Splunk is still a high-growth technology company, but its latest earnings left some investors wanting more. Shares of the enterprise software company slipped by more than 3% late Thursday, even after it reported first-quarter earnings that soundly beat analyst estimates. Splunk (SPLK) continues to cash in on helping companies sift through and examine increasing loads of information coming from mobile phones, PCs and other devices. The company’s
More than 6,000 developers attended the kickoff of the Google I/O 2015 conference in San Francisco on Thursday, getting updated on the search leader’s latest technological leaps. Google (GOOGL) introduced a new payments service, the latest update to its Android mobile operating system, a new virtual reality platform and more. Here’s a look at the opening announcements at the two-day show that ends Friday: Android Pay: Google rolled out Android
In the wake of Charter Communications’ $56 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable, will John Malone’s next M&A move be in Europe involving Liberty Global or will the media tycoon try his hand at rolling up companies that own or produce programming? With a sprawling media and pay-TV empire, the billionaire investor could go in either direction, though analysts doubt Malone aims to emulate Comcast (CMCSA), owner of NBCUniversal. As in the case of