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Investing

Media Digest (3/6/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of Facebook Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Beats Electronics discuss a content partnership. (Reuters) The European Union will fine Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for violating agreements about use of its browser.…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:19am ET
Apps & Software

Google Android Antitrust Problem as It Replaces Windows

courtesy of Google Inc.Two things happened very recently that might halt the adoption of Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system, which is used in the majority of smartphones around the world. The first is…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:15am ET
Investing

Media Digest (3/1/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

courtesy of NetflixChina’s PMI slips to a slow 50.1 in February, a signal of slacking demand for manufactured goods. (Reuters) Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) fires its CEO after poor financial performance. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre
12:24pm ET
Investing

IBM Holds Lead in Server Market

ThinkstockThe second half of last year was supposed to bring some improvement in server sales following a first half during which customers were sitting on their wallets waiting for new products. The…

Paul Ausick
6:39am ET
Media

Can Old Media Beat New Media in Ad War?

ThinkstockThe conventional wisdom is that old media online content gets trumped every time by new media properties, at least when it comes to ad revenue. This does not have to be the…

Douglas A. McIntyre
10:30am ET
Consumer Electronics

HP Pokes Microsoft in the Eye

courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is hitting the morning wire with a couple of big stories. Yesterday the company said that it was preparing a 7-inch tablet, called the Slate 7,…

Paul Ausick
9:45am ET
Apps & Software

Microsoft Gets Hacked, Like Everyone Else

courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) got hacked like almost every other large tech company has been over the last several weeks. The world’s largest software firm said there was nothing to worry…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:13am ET
Apps & Software

Google’s Odd Move into Touchscreens

courtesy of Google Inc.What does Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) hope to attain by launching its own touchscreen laptop — the Chromebook Pixel? Does it believe the new machine’s Chrome innovations will allow it to…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:45am ET
Consumer Electronics

PlayStation 4 Launch: Too Little, Too Late?

courtesy of Sony Corp.Is the release of the Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 (PS4) enough to turnaround the aging consumer electronics firm? No. The console is the first major overhaul in…

Douglas A. McIntyre