courtesy of Google Inc.Apps downloads for the month of February show that the Google Play store from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) gained another point of market share in the two-company battle with…
Google is desperate to get businesses to use its apps. It has gone to a great length to add customers. Under a new plan, it will pay $15 to people who refer…
ThinkstockShares of Himax Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) are on a tear Monday, up more than 10% and setting a new 52-week high in the process. And share volume is nearly double the…
On its official enterprise blog site, Google announced Monday that it is kicking off a new referral program for its online office and productivity programs, Google Apps. Current users can receive $15…
Public interest advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint on Thursday with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposing the recent $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp by…
Microsoft Windows 8.1, which is not supposed to be available until later this year, can be downloaded now, if PC owners know a very few tricks. It is unusual that such an…
Intel has made the latest move in wearables by reportedly acquiring smartwatch maker Basis Science. The details were not revealed, but it is believed to have cost Intel between $100 million and…
In a new report, the telecom service analysts at Cowen highlighted three stocks likely to benefit in the huge broadband and fiber infrastructure build-out that is underway.
Facebook is reportedly in discussions to acquire start-up drone maker Titan Aerospace. Facebook would use the drones to provide Internet access to areas of the world that are currently not connected.
Consumer electronics companies sold 195 million tablets last year. Unfortunately for Apple, which virtually invented the category, the share its iOS had of the global market dropped. Apple is desperate for the…
Wikimedia CommonsAmong the thousand of products and services Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) offers free to users, it would be hard to imagine a new one, or, at least one which could draw a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Ferrari SpASmart cars are the next “next big thing,” and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to dominate the space just as it has dominated MP3 players, smartphones, and tablets. At the Geneva…
A regional court in Mannheim, Germany, dismissed a $2 billion claim against Apple made by IPCom, a Germany-based patent-owning company. The dismissal was made without comments.
Some experts believe the S&P 500 has risen too much, because the increase has little support from the general economy and corporate earnings. A sudden weakness of a few large cap stocks…
Wikimedia CommonsWe’re about to see another change near the top of the rankings of the most valuable publicly traded U.S. companies. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) looks secure for a while at number…
