David Danna
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Microsoft and the Nook Take on Amazon
By David Danna - May 30, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MSFT |
Earlier this year Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced its intention to invest three hundred million dollars into a joint venture with Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). This investment would give Microsoft a 17.6% stake in a joint venture that would include the Nook e-readers and Barnes & Noble’s 600 plus college bookstores. Nook e-reader and Nook related sales reached 920 million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2011 and are growing more »
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Challengers Take on Windows 8
By David Danna - May 29, 2012 | Tickers: ARMH, GOOG, MSFT |
Sometime later this year Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is set to release the next version of their Windows operating system, Windows 8. One of the most intriguing new features in Windows 8 is the version of Windows 8 that will run on ARM based processors called Windows RT. Windows 8 will be the first version of Windows to support ARM (NASDAQ: ARMH) based devices, which will help speed up the success more »