Friday after the close of the U.S. trading session, posted quarterly results were significantly worse than market expectations, triggering a massive sell securities of the company and the BlackBerry shares drop of 27.76%.

Along with the disappointing results of the quarter, the company said on the complete cessation of production of its Internet Tablet Playbook, which has not found a buyer in the market.

According to the company, the new devices based on BlackBerry OS 10 is not sold as good as might be desired to investors and shareholders. In the reporting quarter, has sold 6.8 million BlackBerry smartphones, versus 7.8 million a year earlier. This number includes vehicles running on the basis of the old versions of operating systems. As for the new smart phones based on BB10, their number does not exceed 2.7 million units.

Analysts say the BlackBerry 10 system is critical to the company, the new devices based on this platform began to be sold at the beginning of this year. Two smartphone BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 received good reviews from critics, but the widespread popularity, they still have not received it. In addition, in some markets the company began selling new items with a delay, which also benefited from its revenues. The latest quarterly figures show that even after normalization of supply devices do not enjoy the support of a substantial market.

Accenture shows quarterly results below expectations

The company Accenture, the second largest IT consultant in the world, today showed weak quarterly report, which led to a 7% drop in its shares traded.

Alleged by figures were worse than analysts' forecast amid falling sales and revenues. In addition, Accenture forecast for the current quarter also looks promising.

In the current quarter, the Irish company expects revenue of $ 6.7-7.0 billion, lower than the 7.36 billion dollars expected by analysts. Now Accenture said that faced with a change in the behavior of large customers, who are now planning IT contracts for short-term periods, and refrain from large-scale long-term investment in technology. For the most Accenture and other players in the market of IT consulting it expects the lack of hope for a speedy profit growth.

Adobe to Buy Neolane for $600 Million

Manufacturer graphics software Adobe Systems buys for $ 600 million company Neolane, specializing in the digital marketing.

In a Adobe statement, said that Neolane tools for managing and monitoring marketing campaigns to help Adobe clients pursue more Targeted advertising campaigns using a variety of channels such as internet, email, social networks, etc.

Neolane company is based in Paris, and after the closing of the transaction will be part of a unit Adobe Marketing Cloud, complementing previously purchased Adobe cloud assets such as Omniture.

Vodafone to buy Kabel Deutschland for $ 10 billion

At the European telecom market is maturing, another major deal. As it became known today, Vodafone UK has reached an agreement with the board of directors of the German Kabel Deutschland on buying the latest in 7.7 billion euros, or $ 10 billion. Kabel Deutschland - Europe's largest manufacturer of cables including fiber optic, television and others.

Vodafone has offered for Kabel Deutschland to 87 euros per share in cash, whereas the company's board said it would recommend that shareholders accept the deal. At the same time, Vodafone is facing a potential bidding war, as earlier in the Kabel Deutschland also claimed fund Liberty Global. Earlier last offered at 85 euros per share.

Sharp received from Qualcomm $ 60 million investment

Japan's Sharp today announced the receipt of an investment of $ 60 million from the U.S. Qualcomm. The statement said that the two companies are working to bring the mass production of a new generation of fuel-efficient and high-performance displays for mobile devices.

Qualcomm through its subsidiary Pixtronix start interacting with Sharp for the release of the displays based on the technology of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), in which the screen pixels are based on tiny mechanical zatvorkah, which open and close certain colors on the display. Potentially, this technology allows you to create faster displays, capable of quickly change the picture without moire and loss in quality. At the same time, the new technology promises to be a cost-effective, even though today the mass production of MEMS is not yet established.

"We are moving toward commercialization," - says Sharp spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama. According to her, the two companies are still in the research phase and has not yet announced a release date versions of commercial displays.

Logitech Acquires TT Design Labs

The Swiss manufacturer of computer mice and joysticks Logitech acquired the company TT Design Labs.

The latter was established through public funding Kickstarter project about two years ago, the founders of TT Design are Derek Tarnou and Zahra Tashakoinia.

Initially bought a company specialized in the production of iPhone-accessories. Its first product was TidyTilt - protective case, stand, magnetic holder and elegant cover in one. Note that when the company raised money at the beginning of the production TidyTilt, she managed to collect 2,000% more funds than initially needed.

Today, no Logitech, nor TT Design does not officially informed about the purchase and did not provide information about the conditions of absorption. However, sources in the Logitech say the company in the near future will begin to sell all of TT Design products under its own brand.

Oracle and Dell signed a massive partnership agreement

Dell announced on the eve of the expansion of partnerships with its corporate partner of Oracle. The two companies said Tuesday evening on a multi-year agreement to integrate each other's products.

It should be noted that the strategy of Dell's partnership with both hardware manufacturers and software developers have previously brought us the dividends related to the positioning of Dell as a supplier of complete solutions for the business cycle.

Thus, the earlier Dell signed a major partnership agreement with EMC, the world's largest manufacturer of storage systems.