Gallup has released results of a poll about the attitude of the Chinese toward pollution. Experts have long believed that the People’s Republic cares little about clean water or air when those are…
Douglas A. McIntyre A rate cut in China prompts some economists to worry that May economic data will be weak. (Reuters) In the wake of its ratings downgrade by Fitch, Angela Merkel says that the…
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…
Douglas A. McIntyre Curiosity about the latest update to the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reaching a heightened level following the posting of a video today at TheVerge, purporting to show the rear…
Paul Ausick Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) already has the iPhone for its namesake brand. Now we have word that its Virgin Mobile USA is following the lead of Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) best hope to keep from losing substantial market share to Samsung in the United States is to block the distribution of the South Korean firm’s new Galaxy S III. The Samsung…
LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) and eHarmony suffer data breaches that allow millions of passwords to be released. (Reuters) Janet Yellen of the Fed argues a slow economy may prompt more easing by the…
Growth in mobile phone shipments this year is expected to be about 4%, the lowest growth rate since 2009. That’s according to the latest global mobile phone tracking data from IDC. Total…
Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa funds have distributed nearly 12 million shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to shareholders of two of the funds, according to a filing yesterday with…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has launched a line of inexpensive touchscreen phones, perhaps to offset its failure in the high end of the smartphone market. Tens of millions of people around the world…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Anyone hoping for a paper stock certificate to show off as a souvenir of ownership in Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is going to be disappointed. The company has indicated through…
Paul Ausick Yesterday’s announcement from Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) that the company would its own content delivery network (CDN) based on the Open Connect standard. White-box provider Intequus will build the servers which will…
The G7 will hold emergency talks about the eurozone, with special consideration of Spain. (Reuters) A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that few Facebook users buy goods and services because of advertising and “likes,” and…
Technology and consumer electronics often face what is called a refresh cycle. These generate large pops and catalysts for the makers, but ahead of a refresh cycle you generally see a slowdown…
Since its introduction just over two years ago, the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has either been the only tablet device on the market or the biggest seller by a very…
