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Analysts and pundits regularly state that Apple “needs” to use some of its growing cash pile on major acquisitions. Yahoo recently spent $1.1 billion to …
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Why disappointed Netflix investors are missing the point
Shares of Netflix predictably tanked earlier this week when the company posted disappointing subscriber growth numbers, since many investors had been looking at the company …
Google, FTC officially settle Motorola patent spat
Google hasn’t had much to show for its acquisition of Motorola and the Federal Trade Commission is making sure it stays that way. The FTC …
Congressional vote set to curb NSA spying powers
The public backlash against the National Security Agency’s broad spying powers has apparently been greater than many in Washington had anticipated. The Guardian reports that …
Facebook may have finally figured out how to monetize its mobile users
Facebook reported its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, crushing Wall Street’s expectations with revenue of $1.81 billion. The social networking giant now has 699 million …
Exec responsible for the PlayBook quits BlackBerry
The mass exodus of BlackBerry executives continues. According to The Wall Street Journal, David J. Smith, the executive who led the team that created the failed …
Despite Surface debacle, Microsoft is far from ‘doomed’
We now know that Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet will go down as one of the biggest consumer electronics bombs of the past year, perhaps second …
Apple’s Q4 guidance may imply September device launches
Apple CEO Tim Cook and his supporting cast of executives have said on several occasions that the company has several exciting new products in the …
How to stop Google from spamming your Gmail inbox with ads
Earlier this week, Google adopted a new strategy and is now placing targeted advertisements in the inboxes of Gmail users. The company is rolling out a redesign …
SSR sees signs that Apple’s business model is ‘beginning to come apart’
Apple scored a small but much-needed victory on Tuesday when it posted fiscal third-quarter results that beat analysts’ consensus, sending the stock soaring as much …
Apple’s ‘fall’ is its rebirth
Apple’s earnings on Tuesday night weren’t as bad as many were expecting, and neither was its fiscal fourth-quarter guidance. With expectations having come down drastically …
Nokia Lumia 1020 review
Reviewing Nokia phones hasn’t been easy over the past two years. It’s not that the company’s phones were bad or overly complex in some way, …
China Mobile really has Apple over the barrel
Apple reported revenue and earnings numbers that were solid and its iPhone sales volume that was actually 4 million to 5 million units above Wall Street …
Apple is still the most profitable consumer electronics company in the world [updated]
In the second calendar quarter this year, Apple retained its long-standing title of most profitable consumer electronics company in the world. Earlier this month, Samsung posted …
Apple posts Q3 results: Earnings beat estimates at $7.47 per share on $35B in sales
Apple shares closed above $600 on July 23rd last year and then fell sharply on the 24th when Apple posted a huge earnings miss for …
AT&T meets expectations with $0.67 EPS in Q2 2013 earnings
It’s been a curious quarter for AT&T because it’s actually had to respond to competitive pressure from T-Mobile, the underdog carrier whose “UNcarrier” initiative at …
Why BlackBerry needs an entry-level BB10 phone so desperately
It’s pretty interesting that 3% of BlackBerry users globally are Nigerian. But it’s downright shocking that more than 18% of BlackBerry’s entire worldwide subscriber base resides in …
Samsung smartphone sales are now absolutely crushing Apple
Apple doesn’t report its most recent iPhone sales numbers until Tuesday afternoon but according to newly released estimates, Samsung smartphone sales absolutely crushed Apple’s iPhone in …
Small Utah-based ISP forced to install black box that allowed feds to spy
Pete Ashdown, the CEO of small Utah ISP XMission, says that in 2010 he received a Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA) warrant that allowed the …
Google estimated to account for 25% of North American Internet traffic
Surfing the web without using at least one Google service is a lot harder than it used to be. Wired reports on new research from …
Google is now spamming Gmail inboxes with targeted ads
Google has started rolling out its new Gmail interface to millions of users. In what appears to be an effort to increase revenue, the company …
Tension runs high as Netflix reports on subscriber growth
This afternoon, Netflix will report its spring quarter numbers and investors are on edge. Netflix’s share price has soared from $53 to $263 in one …
The ‘irrelevance of Microsoft’ illustrated in a single chart
Microsoft has long been the leader when it comes to personal computing, but the advent of mobile marked a major paradigm shift that Microsoft still …
Google buys 6.3% stake in Google Glass display maker
Google has invested in a Taiwanese semiconductor firm that produces liquid crystal on silicon chips used in devices such as Google Glass. Reuters reports that the …
HTC reorganizes U.S. operations as sales sink
HTC’s profit plummeted about 83% in the second quarter despite the successful launch of the flagship HTC One, and now the struggling Taiwan-based smartphone maker …
Major crackdown planned for tech’s biggest alleged tax dodgers
Many governments are getting fed up with major tech companies dodging taxes and now it seems that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) …
Apple reportedly buys Canadian mapping startup in latest bid to salvage iOS Maps
A new report claims that Apple has acquired a local data startup as part of its latest effort to improve its Maps application on the …
The good news for Microsoft: Its enterprise business is humming along
Lost in all the headlines about Microsoft’s epic Surface RT debacle is the fact that its enterprise business is in terrific shape. Computerworld notes that …
Google+ still a ghost town, getting beat by LinkedIn for social sharing
Plenty of people have Google+ accounts, but do many people actually use them for being social? Marketing Land reports that online brand management firm Gigya …
WSJ: Apple, Samsung still trying to hash out patent differences outside of court
Like a lot of us, Apple and Samsung are tired of their never-ending patent war, but apparently not tired enough to come to an out-of-court …
