When Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported third-quarter earnings last night, CEO Larry Page noted that the company’s mobile advertising revenues are currently running at an annual rate of $2.5 billion, up 2.5x…
Some have been wondering if Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) were going to be able to keep up in the battle for US search market share with Bing. …
Analysts keep predicting share price growth even in the face of a sagging global economy. How optimistic are they? Here’s a look at five technology companies — Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google…
Last week’s announcement of the iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been followed up with the company’s announcement that it has taken 1 million pre-orders for the new phone in…
Yahoo.comMany M&A experts have considered Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or private equity interests like Silver Lake to be the most likely buyers of Yahoo! Instead, it appears that founder Jerry Yang and Alibaba…
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Douglas A. McIntyre Steve Jobs, the cofounder of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), dead at 56. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may make a bid for Yahoo! (Reuters) Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) to sell the iPhone with an unlimited data…
Yahoo.comReading news stories about the next possible buyer for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) resembles nothing so much as a game of Whack-a-Mole. First there was Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) back a few…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is surging today after a news report has turned into the rumor mill, and you can guess the rumor: a buyout. The Independent out of the…
World stock markets hit 15-month lows. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch the iPhone 5 as competition grows from Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. (Reuters) China warns of a trade war if Congress…
The results are in, and though they may be temporary, it’s now official that IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has become the second largest high-tech firm in the world, passing Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:…
The federal government begins to probe the accounting of several Chinese companies. (Reuters) EU markets to decline more this quarter than in any other since 2008. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
Angela Merkel faces a test: will her own party support money being used for the bailout of Greece? (Reuters) Bernanke says the Fed may have to act if inflation falls below targets.…
One of the attractions of Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system is that it is open source. That makes it free to use for manufacturers. That advantages has begun to go away.…
Larry Page, CEO of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), believes the company is its own worst enemy. Perhaps he has not looked around at the competitive landscape. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and…
