Research firm Nielsen reports that 49.7% of US mobile phone subscribers owned smartphones at the end of February. In February of 2011, that number was just 36%. The leading operating systems vendors…
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the closing bell on Thursday afternoon. The troubled smartphone maker has seen its estimates tempered consistently and the only real hope we…
The heads of the BRIC nations say the pace of IMF-led reforms concerns them. (Reuters) Facebook cuts trading of its stock in the secondary markets. (Reuters) The board of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS)…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) even feels immune to insiders cashing out stock worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The stock is up on a down day for the broader market and that…
Jon C. Ogg The race for the $1,000 share price is still underway, but one call on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) almost sounds as though Apple-mania is in full swing. Shares hit a new all-time…
Jon C. Ogg Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) lost half its market share in China last year, falling from 42% share in the first quarter to about 20% in the fourth quarter. The company wants to…
Speculation continues to grow that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a tablet device later this year and join the gaggle of competitors chasing the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The…
A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama has handled the gasoline crisis. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will offer refunds for iPads sold in Australia as…
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media Inc. filed its Form S-1 with the SEC in early January with a suggested price range of $11-$13/share. The company filed an amended S-1 today, lifting the…
The enormously popular Angry Birds game released a new version last week, called Angry Birds Space, and so far consumers have downloaded some 10 million copies of the game, which is available…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) will roll out new applications for its Xbox 360 platform today, including one for the Xfinity video-on-demand platform from Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), another for HBO Go from…
NokiaNokia’s (NYSE: NOK) new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 900, will not carry a premium price in the U.S. The smartphone’s retail price will be as low as $99.99 and AT&T (NYSE: T) will…
German consumer activity is being undermined by high gasoline prices. That is the conclusion of Germany’s premier economic survey firm GfK Group. The firm published its comments in its “Consumer Climate Study for Germany…
Douglas A. McIntyre Increasing numbers of mutual funds have performances tied to huge investments in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is in China to address production labor problems. (Reuters) The European Union…
Even while admitting that its sample was biased toward younger, more tech-savvy consumers, Baird Equity Research demonstrates yet again what a juggernaut Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Forbes reports that in an on-line…
Paul Ausick 