Google and Microsoft Get Big Profit In 3 Months in 2013

Indobusiness - Two giant technology companies from the U.S. that Google and Microsoft managed to reap huge profits during the first quarter of 2013. Both companies increased earnings over the same period last year.

Google earnings in the first quarter 2013 reached U.S. $ 3.35 billion, or around Rp 31.8 trillion, up 16% from the same period a year earlier, boosted by advertising revenue.

While Microsoft makes a profit of U.S. $ 6 billion or around Rp 57 trillion in the first quarter of 2013. This profit rose 17% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Microsoft profit amid falling PC sales and Windows 8 programs during this period. Analysts said Microsoft profit boosted by revenue from corporate clients or companies.

"Microsoft has successfully made ​​the transition into a provider of enterprise software for corporations, and the results are good," said Fort Pitt Capital Analysis from Kim Caughey Forrest quoted by the BBC, Saturday (04/20/2013).

For Google profit, driven by online advertising revenue that led the company to reach U.S. $ 14 billion, or around Rp 133 trillion in the first 3 months in 2013.