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Consumer Electronics
With Nearly 19,000 to Choose From, There Is an Android Device for That
Among the charges leveled against the Android operating system is that every implementation of the free mobile platform is different.
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Technology
Google Loses Share Price War With Apple
Apple split its shares, and Google split its, although in a different fashion. In the stock price increase war since the events, Apple has won handily.
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Consumer Electronics
Is Apple or Roku a Bigger Threat to Amazon’s Fire TV?
Does a direct comparison with competitor Roku 3 on the Amazon.com home page indicate that the company is worried about its $99 Fire TV streaming media box?
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Technology
Google Easily the Top U.S. Web Property
ThinkstockDigital media research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its ranking of the top 50 U.S. web properties for July and the list is topped, once again, by the usual suspects.…
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Media
The Attraction of YouTube’s Multichannel Networks
When Disney agreed in March to pay up to $950 million for Maker Studio, the acquisition was looked at as a testament to the value of a multichannel network -- an MCN…
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Retail
Surprising Stocks Poised to Be Huge E-Commerce Winners
A new research report from the Internet team at UBS has a list of companies that may end up to be among the top Internet e-commerce winners in the future.
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Apps & Software
Google Buys Jetpac, Ends Apple Support
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) bought city guide app creator Jetpac and immediately announced it would withdraw its product from Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) store. The battle between the two app stores continues…
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Apps & Software
Worldwide Smartphone Sales Top 300 Million
courtesy of Amazon.comThe extent to which smartphones continue to replace desktop and laptop PCs and even threaten tablets was evident from second quarter 2014 sales figures. Worldwide smartphone sales passed 300 million…
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Investing
Stifel Resumes Coverage on 7 Top Internet Stocks to Buy Now
ThinkstockThe staggering growth of the Internet has created companies that over the relatively short lifespan of the information highway have come to dominate their specific sectors. While many companies have tried to…
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Consumer Electronics
Samsung Nook for Barnes & Noble Due August 20th
Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and Samsung Electronics have announced an event for August 20th in New York at which the companies are expected to introduce a Samsung-built…
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Consumer Electronics
Patent Office Rejects Apple Claim of Samsung Infringement
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Samsung Electronic has filed a document with the trial court citing a recent ruling from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that the court’s decision released in May…
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Technology
Amazon, Google Squaring Off in Same-Day Delivery Battle
Google Inc.On Wednesday Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said it was expanding its same-day delivery service to 6 new metropolitan areas bringing to 10 the number of cities where Amazon Prime members can…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple Grows U.S. Smartphone Share Ahead of New iPhone Launch
For the three months ending in June, Samsung Electronics gained 1.6% of U.S. smartphone market share, while Apple added 0.7%.
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Energy
What SunPower Earnings Mean for First Solar and SolarCity
After markets close Thursday, solar panel maker SunPower will report second-quarter results. Competitors First Solar and SolarCity are scheduled to report results next week.
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Media
Can Twitter Shares Return to All-Time Highs?
Twitter's earnings were so good that the stock rose 26% after hours to $48.55. That is still very far short of its all-time high of $74.73.