Lists of top-sellers at single destinations do not always equate to broad-reaching trends around the entire nation nor around the entire globe. Still, when you see a surprise like this it tends to stand…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced this morning that it had sold its advertising solutions and interactive divisions to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management LLC for $750 million in cash, a $200 million note,…
magicJack VocalTec, Ltd. (NASDAQ: CALL) is indicated higher after its earnings results, despite some insider selling into the news. Just before the long weekend came word that insiders were selling up to 5 million…
Polycom Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) is out lowering its expectations on sales during the first quarter. The videoconferencing and enterprise telephone maker cut its outlook for revenues and profits that were well under expectations. The…
The news from SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) about weak demand and weak pricing was something we expected to bleed over to others in flash memory and in consumer electronics. The reality is that this…
General Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCMA), a wireless carrier in Alaska, has added the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to its roster of available phones. The interesting thing about this is that the company…
The folks at comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) have an interesting bit of research out comparing Wi-Fi usage by smartphone users in the UK and the US. comScore wanted to “provide insight into Internet connection…
The new iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) turns out to be a hit with consumers and with Consumer Reports magazine, which recently reported that the new tablet could run pretty hot at times.…
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has now released its earnings after expectations had been tempered ahead of the report. The smartphone maker issued earnings of $0.80 EPS and a drop of 19% in sales from…
Research firm Nielsen reports that 49.7% of US mobile phone subscribers owned smartphones at the end of February. In February of 2011, that number was just 36%. The leading operating systems vendors are Google…
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the closing bell on Thursday afternoon. The troubled smartphone maker has seen its estimates tempered consistently and the only real hope we have seen…
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) lost half its market share in China last year, falling from 42% share in the first quarter to about 20% in the fourth quarter. The company wants to turn that…
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media Inc. filed its Form S-1 with the SEC in early January with a suggested price range of $11-$13/share. The company filed an amended S-1 today, lifting the proposed price…
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is due to report earnings later on this week. Estimates have come down and there is a huge short interest that will almost certainly come into play right before and…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has set April 8th for the launch of the Lumia 900 smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK). The phone is the first to use the Windows Phone 7 operating system…