Linked List: July 27, 2012

Friday, 27 July 2012

JIRA Mobile Connect 

My thanks to Atlassian for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote JIRA Mobile Connect, their free open source library for mobile app developers for collecting feedback and communicating with users. JIRA Mobile Connect makes getting feedback from users in iOS apps as easy as texting.

You, the developer, get in-app messaging and automated crash reporting. Users can send feedback, attach audio notes or annotated screenshots, and view your responses within your app. It’s direct engagement with your users.

Check out the short video on their website to learn more and see how it works. Download the free JIRA Mobile Connect SDK today.

Correction on Amazon’s Quarterly Profit 

Speaking of quarterly profits, my earlier piece on Amazon’s Q3 profit was wrong; I was bamboozled by Tim Carmody’s reporting of their operating profit ($107 million), as opposed to net profit, which was just $7 million.

Not to worry, though. That still compares well to Apple’s $4 million in (per hour) profit for the same quarter.

Samsung Reports Record Quarterly Profit: $4.6 Billion 

Shameless but smart.

Update: The $5.9 billion figure I originally mentioned is also operating profit, not net profit. Samsung’s net profit was a still-juicy $4.6 billion.

Google Admits It Did Not Delete Street View Data 

Reuters:

Google Inc said on Friday it had not kept its promise to delete all the personal data, such as emails, its Street View cars collected in Britain and other countries in 2010.

Shocker.

Apple to Buy Fingerprint Sensor Maker AuthenTec for $356 Million 

There goes three-and-half days of Apple’s profit.

Amazon Q3 Results 

Tim Carmody, The Verge:

On Thursday, Amazon reported an operating profit of $107 million on $12.83 billion in net sales. Last quarter, the company bagged $192 million on sales of $13.18 billion; a year ago (also a useful comparison, since retail sales are seasonal), it earned $201 million on sales of $9.91 billion. So even though it sold slightly less in the quarter, year-over-year, Amazon continues to grow like gangbusters: 29%, according to the official release.

$107 million in profit for the quarter. That compares well to Apple’s $97 million in profit (per day) for the same quarter.

Update: $107 million was Amazon’s operating profit, not their net profit. See this correction for an accurate comparison to Apple.