Shares of VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) were halted briefly in premarket trading this morning while the company announced that its six-year deal with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as the…
The proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has made life a bit trickier for advertisers to figure out just what they are receiving for their ad dollars. comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today…
Wikimedia CommonsIn an apparent mix-up at PRWeb.com, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was said to have acquired WiFi hotspot provider ICOA Inc. for $400 million. The CFO of ICOA has now denied that the acquisition…
courtesy of AppleThe ongoing patent wars between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung have escalated yet again. Samsung now claims that Apple’s new iPad mini, its new iPod and the iPad 4 infringe on…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has now denied that it is in talks with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) — or any other company for that matter — regarding search partnership. TechCrunch reports that…
ThinkstockGovernments have been using Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) flagship product to spy on people. A nicer way to put that, rather than “spying,” is “government requests” that Google receives as part of the search process.…
ThinkstockAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) must have become very fearful when we said that it was going to become one of the next penny stocks if it did not have a serious turn…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
ThinkstockShares of Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) fell more than 3.5% yesterday, the day before the company is scheduled to report third quarter results. Today’s earnings report will mark the fourth full-quarter of Groupon’s existence…
ThinkstockPlexus Corp. (NASDAQ: PLXS) is getting crushed in the after-hours. The company announced a “disengagement” as a supplier to Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR). In short, Juniper has terminated its relationship. Plexus said that…
Wikimedia CommonsA jury in Norfolk, Virginia, today awarded Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) $30 million in patent infringement suit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and several other companies. Vringo, originally a mobile phone ringtone provider,…
Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) is getting crushed today after the company said that revenues would be soft in the quarter ahead. Zillow is supposed to be a housing market winner and housing is supposed…
courtesy of SourcefireJust a couple of weeks ago, Internet security providers Check Point Software Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHKP) and Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT) reported weaker-than-expected third quarter results and lowered their fourth quarter forecasts.…
ThinkstockVeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is a company which occasionally comes up as a winner or loser in the domain name registration control. The company has issued a statement regarding the pending review by the…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…