Workday late Monday posted fiscal Q3 earnings that soundly beat estimates, as did its Q4 sales outlook, as the software maker continues to challenge Oracle and SAP. The company’s revenue outlook for the current quarter was also ahead of Wall Street views. Workday (WDAY) stock was up 8.5% in after-hours trading Monday, after its earnings release, and is up 34% this year through Monday’s regular session. The company makes human resources and
As the holidays draw near, the inevitable pondering of “What can I get them?” is at hand. There’s no way that you can go wrong by gifting cool technology. Here are a few suggestions. Every kid (and most adults) loves robots. There are many robot-building kits on the market, but perhaps the best is still the Lego Mindstorms, now in the just-introduced Evo 3 version. The new version of Mindstorms, at $349, is a bit expensive for a toy, but not for
Microsoft’s Xbox One went on sale Friday, kicking off what could be the last major upgrade cycle for the living-room video game console. Microsoft’s (MSFT) third-generation game machine comes eight years after the release of its previous console, the Xbox 360. It joins two other next-generation game consoles already on the market. On Nov. 15, Sony (SNE) launched its rival PlayStation 4 game console, which came seven years after its last console,