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A Porsche-Designed BlackBerry Just Another Waste, Too Late

Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has shot itself in the foot over losing so much ground in the smartphone wars. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has taken over market share, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Android Surges as iPhone Market Share Falls

courtesy of SamsungApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has enjoyed a huge success with the iPhone variations to date. Apple still has the world’s most valuable company status, but there is a problem rising against it.…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

A Few Lucky Xbox One Buyers Get an Early Gift

MicrosoftThe Xbox One is scheduled to launch on Nov. 22, but apparently a few lucky buyers have received their preordered consoles early. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) blamed it on a shipping error by a…

Trey Thoelcke · 13 years ago

Samsung Smartphone Smothers Apple iPhone in Global Sales

courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has maintained a lead in smartphone sales in the United States. However, its luck has run out worldwide as Samsung’s models continue a surge in popularity. The trend…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

GT Advanced Technologies to Supply Sapphire Glass for Apple

courtesy of Apple Inc.Semiconductor equipment and specialty materials maker GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) announced after markets closed Monday night that it will build a new manufacturing plant in Arizona after making a…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Who Is New BlackBerry CEO and Executive Chair John Chen?

ThinkstockBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has announced that its strategic review is over. Thorsten Heins is also out as CEO. John S. Chen will be executive chair of BlackBerry’s board of directors and also its…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

BlackBerry Buyout Last Stand: Qualcomm M&A Unlikely

Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) faces its last stand as a public company, while three or four financiers and corporations prepare bids for assets that some analysts think are worth nothing. Stupidity has…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Nexus 5 Launches on Google Play with New Version of Android

Courtesy ZTE Corp.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has released the Nexus 5 at its Google Play website, using words like “stunning,” “powerful,” “colorful” and “slim.” It is, in other words, like almost every other tablet or…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Sony, Maker of PS4 and Breaking Bad, Earnings Fail Again

courtesy of Sony Corp.No matter how great its franchises or brands are, no matter who the company employees as CEO, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) continues to fail again and again at the bottom line.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Back-to-School Shopping Success — for Smartphones

courtesy of SamsungDuring the third calendar quarter this year 11% of mobile phone subscribers decided to replace or upgrade their phones. Of that number, nearly 80% chose a smartphone. According to research from Nielsen,…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Could Any BlackBerry and Facebook Discussions Be Serious?

Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) is a merger story that just refuses to go away. Fairfax is the interested party at $9.00 per share, and there have been published rumors and written reports discussing…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago