ThinkstockOral arguments are scheduled Monday in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., in a case brought by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At issue are…
Paul Ausick courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.As the protests about wages paid to workers at retail and fast-food giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) grow, protesters eventually will run out…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockSo far, no one outside the United States has built a global social network, created an operating system adopted at an astonishing rate by smartphone and tablet manufacturers, created the best search…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in July 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. smartphone market. Compared…
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…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAt 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, the three casinos in the state of Delaware launched free online sites for slot machines, poker, blackjack, and roulette. While today’s launch includes only for-fun gaming, the…
Paul Ausick 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…
Douglas A. McIntyre Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsWithin the first hour of trading on Monday morning, shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have risen more than 3% and the company’s market cap has risen to…
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…
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.…
Paul Ausick If you have analyzed the myriad earnings reports over the summer of 2013, the trend that you will notice is a lack of revenue growth from most major companies. Many have continued…
Jon C. Ogg Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) plans to solve one of the Internet’s most vexing problems — most people around the world have no access to it. The notion that…
Douglas A. McIntyre Now that stocks have pulled back from recent all-time highs, investors and traders may be looking for new research ideas that can generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews…
ThinkstockIf you ever want to see a tale of two companies in social media, there is Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and then there is Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). Zynga was riding Facebook’s…
Jon C. Ogg Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsAccording to a programmer who tracks Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), one of its major features has been hacked. Khalil Shreateh writes that: Days ago i discovered a serious facebook…
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