Nintendo posts first annual financial loss as casual gaming continues to shift to Apple and iPhone

Nintendo recently posted their full-year financial results, which included their first operating loss amounting to a deficit of $458 million. Over the whole year, Nintendo sold 13.5 million 3DS portable systems worldwide; to put that in perspective, Apple sold about 9 million iPhones in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2012 alone.

baa samoyed kenny powers kenny powers carl hagelin triple play virginia tech shooting

Stellar Q2 2012 highlights why Apple is a must-own tech stock

Apple'S Q2 2012 results weren't quite as strong as last quarter?s (the holiday period), but year-over-year it was another set of records for Apple.

warren hellman survivor south pacific survivor south pacific house of wax patrick willis team america snow day

Vinny Guadagnino on Pregnant Snooki: She's Super-Human!

Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino admits Snooki's pregnancy is not something he saw coming ... and he was shocked ... but hey, he's not about to bash the girl.

“I didn’t expect it. But, obviously, I’m not going to hate. This is real-life stuff,” he said.

Vinny, who is busy promoting his new book, Control The Crazy: My Plan to Stop Stressing, Avoid Drama and Maintain Inner Cool, also praised his 24-year-old roommate’s “super-human” ability to anything ... or anyone. Just kidding.

In all honestly, she thinks Snooki will be a great mom.

“She can do extraordinary things,” he said. “In a partying way, she can drink more than anyone I’ve ever met; she can stay up for longer periods of time. She’s super-human. If she applies that to her parenting, she’ll actually be a good mom.”

“She’s like a human I’ve never encountered before,” he added.

That's high praise ... mostly. We think.

Meanwhile, Vinny is also opening up about his battle with chronic anxiety and depression, which caused him to briefly leave Jersey Shore during Season 5.

“I have generalized anxiety disorder,” he told Celebuzz. “It can be a panic attack. But what really bothers me, like you saw on the TV show, is, it can put me in a funk. It kind of disconnects me from everything around me."

"It’s just like a general depressed feeling.”

Exacerbating those feelings, Vinny Guadagnino says, was the Jersey Shore house’s party atmosphere, which he defends as more stressful than one thinks.

“People who might say, ‘Oh, all you do is party and have fun; how can that make you anxious?’ don’t get it,” he said. “We’re kind of stuck in a little bubble."

"You don’t want to be stuck when you have anxiety. You want to have your friends and family around. You don’t want to be on camera 24 hours a day.”

“You start to feel inadequate,” he continued. “Everybody else is having a good time and you’re like, ‘Damn. What’s wrong with me?’ It makes it worse."

"I made it through four seasons fine, so I was more upset with myself.”

Vin, of course, wasn’t the only cast member to battle personal issues. The Situation was in rehab for prescription drugs - which Vin never saw coming.

“He was just being Mike,” he said. “I had no idea - honestly. That’s his personality. I never say anything bad about him.”

juan pablo montoya crash chardon high school shooting mark martin cleveland news daytona race the cutting edge fox 8 news

Oppo teases 6.65mm-thick smartphone, about to steal 'world's thinnest' title from Huawei

China-based Poop Oppo is back again with yet another smartphone, only this time there's no pretty girl teasing Mr. DiCaprio. Instead, what we have here is an exclusive leak that shows off a 6.65mm-thick device -- just 0.03mm thinner than the Ascend P1 S from local rival Huawei. In other words, if all goes well then Oppo will have us the world's slimmest smartphone. Details are scarce at the moment, but judging by the above picture this phone will come with a metallic bezel of some sort, along with three capacitive buttons and a three-pin contact for dock connection. Obviously, stay tuned for more deets.

Oppo teases 6.65mm-thick smartphone, about to steal 'world's thinnest' title from Huawei originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Engadget China  | Email this | Comments

power ball april fools pranks livan hernandez soledad o brien mega ball lottery winner lottery numbers

iHome intros iDM5 Executive workstation for tablets / smartphones, priced at $130

We've seen iHome launch a multitude of sleek and useful peripherals aimed at the army of slabs out there, and its newest creation isn't an exception. Dubbed the iDM5 Executive, this workstation's designed to make typing on one of those iPads or Tabs a whole lot easier by giving you access to a full set of physical QWERTY keys. Aside from the keyboard, the iDM5's also packing Bluetooth capabilities alongside a 3.5mm audio jack, so despite the "i" shining from the outfit's name, the add-on isn't exclusive to iOS devices. Furthermore, iHome added two USB ports, allowing you to keep the juice flowing on your smartphone / tablet while getting some "work" done. The iDM5 is priced at a hefty $129.99 and you can snatch it up from the iHome site linked below.

Gallery: iHome iDM5 Executive workstation press shots

Continue reading iHome intros iDM5 Executive workstation for tablets / smartphones, priced at $130

iHome intros iDM5 Executive workstation for tablets / smartphones, priced at $130 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  iHome  | Email this | Comments

big ten tournament 2012 dennis quaid bruce weber fired notorious big biggie smalls lyrics azores emmylou harris

Facebook paying Microsoft $550 million for 650 patents, Ballmer clicks 'like'

Microsoft has agreed to sell on around 650 patents to Facebook in a deal worth $550 million. The Haüs of Zuckerberg will stump up the cash in exchange for various social networking patents that were registered by AOL (disclaimer: Engadget's parent company) and sold to Redmond for $1 billion a fortnight ago. Microsoft will hold onto the remaining 275 in its portfolio and cross-license those that it's sold on, but not the 300 patents that AOL licensed but kept hold of. The social network will likely utilize the portfolio to better defend itself from litigation like the lawsuit brought by Yahoo back in March. If you're interested in reading the phrase "protect Facebook's interests over the long term," then head past the break for the official word from the men who invented poking.

Continue reading Facebook paying Microsoft $550 million for 650 patents, Ballmer clicks 'like'

Facebook paying Microsoft $550 million for 650 patents, Ballmer clicks 'like' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink AllThingsD  |   | Email this | Comments

howard stern free shipping day free shipping day golden globe nominations 2012 war in iraq war in iraq government shutdown

If You Want To Make Money Investing, Mull Over Buying Penny Stocks

---

Almost everybody has heard about the stock market?s struggles in the past several years and now the recovery that has taken place. ?But if you are not a professional trader or you do not have your money invested with a money manger, it could be difficult to know how to invest. ?The great thing is that you could do an abundance of research online and learn all about investing. ?Most investing literature could tell you to take greater risks when you are young and to diversify your portfolio in order to cut back your overall risk. ?

Whereas it is very smart to obey most of the time honored investing principles that you could learn about, there are other types of investments that you could want to consider. ?While learning to invest, you could begin with investing in penny stocks and go from there. ?Penny stocks could be fun to buy because they can bring big returns (but also can lose a tremendous deal as well). ?They likely carry greater risk than typical investments, but the rewards can also be much higher.

You may not know what penny stocks are, but they are frequently characterized as stocks that trade under $1 and are not listed on the major stock exchanges. ?Due to the fact that they are not listed on the bigger exchanges, they are also not regulated the same and this is why they are regarded to be much riskier investments. ?

Even though there is risk, you could invest a modest amount of money in these stocks merely to get your feet wet in investing. ?Penny stocks to watch could be found by merely doing a google search and looking through the many sites out there. ?Good luck with your investing if you do decide to?choose some penny stocks to buy.

petrino arkansas roy williams matt lauer divine mercy chaplet albert pujols the shining mariano rivera