| Humble Bundle expands to Android with World of Goo, Anomaly and more Jan 31st 2012, 20:47 The choose-your-own-price Humble Bundle has proven to be a runaway success on desktop platforms -- helping fund indie developers and causes like Child's Play and the EFF alike -- and it's now finally taken the plunge onto mobile devices. That move was kicked off today with the Humble Bundle for Android, which includes the games Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE. Those three are available for any price you choose, but you'll also get World of Goo thrown in if you pay more than the average price (just over $5 as of this writing). As always, you can also choose how you'd like your contribution split between developers and charity (and the Humble organization itself), and you'll even get access the Windows, Mac and Linux versions of the same games as an added bonus. Hit the source link below to get started, or head on past the break for a video if you need any more convincing. We should also note that the Android games are offered as direct downloads, not through the Android Market; installations instructions are provided following your purchase. Continue reading Humble Bundle expands to Android with World of Goo, Anomaly and more Humble Bundle expands to Android with World of Goo, Anomaly and more originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  Joystiq |  Humble Bundle | Email this | Comments | | Amazon announces Q4 2011 results: sales jump to $17.43 billion, but profits drop 58 percent Jan 31st 2012, 20:26  Amazon's just announced its Q4 earnings, and it's a bit of a mixed bag. While net sales were up 35 percent year-over-year to $17.43 billion, net income dropped a hefty 58 percent to $177 million, or 38 cents a share -- that's off analysts' expectations, who were looking for sales in the neighborhood of $18.3 billion and earnings of 17 cents a share. As always, the company is remaining mum on any specific Kindle sales figures, but it says that sales of all Kindle devices nearly tripled over the holiday shopping season, and that the Kindle Fire remains the bestselling item across all of the products it offers. Of course, the loss it's taking on each one is also one of the big reasons for that drop in profits. Specific figures are equally hard to come by for some of Amazon's other services, but the company says the number of Appstore for Android customers has nearly tripled from the previous quarter (with them downloading more apps in Q4 than all of the previous quarters combined), and that the number of Instant Video customers has more than doubled year-over-year (with the number of streams increasing 300 percent from the previous quarter).
Developing... Continue reading Amazon announces Q4 2011 results: sales jump to $17.43 billion, but profits drop 58 percent Amazon announces Q4 2011 results: sales jump to $17.43 billion, but profits drop 58 percent originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Amazon | Email this | Comments | | Toshiba announces Q3 earnings: revenues down, posts $139 million loss Jan 31st 2012, 19:59 The economy may be starting to look up, but that doesn't mean the suffering is over. Toshiba is just the latest company to announce that it had a rough quarter to close out the calendar year 2011. The quarter ending December 31st of 2011, saw the company pull in $18.5 billion in revenue -- nine percent less than it did over the same time period last year. What's worse, is that even with all that cash flowing in, the Japanese electronics giant still lost $136 million during the fiscal third quarter of 2011. Practically every segment of the company saw sales decrease, including appliances, TVs and electronic devices, contributing to the poor performance. Toshiba has also revised its forecast for Q4, cutting projected earnings in half, but not going as far as to predict a loss. Check out the source link for full details. Toshiba announces Q3 earnings: revenues down, posts $139 million loss originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Toshiba | Email this | Comments | |
