Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is having more than its share of free press from the World Wide Developers Conference this week. The big new push here seems to be on revamping the…
Walt Mossberg, the tech columnist of The Wall Street Journal, made a good point recently. Smartphones like the Apple (AAPL)iPhone are not phones at all. They are miniature portable computers. Suddenly, there…
The debut of the new Microsoft (MSFT) search technology Bing was greeted by mostly positive reviews. The only legitimate complaint about the launch is that the world’s largest software company announced the…
Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) plans to flank the AT&T (T) Apple (AAPL) iPhone marketing plan by any means available. It will launch versions of the Palm (PALM) Pre, which has to be a…
Micro-blogging platform Twitter has 32 million users, which is an increase from about 2 million a year ago, according to research mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. Some Internet measurement services show…
Reuters: Congress passed a bill to put restrictions on credit card companies. Reuters: The Fed mulled increasing securities during its April meeting. Reuters: Geithner said the US was making progress fighting the…
The inadequacy of 3G networks to carry data and video for large numbers of handsets simultaneously is hurting the performance of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. The problem only starts there. The weakness…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street this Thursday morning: American Superconductor (AMSC) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. AT&T (T) Cut to…
Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) are in a race to see whether the growth in their cellular and broadband businesses can accelerate faster than their residential landline businesses are shrinking. The fate…
Sprint (S) keeps getting smaller and smaller and its two larger competitors Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) and AT&T (T) keep getting larger. For the most recent quarter, Sprint’s revenue fell 12% to $8.2…
Yesterday, there were a number of rumors in the press that Verizon Wireless (VZ) (VOD) was talking with Apple (AAPL) to get a franchise to sell the iPhone after AT&T’s (T) exclusivity…
According to Reuters, world health officials are fighting to contain the new flu. Reuters reports that the government may be pressing Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) to raise more money.…
Verizon (VZ) posted modest results for the first quarter of the year. Taking out the effects of its buy-out of Alltel, revenue rose 3.3%. With Alltel factored in Verizon’s total operating revenues…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults. Reuters reports that VW may overtake Toyota (TM) as the No.1 car…
The deal under which AT&T (T) is the exclusive cellular carrier with rights to sell the Apple (AAPL) iPhones in the US will expire soon. The phone company believes that the partnership is…
