ThinkstockThe talk on Thursday was on a report that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) might like to buy Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) to boost its presence in computer networking. The German business magazine Manager…
Advanced Micro Devices has a proposed $500 million senior note offering, which will effectively finance a tender of other notes coming due. The ratings agencies have chimed in with mixed views.
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app. In short, this is just a revamped ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger and other chat services offered by Google, Yahoo! and even Facebook itself.
If a service like WhatsApp, which posted revenues of a whopping $20 million last year, is worth $19 billion to Facebook, BlackBerry has to be worth, well, more than that to someone. Right?
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has invited nine additional metropolitan areas — and a total of 34 cities — from around the country to explore “what it would take to bring them Google Fiber,”…
courtesy of 3D Systems Inc.3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) announced on Wednesday that it has acquired privately held Digital PlaySpace for an undisclosed sum. This is the 3D printer maker’s fifth acquisition since December…
ThinkstockAnalog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) reported earnings on Tuesday, but there is more noise and action from analysts than we could have ever expected. The earnings were a beat before items, but the real…
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Capital has made its third investment. Renaissance Learning, an education technology start-up, said on Wednesday that Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) investment fund had acquired a minority stake in the company for $40…
Garmin reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning and said it would recommend a dividend hike at its June annual meeting. Shares rose 5% early Wednesday.
courtesy of Apple Inc.A major Japan-based supplier of display screens for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) of about 354 million shares. Japan Display Inc. has announced that it…
Shares of Ciena surged Friday morning following an announcement that the network specialist had reached a strategic global agreement with Ericsson that will help the companies compete with Cisco Systems.
Merrill Lynch has boosted its earnings estimates for Apple after the tech giant bought $14 billion in shares after its recent earnings miss. The firm has put a price objective on the shares that…
In a new research report, Stifel included presentation summaries of the analog, mixed-signal semiconductor companies that participated in its a three-day Technology, Internet and Media Conference in San Francisco.
Courtesy Facebook Inc.Social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has posted an all-time high share price in the early afternoon on Thursday and it’s a little difficult to figure out why. There’s no news…
As Hewlett-Packard and Dell have struggled as personal computer businesses besieged by the success of tablets and smartphones, China-based Lenovo has taken the spot as the world's most successful PC maker.