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Telecom & Wireless

Windows Phone Now Number 3 Smartphone Platform

courtesy of Nokia Corp.In a battle that has really just been joined for the third best-selling smartphone platform, Windows Phone from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has wrestled away third place from the…

Paul Ausick
6:32am ET
Consumer Electronics

Dell Deal and the Microsoft Surface Tablet

courtesy Dell Inc.Critics of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) $2 billion investment in the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) $24.4 billion leverage buyout believe that the world’s largest software company could harm its relationship…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:30am ET
Investing

Media Digest (2/6/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT

courtesy of Facebook Inc.Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) will buy U.K. cable firm Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) for $15.75 billion. (Reuters) Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE: RBS) expects LIBOR penalties in…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:31am ET
Investing

Media Digest (2/4/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of AOL, IncJapan Airlines approaches Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) about the cost of its grounded 787 Dreamliner fleet. (Reuters) Electric cars sales may be hurt as the industry considers hydrogen-powered vehicles.…

Douglas A. McIntyre
7:00am ET
Consumer Electronics

Sony May Be Ready to Unveil PS4

courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), one of the most battered large companies in the world, may launch the next in the line of its PlayStation models — the PS4. Sony…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:48am ET
Investing

What’s Important in the Financial World (2/1/2013)

ThinkstockAnheuser-Busch InBev Hits Roadblock The maker of the “The King of Beers” will not be expanding its kingdom. Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (NYSE: BUD), itself a creation of a merger, probably will be blocked…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:38am ET
Consumer Electronics

Is Apple No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3?

courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) business is either falling apart or it is not. It is losing market share to Samsung or it is not. Its new products are either…

Douglas A. McIntyre
1:11pm ET
Apps & Software

Vringo Goes After Microsoft

ThinkstockIntellectual property firm Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) announced this morning that a wholly owned subsidiary, I/P Engine, had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) alleging that the software…

Paul Ausick
6:25am ET
Investing

Facebook Not Growing Much Faster Than Google

courtesy of Google Inc.The market barely reacted to news that Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) revenue spiked higher by 40% to $1.585 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, as compared to…

Douglas A. McIntyre