As Americans become ever more dependent on the Internet for everything from business to social needs, the top Internet companies continue their march to stay number one in their respective fields. The…
courtesy of Google Inc.Tech giant Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced the launch of the Google Wallet Card, a prepaid debit card. The new card will allow users to make purchases in…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5S has barely been on the market for two months, and the speculation about the features and price of the iPhone 6…
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has shot itself in the foot over losing so much ground in the smartphone wars. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has taken over market share, and Apple Inc.…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Various reports claim that Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) has hired consulting firm Bain & Co. to find cost cuts at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which may total $100 million annually.…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) calls the six new stores it has opened to demonstrate its consumer products “Winter Wonderlab.” It is a shame the search company will only have…
ThinkstockVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew nearly 165 million unique U.S. viewers in October. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) clocked in with more than 70 million unique viewers,…
ThinkstockMore and more Americans are storing their music, video, pictures and data in the cloud through various public cloud providers. For many of the companies that provide this service, it is not…
ThinkstockFor those who believe that Samsung has beaten Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) handily in the global smartphone war, now there is more evidence that is so. Outside whatever court battles the two…
ThinkstockBig data is starting to dominate how big business is done. Major corporations around the world are extracting everything from consumers’ changing tastes to spending habits. The companies that can supply big…
ThinkstockThe need for speed, whether wireline or wireless, continues to drive the direction of most of the top companies in the Robert Baird Communication Services and Technology coverage universe. The quality of…
courtesy of SamsungApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has enjoyed a huge success with the iPhone variations to date. Apple still has the world’s most valuable company status, but there is a problem rising…
ThinkstockFor the most part, earnings from the big technology companies came in at or above Wall Street expectations. Some clear trends have started to emerge as mega cap tech stocks that focus…
courtesy of NokiaThis month was hardly a good one for any company, other than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, to release a new tablet. There is a blizzard of new products. And,…
The much-anticipated Twitter initial public offering was as much as 30 times oversubscribed, and the shares opened at $45.10, well above the $26 IPO price. Also, institutional investors snapped up most of…
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