Last Monday Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) filed a brief in federal court arguing against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposed net neutrality rules. Verizon, which together with Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD) owns…
Bloomberg reports that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may launch a smartphone, which would mean the world’s largest e-commerce company would join the mobile phone sector just after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) did. All…
Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) set a new 52-week low of $2.00 today. The one-time leader in sales of mobile phones did not have any news, but the company’s prospects are not encouraging…
Samsung’s new Galaxy S III has had such runaway sales success as it launches in the United States that it has threatens the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S as the premier smartphone in the market.…
The latest rankings are out from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) on the US smartphone device and platform markets. Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF) leads the device makers with a 25.7% market share. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Everyone was already expecting Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) to have very little or even no good news in its report. Things got bad enough at the company’s last warning that the company…
If Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fortunate, its new Nexus 7 tablet will be like a Chrysler automobile. The device is up against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with its General Motors (NYSE: GM) type leadership in…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the close on Thursday. Investors have to now be prepared for something they have not seen in years and years. The new…
The remarkable success of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is even more extraordinary when put in the context of its sales in the five years since it was launched. Research firm Strategic Analysts estimates…
What really jumps off the pages of the new Pew Internet & American Life Project’s “Cell Internet Use 2012” is not that the well-to-do use wireless devices to access the Internet more than the poor…
The share prices of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) show that investors do not see the two companies as being in the same predicament. RIM’s stock price has dropped more quickly…
In an effort to head off regulatory rejection of its planned $3.6 billion acquisition of more wireless spectrum from an outfit called SpectrumCo LLC, Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:…
A key aspect of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) success is the flexibility and robustness of its supply chain. It has been so carefully engineered that sharp spikes in demand rarely keep new products off store…
Most brand new and extremely popular consumer electronics or smartphones have flaws, either real or rumored. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had an antenna problem with one of its early iPhone models. Steve Jobs had to defend…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the most valuable company in the world and it is one of the most widely followed companies as well. Investors and traders often hinge on every word from analysts…