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Software Bidding War Continues (QSFT, ORCL, VMW)

Quest Software Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) remains a premium takeout name in the world of software mergers and buyouts.  Bloomberg has reported that Insight Venture Partners has now topped a $25.50 per share buyout offer…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Twitter Sets Video Alliance With WSJ And TIME

Twitter has set a group of alliances to make the use of video on the micro-blogging site more prevalent. It is not clear how this will make the company money. Critics still believe that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

TomTom and Apple Join Forces to Rule Map World

When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced it would launch its own map products, analysts wondered where the data would come from. The question was answered today when the world’s most valuable company set a partnership…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Android Activations Hit 900,000 A Day

Andy Rubin, one of Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) senior engineers, claimed in a tweet that over 900,000 Android devices are activated each day. He did not mention the source of his comments. Android currently has…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Facebook: The Hacker’s Holy Grail

courtesy Facebook Inc.Now that hackers have broken into eHarmony’s database, the game system of Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation network, Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Gmail system in China, and several U.S. government and major corporate websites, the only…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

A Facebook App Store

The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App store, and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) for Android face new competition. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has opened an app store of its own. Most of the software available at the Facebook…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Window 8 Preview Hits

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) released it preview edition of Windows 8, putting the world’s largest software company closer to launching what will be its most important product for the next two years. New launches of…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Microsoft To Sell 350 Million Windows 7 Devices

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer claims that 350 million Windows 7 enabled devices will ship this year. According to Bloomberg, Ballmer claims,  “It makes Windows the most popular single system.” Compared to what,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

When Apple Drops Over $100 From Highs… What Happens Next

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a phenomenal growth story.  It is the ultimate turnaround story of mega-proportions.  The stock is also up 32% so far in 2012.  The problem is something else… Apple…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Even AMD Sees Better PC Demand

What happens when even Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) predicts that the personal computer market is improving this year and also in 2013?  Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) recently reiterated its same guidance last…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago