Breaking Analysis: Color Labs - Downfall Due To Negative Press?
Channel: SiliconANGLE theCUBE
Date: 2012-10-18

3rd Quarter earnings reports are rolling in!  What are they revealing for Nokia and Verizon?  Here to provide his breaking analysis on the rise and fall of earnings and to provide some Valley perspective on Color is SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier. 

*# Nokia this morning published its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, posting almost three quarters of a billion dollar operating loss on nearly ten billion in net sales. What action does Nokia need to take to get out of this slump?

*# Do you believe Nokia's backing of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 operating system, which doesn't launch until October 29th is what has stalled sales?

*# Do you think the new Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 will be able to reverse the smartphone slide in the 4th quarter?


*# Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins helped us dive into all the specific details yesterday regarding the roll out of Windows 8 on the Surface, Xbox and the Desktop. The Surface is part of this new world that Nokia is playing in with regard to Windows Mobile 8 - but what does it mean for long-time partners of Microsoft like IBM, Dell, HP and others?

*# On the flipside Verizon is revelling in their 3rd quarter report. The wireless service provider has revealed their third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.  What can they attribute to their earnings success?

*# So let's turn to the Valley for a bit. Just about everybody seems to have an opinion on mobile photosharing startup Color. We talked briefly with Kristen Nicole earlier today that they didn't, in fact, shut down the company but are planning on selling to Apple. What do you think was the source of this misinformation and confusion?

*# You know the founders at Color and the culture of the Valley - what are the larger implications for tech startups?