Sony: No Sign of a Turnaround
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) managed to maintain its habit of posting quarterly losses. In its most recent fiscal quarter, the large Japanese consumer electronics company lost $194 million. The reasons for the losses are…
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Newest first · Page 74Two Analyst Takes on Apple Management Firings and Reshuffling
courtesy of Apple Inc.Tim Cook is making some serious changes at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The moves might seem harsh, but Steve Jobs had a policy of accountability and ownership of failure. The markets…
Android Tablets Gain on iPad
Tablets using the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) have grabbed 41% of the market on shipments of 25 million units during the third quarter of 2012. The iPad from Apple Inc.…
Apple Runs Short of Mini iPads
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) already has run short of iPad minis. Advanced orders apparently wiped out inventory. According to CNET: Four minutes into the day, Apple started accepting online orders for the…
Can Microsoft Come out of Apple’s Shadow?
For just a moment, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have emerged from Apple’s shadow yesterday. Apple disappointed Wall St. as it sold many fewer iPads than expected. Its growth was not colossal as usual. It announced quarterly…
Apple Disappoints on Earnings and Guidance
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) had a strange day ahead of earnings due to the Bloomberg TV news that Apple and music labels were going to launch a free ad-supported internet radio service in 2013.…
Corning, Value vs. Value Trap
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) may need to go back to its Glassworks name. The stock is proving to be as fragile as glass, and not its Gorilla Glass either. Unfortunately, even with all of…
Investors Wonder If Apple Has Matured Too Much
Many people have tried and tried, unsuccessfully to date, to call the peak of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). We will not try to claim that Apple has peaked. After all, we just saw that…
With New iPad, Apple Has Supply Chain Problem
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a habit of launching products that are quickly sold out. In the past, this probably boosted demand as consumers realized that desire for Apple’s products was beyond belief. Better…
Ta-Da: Apple Presents …
Today’s announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) started off with a review of sales for the recently introduced iPhone 5. Sales were good — no surprise there. Apple CEO Tim Cook also noted that…
Apple Has a Lot Riding on the iPad Mini
Amazon.com Inc.As usual, the public and investors have made a circus out of the release of a new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) product. In this case, it is the iPad mini, which is supposed to…
Gartner: Big Data to Be Big Job Creator
At a conference today in Florida, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) forecast that information technology (IT) spending in 2012 would rise 3.8% in 2013, from $3.6 trillion to $3.7 trillion. But the really big news…
Analyst Recalibrates $840 Target on Apple
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings this coming Thursday. You can expect that other analysts will be keying in on the technology darling ahead of the report. Today comes a report…
Google Slips Earnings Out Early, Metrics Sink the Ship
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) must have found out that someone knew its earnings report ahead of time because the internet search giant and Android O/S leader released its SEC Filing early. The comparable non-GAAP…
$99 Nexus Is One Step Closer to Free Tablets
The tablet wars will continue to heat up if rumors are right that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a $99 machine. Although it may not be as feature rich as current products from…