Consumer Electronics

GoPro Exiting Chinese Manufacturing Operations, Sort Of

Posted: December 10, 2018 at 2:35 pm

If one issue under the tariffs and trade war with China has been realized by U.S. companies who have manufacturing facilities there, companies have to have started realizing they need ...
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Apple May Be 2018’s Worst-Run Big Company

Posted: December 5, 2018 at 6:20 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) management uncharacteristically has bungled some critical decisions. The mistakes have cost shareholders dearly as its stock has fallen 22% in the past three months. Based on ...
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Why Sonos Is Friday’s Big Earnings Winner

Posted: November 16, 2018 at 10:00 am

When Sonos Inc. (NASDAQ: SONO) released its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Thursday, the company said that it had a net loss of $0.02 per share ...
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Smartphone Shipments Fall 8% in Q3; Samsung Leads in Market Share as Huawei Surges

Posted: November 2, 2018 at 10:42 am

Global smartphone shipments dropped by 8.4% year over year in the third quarter from 393.1 million a year ago to 360 million. Market share leader Samsung posted shipment volume of ...
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Why GoPro’s Q3 Isn’t Good Enough

Posted: November 2, 2018 at 8:48 am

GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) reported its most recent quarterly results after markets closed Thursday. The company reported that it had a net loss of $0.04 per share and $285.9 million ...
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What to Expect When GoPro Reports

Posted: November 1, 2018 at 12:45 pm

GoPro Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) is set to release its third-quarter financial results after the markets close on Thursday. Thomson Reuters consensus estimates call for a net loss of $0.06 per ...
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Fitbit Nails Q3 Earnings

Posted: October 31, 2018 at 4:19 pm

Fitbit, Inc. (NYSE: FIT) reported its third quarter financial results after the markets closed on Wednesday. The company said that it had $0.04 in earnings per share (EPS) and $393.6 ...
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What to Expect When Fitbit Reports After the Close

Posted: October 31, 2018 at 10:10 am

Fitbit Inc. (NYSE: FIT) is scheduled to release its most recent quarterly results after the markets close on Wednesday. The consensus estimates are a net loss of $0.01 per share ...
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Short Lines Don’t Spell Doom for iPhone Xr

Posted: October 26, 2018 at 1:15 pm

By Gene Munster and Andrew Murphy of Loup Ventures The prevailing narrative surrounding the new iPhone Xr is that it’s a disappointment. A second class device that will never live ...
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Huawei Launches iPhone XS Challenger

Posted: October 17, 2018 at 8:45 am

China-based Huawei Technologies launched its latest flagship smartphone Tuesday at an event in London. The Mate 20 Pro is the company's competitor to the iPhone XS Max from Apple Inc. ...
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Global PC Shipments Flat as Lenovo Grabs Lead From HP

Posted: October 11, 2018 at 6:40 am

PC shipments worldwide are flat, with headwinds for consumer preferences for tablets and smartphones. China-based Lenovo has taken the lead in market share, leaving America's HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) in ...
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Google and Facebook Get Into Consumer Electronics Too Late

Posted: October 10, 2018 at 6:20 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google both want into the consumer electronics business. All that stands in their way is Apple, Amazon.com and a small army ...
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How BlackBerry Offered Up a Big Q2 Beat

Posted: September 28, 2018 at 10:10 am

BlackBerry Ltd. (NYSE: BB) reported its fiscal second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Friday. The company said that it had $0.04 in earnings per share (EPS) and $210 ...
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GoPro Finally Gets Analyst Backing for That Long-Elusive Turnaround

Posted: September 26, 2018 at 3:01 pm

Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades had an unusual upgrade in the consumer electronics segment within technology. GoPro Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO), which has fallen from its former glory days and ...
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Does the Connected Home Need to Be This Connected?

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 10:50 am

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is making the case for the connected home with its most recent offering of Alexa-related products. While it is great to be able to talk to ...
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