This document summarizes recent technology news from April 25th, 2012. It reports that Apple profit rose 94% on strong iPhone sales globally. It also reports that IBM boosted its stock buyback plan by $7 billion and raised its dividend. Additionally, it mentions that AT&T profit beat estimates due to increased wireless spending. The document also provides brief summaries of news regarding Google Drive, Facebook's recent acquisitions and IPO timing, Oracle confronting Google about Java, and more technology headlines from that day.

1. Daily News
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Tech News
Apple Profit Rises 94% on Grow- IBM Boosts Stock Buyback by AT&T Profit Beats Estimates on
ing Global IPhone Demand $7 Billion, Raises Dividend Wireless Boost
Apple Inc. (AAPL) profit almost dou- International Business Machines AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone
bled last quarter, reflecting robust Corp. (IBM), the world’s biggest company, posted first-quarter earn-
demand for the iPhone in China and computer-services provider, ings that beat analysts’ estimates
purchases of a new version of the boosted its stock-buyback plan by after wireless subscribers spent more
Google Drive Goes for a Spin
iPad, allaying the growth concerns $7 billion and raised its dividend to on browsing the Web, downloading [HANDS-ON]
that sliced shares 12 percent in two return cash to shareholders as earn- video and sending e-mail.
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weeks. ings increase. Facebook deals may add a week
Groupon Is Said to Seek New Hewlett-Packard Appoints John to IPO timing Oracle confronts Google's
Schmidt about Java
Directors After Restatement Schultz as General Counsel Facebook recently agreed to buy
Google to Sell Android Phones
Groupon Inc. (GRPN) is seeking to Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) said it photo-sharing start-up Instagram for Online Again After Flop
hire at least two new directors to its promoted John Schultz to executive about $1 billion and on Monday the
Hey, Tim Cook: Remember
board as it attempts to regain inves- vice president and general counsel, company said it would pay $550 mil- When People Said The iPhone
tor confidence following a restate- permanently filling a job vacated lion for hundreds of patents from Would Fail Because It Did Too
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ment of revenue last month, two when the company’s top lawyer Microsoft Corp. The deals came
people familiar with the matter said. weeks before Facebook was ex-
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Testing News
U.S. eyes broader cyber-threat pact with companies
Testuff Software Management Suite Selected to Replace IBM's Solution on Colleges
Veracode Study of Software Related Cybersecurity Risks in Public Companies Finds that Majority of Applications Are a Risk
Satyam, TechMa in pact with CA Tech
Bourses give go-ahead to Satyam-TechM merger
Testing Blogs
Blog Name: QA Hates You
Blog Author: Brian J. Noggle
Sample post: Important Lessons from the Titanic Blog url: http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/
I realize I’m a little late to the annual celebration of a maritime disaster, but back when it was timely last week, Popular
Mechanics did a piece called Why We’re Still Learning the Lessons of Titanic about how even the most up-to-date engi-
neering can fail catastrophically. A taste:
In one respect, little has changed. As the recent loss of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia demonstrates, bad decision
making can overcome even robust engineering. Virtually all man-made disasters—including the Three Mile Island nuclear acci-
dent, the space shuttle Challenger explosion, and the BP oil spill—can be traced to the same human failings that doomed Ti-
tanic. After 100 years, we must still remember—and, too often, relearn—the grim lessons of that night.
No disaster is a single event. Complex systems rarely fail without warning. Instead, accidents are the product of decisions
made over hours, days, and sometimes years. Those choices are shaped both by the culture of the organization—whether it’s
NASA or the White Star Line, which owned Titanic—and by outside pressures.
When you’re mapping out, building, and testing applications, remember the human failure element. Remember the peril
of the badmins. And when you’re doing your risk analysis about whether critical-but-unlikely bugs need to be fixed or
what extreme conditions you should test for, you and everyone else needs to remember that unlikely is not impossible,
but catastrophic is always catastrophic.
Testing video: Crowd Source Testing, Mozilla Community Style
Editor’s Pick: Coming Soon: Planet Earth, Live-Streamed from Space [VIDEO]
Condensed Wisdom:
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods
~ C.S. Lewis