The Ten Nations Where Facebook Rules The Internet
In 10 countries, more than 86% of users are on Facebook. That kind of dominance is rare for any company. Facebook has 600 million members worldwide and continues to grow. It faces the same…
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Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) released what it calls a revolutionary family of chips. The world’s first 3D semiconductors have been branded Tri-Gate. The company announced “For the first time since the invention of silicon transistors…
Another Mad Rush To Control The TV
Dish Network bought the assets of Blockbuster to compete with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), if the media is right. At about the same time, Netflix signed an arrangement to offer “Mad Men,” and Google (NASDAQ:…
Intel Claims New Server Chip Can Handle Any Workload in the World (INTC, ORCL, HPQ, IBM, MSFT, RHT)
At yesterday’s launch of its newest Xeon processor, an Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) executive claimed that there is no workload in the world that the Xeon cannot handle. That may be good news for the…
Data Break-in Affects Millions (ADS, WAG, JPM, COF, C, USB, BX, KFT)
Dallas-based Epsilon reported a break-in to the company’s email system that exposed some of the data the company maintains for clients using its email marketing services. Epsilon is a subsidiary of Alliance Data Systems…
Kansas, Only for Toto and Google (GOOG, CMCSA, T, NFLX)
“Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more.” If Dorothy would have just had high-speed internet way back then. Now, we have Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) making that ultra high-speed internet 1-Gigabit announcement that…
Google’s Shares Continue Their Retreat
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares have continued a three-month retreat that has pushed them down by 4% compared to a 5% improvement for the NASDAQ. It has occurred to investors that the same issues that…
An Apple iPad 2 Parts Shortage
Hardware industry research firm iSuppli has issued a report which says that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) may run short on some parts used to build the iPad 2. The aftermath of the Japanese earthquake…
Hewlett-Packard’s Pipe Dream
Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO Léo Apotheker laid out a relatively simple formula for the expansion and improved profitability of the large technology firm that completely ignores the work of his successful predecessor Mark Hurd. …
Will Social Networks Stop Taking Outside Capital?
Several media outlets reported that a venture division of JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) would invest $450 million in Twitter. The investment would have given Twitter a value of $4.5 billion. The reports were completely wrong.…
China Hackers Raid Canada
The keen investigative journalists at the CBC have discovered that cyber-hackers, probably based in China, made at least two raids on Canadian government servers and databases. The network said “Sources have confirmed that the…
Roadblock To Growth Of New Internet Superpowers Is Overseas
Social game network Zynga is about to be valued at $7 billion as it raises more capital. Groupon was recently valued at $6 billion, and Facebook at $50 billion. These businesses will continue to…
Will Amazon Run Out Of Places To Operate Its Business?
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will close a distribution center in Texas and will almost certainly not have any employees in the state ever again. Texas will need to provide unemployment benefits to some of these…
Intel Capital Still Holds Many Public Company Shares (INTC, CLWR, MU, VMW)
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is not really making any strategy changes to its portfolio of public stock holdings under its Intel Capital unit. That does not mean that it is not worth looking under…
Twitter Use Falls Sharply As Site Tries To Prove Itself
It was just yesterday that research firm eMarketer reported that microblog company Twitter will have $150 million in advertising revenue this year and as much as $250 million next year. Twitter has 175 million…