To put their finger on America’s pulse, pollsters are increasingly looking online. But while Internet polling is great for certain topics, it’s not yet ideal for others, say people who follow the polling field. “I’m excited about the possibility of Internet surveys, but I just don’t think they’re there yet,” said Charles Franklin, who directs the Marquette Law School Poll. The Wisconsin law school runs six to 14 polls a year, the most extensive
Facing questions about slowing growth, LinkedIn late Thursday reported decelerating first-quarter profit and sales gains and gave full-year 2014 revenue guidance below Wall Street estimates. LinkedIn (LNKD) reported Q1 revenue of $473 million, above estimates of $466.6 million and up 46% from the year-earlier period. But that marks the slowest sales growth in more than four years. The social networking site for professionals reported earnings per
Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), two emerging technologies, could help improve the bottom line for telecom companies and other network providers, as competition rises among Huawei Technologies, Cisco Systems and other sellers of those services. That’s the upshot of a recent survey, by research firm Current Analysis, of more than 60 service providers. Most say they expect that making SDN and NFV