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Media
Will the Smartwatch Kill Online Video?
courtesy of YouTubeOn the one side are the 187 million Americans who watched 48 billion pieces of online video content in July. On the other is the new generation of smartwatches, the…
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Technology
Americans Try to Disappear from Internet as Security Anxiety Grows
courtesy of AppleIn a movement that could hurt online ad and e-commerce sales, while adding to the personal privacy and security of many people who use the Internet, Americans have started to…
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Telecom & Wireless
Smartphone Sales to Top 1 Billion in 2013
Courtesy ZTE Corp.The worldwide market for mobile phones is expected to grow by 7.3% in 2013, and global shipments of smartphones is expected to pass the 1 billion unit mark in a…
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Telecom & Wireless
Microsoft Deal for Nokia Cannot Hurt Apple
courtesy of Nokia Corp.The primary speculation about Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) deal to buy Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) handset business is that it gives the huge software company a building block to…
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Telecom & Wireless
Microsoft + Nokia vs. Google + Motorola = Win for Ballmer
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has decided to buy the Nokia Inc. (NYSE: NOK) handset business for $7.17 billion, which is not much for a company with its balance sheet.…
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Telecom & Wireless
Google Exec Flees to China Phone Maker Xiaomi
courtesy of XiaomiLittle-known Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has just scored a major coup. The sixth largest smartphone maker has just announced that it has hired Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android vice president…
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Investing
Five Ways Hedge Funds Brace for a Stock Market Crash, and You Can Too
thinkstockInvestors almost always worry about a stock market crash, but when headwinds start to look stronger than the positive forces, they really start to worry that the rug can get yanked right…
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Media
As Facebook Faces Security Problem, It Becomes Ultimate Hack — Update
ThinkstockIn light of a “malicious external attack,” New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) says its nytimes.com has been offline since 3:30 p.m. EST. At this point, the site has been down for 90…
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Technology
Windows 8 Relaunch as 8.1 Is Set: How It Could Even Revive Interest in PCs
courtesy of MicrosoftAugust is often a slow time for technology and consumer spending, but the dying PC market may be about to see a resurrection. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has fixed many…
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Technology
Ballmer, the Last of Tech’s Old Guard, Departs
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsAndy Grove, one of the founders of Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and its greatest CEO has been gone since 1998. His company has fallen into deep decline as its…
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Telecom & Wireless
Xiaomi: Bigger Than BlackBerry, More Popular Than Apple
ThinkstockA look at the charts this morning shows that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has a market cap of just under $6 billion. A privately held smartphone maker just received an investment that values…
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Technology
Pandora Earnings Can’t Calm Fears of New Competitors
ThinkstockPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results after markets closed today. The Internet radio company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.04 on revenues of $162 million, which…
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Media
How Yahoo! Topped Google in Web Visitor Rankings
via Wikimedia CommonsAfter five years at the top of the heap, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has relinquished its top spot in comScore Inc.’s (NASDAQ: SCOR) ranking of the top 50 U.S. Web properties.…
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Retail
Elmore Leonard: Dying Improves Book Sales
ThinkstockSupposedly the works of many great painters do not reach their peak value until the artists are dead. In the case of Elmore Leonard, who sold millions of books when he was alive,…
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Consumer Electronics
What Samsung Must Do to Threaten Apple’s Grip on the Tablet Market
courtesy of SamsungTo say that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a stranglehold on the tablet market is probably no more than to state the obvious. Of all devices running Apple’s iOS operating…