Wikimedia CommonsThanks to today’s launch of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch tablet from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) in five European countries and Japan, Amazon claims that now “it is able to lower…
ThinkstockRussia’s largest search engine, Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX), announced a secondary offering of more than 24 million shares after markets closed last night, and the stock promptly fell 8%. But all is…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) admitted that as it collected data for its street mapping initiative, it collected private data from unprotected Wi-Fi systems as well. The penalty for the…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockGoogle Privacy Violations Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) admitted that as it collected data for its street mapping initiative, it collected private data from unprotected Wi-Fi systems as well. The penalty for the…
courtesy of Apple Inc.New data from research firm IDC show that sales of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-powered tablets will move ahead of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad market share this year.…
ThinkstockBoeing Co. (NYSE: BA) gets permission from the FAA to test fly its troubled 787. (Reuters) Job openings rose in January, according to the Labor Department. (Reuters) President Obama will meet with…
courtesy of MicrosoftThe estimated worldwide market for tablets this year has been pushed up by about 10%, from a previous estimate of 172.4 million units to 190 million units. By the end…
courtesy of Google Inc.You have seen more than one Wall St. analyst call Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) with a $1,000 price target, and one more analyst just went up close to that…
Jon C. Ogg Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The wait is almost, nearly finally over for the U.S. launch of the latest smartphone from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), the touchscreen Z10. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said today…
courtesy of Google Inc.The Internet analyst folly on Wall St. continues. On Monday came yet another higher price target for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) as RBC Capital Markets has raised the Google…
Jon C. Ogg No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal reported that S&P 500 companies will return $300 billion to shareholders in 2013 via dividends and share purchases. The figure is a record, which would imply a level…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank cuts its growth forecasts for group members and says inflation is not a threat. (Reuters) The Motorola division of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will cut…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) first tried to license music for a new streaming service in time for the iPhone 5 launch, but pushback from the industry’s largest music publisher, Sony/ATV, a division…
courtesy of Apple Inc.By one analyst’s count, the Chinese will buy about 30% of all mobile phones shipped in 2013, or 240 million units of a total approaching 840 million worldwide shipments.…
