Sony’s worst year ever: reports $5.7B annual loss for 2011

2011 was a dark year for electronics giant Sony: a slew of natural disasters, terrible TV business, and slow sales all around, pushed Sony to its worst annual earnings ever, with a loss of $5.7 billion for 2011.

On the …

EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic snares 1.3M subscribers

Electronic Arts said today that its critical online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, had 1.3 million active subscribers in the fourth-fiscal quarter ended March 31.

The video game giant announced the news as part of its quarter and year-end …

Jive still makes enterprise tech cool, reports Q4 earnings

Jive Software reported its first earnings as a public company today, and introduced a secret new product called “Project Thunder.”

In the fourth quarter of 2011, Jive increased its revenue by 53 percent over the same period last year, earning …

After a drop in profits, HTC forecasts cloudy quarter ahead

The next quarter will be tough-going for HTC as it tries to recover from its first big profit drop in two years.

HTC reported revenues of NT$101.42 billion (New Taiwanese dollars) for the fourth quarter, but the company projects revenues …

Amazon disappoints with dramatically lower profits for Q4

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is probably not a happy man today, with the company reporting disappointing fourth quarter 2011 earnings, including a dramatic 58 percent decline in net income.

Many analysts were unsure where Amazon would stand this past quarter …

Droid doesn’t: Motorola loses $80M in Q4, phone shipments down at 10.5M

Without any wildly successful Android devices this quarter, Motorola took a beating during the fourth quarter.

Motorola reported a loss of $80 million on revenue of $3.4 billion, compared to earnings of $80 million last year. The company’s mobile device …

AT&T activates 7.6M iPhones in Q4, but reports $6.7B net loss

AT&T saw its best wireless sales ever in the fourth quarter, but the aftermath of its failed T-Mobile acquisition was a big hit on profits.

The carrier reported a net loss of $6.7 billion on revenue of $32.5 billion (up …

Verizon reports strong Q4 with iPhone 4S, LTE leading the way

The massive success of the iPhone 4S, together with its next-generation LTE 4G network, helped Verizon see strong earnings of $0.52 a share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $28.4 billion.

Ultimately, though, the company reported a fourth quarter …

Samsung reports record quarterly profit, while HTC sees first big drop in two years

In the epic battle for smartphone dominance among Asian device makers, Samsung is on top with a record quarterly profit, while HTC faced a major blow in the holiday quarter.

Both companies reported their fourth quarter earnings today, but the …