JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsBillionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn has most recently been known for his ant-Dell stance in the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) transaction, and he has been known for his…
Courtesy ZTE Corp.Chinese mobile device maker ZTE Corp. is about to launch its ZTE One smartphone in the United States and the United Kingdom. The device will sell for $80 in the…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsArtist Andy Warhol once said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Elon Musk has had that 15 minutes and then some. However, it is time…
With stocks within a few percentage points of all-time highs and with the stocks in a confirmed bull market, we wanted to consider the effect of stock splits in a time when market…
Courtesy BlackBerry To call the reaction to BlackBerry Ltd.’s (NASDAQ: BBRY) admission that it exploring strategic alternatives “muted” is probably to understate the case. Investors can’t bring themselves to believe that anyone…
AppleIf you have an iPhone5 and upgraded from a prior iPhone4 or iPhone4s, chances are high that you have had some frustrations over how fast the battery drains. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Jon C. Ogg JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsA rumor from tech site All Things D that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will release new versions of its iPhone on September 10 has spread around to news and…
Courtesy BlackBerryThe rise and fall of Research In Motion, now BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), has been a monumental one. Imagine having the best products craved by everyone to the point that your…
ThinkstockLost in the frenzy of news coverage about the purchase of the Washington Post Company’s (NYSE: WPO) flagship by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos is whether Amazon itself is doing…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in June 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. market. Compared with…
Stock splits have long been cheered by the investing community. After all, this gives retail investors the chance to get back in a stock at a more reasonable share price. You may…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsOn the day that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) came public last year, more than 580 million shares of the company’s stock changed hands. No other trading day since…
thinkstockWhere you come down in the current debate (war?) over which industry will control the living room TV set depends largely on whether you believe that entertainment is a top-down or a…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), its stock and brand in trouble, continues to try to do whatever it can to keep its customers happy. The company says that some “counterfeit…
Douglas A. McIntyre Courtesy BlackBerryOn the face of it, BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBBY) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are in equally bad shape, having been marginalized by Samsung, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and a small…
