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Is Intel’s Medfield the Beginning of the End for ARM?
By Steven Heller - May 13, 2012 | Tickers: ARMH, GOOG, INTC, LNVGY.PK, MMI, NVDA, QCOM
There is little doubt Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is aiming for a come from behind victory in the mobile computing space currently dominated by ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH). ARM has had a competitive advantage in this space for what feels like forever, their chips by nature are more power efficient, making them more suitable for mobile designs. Thanks to a little help from our old pal, Moore’s Law, the sands more »
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Google's $12.5 Billion Blunder
By David Danna - May 3, 2012 | Tickers: GOOG, MSFT, MMI
No, It's not Youtube, Youtube is supposed to finally be profitable this year (fingers crossed).
Last year Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced their intention to purchase Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) for a cool twelve and a half billion dollars. The Gauntlet was thrown down. The planned acquisition was the biggest tech news since the last Facebook privacy policy change. The acquisition has now cleared US and EU regulators and looks more »
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Google Needs Motorola Mobility - Even with the Red
By Brandy Betz - May 2, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, MMI
Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) reported Tuesday a shaky earnings report, the last expected before the company’s pending $12.5 billion acquisition by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). The mobile device division took a hard hit and while smartphone shipments were up, Motorola remains at the back of the device pack.
The 1Q12 report featured net losses of $86 million (28 cents per share) and operating losses of $98 million. Revenues were more »
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Is Apple Still Winning the Smartphone Race?
By Maxwell Fisher - May 2, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MMI, NOK
Do you remember running the three legged race as a child? Well there appears to be a three legged race going on in the smartphone arena. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung look to be joined at the hip. Together they ship nearly half of the world's smartphones. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is strapping on the third leg with its new Lumia phones.
Market Overview
In China and around the globe more »
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Google: Many Ways to Beat Apple
By Helen Hagan - April 30, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MMI
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a technological titan that has pretty much dominated the contemporary cyberspace. After trampling on former all time competitor Yahoo!, It has set its eyes on higher altitudes and currently rests on a $206 billion market cap. Competitors in the field like AOL extend no formidable threat with its dwindling $0.12 earnings per share- a mere fraction of Google's $29.7. Even the formidable Microsoft more »
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Tablet Wars: Amazon Punches Google First
By Andrés Cardenal - April 27, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MMI
They say that the fighter who delivers the first punch is most likely to win the fight. That may not always be the case, but it sure helps to be the first mover. In the tablet wars Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is gaining some traction against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and the online search giant will need to do a big effort in order to regain some traction with Android in such more »
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Google Combines its Greatest Innovations
By Maxwell Fisher - April 26, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, MMI
The battle rages in the world of Big Tech. The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) machine has stood the test of time. It’s visionary leadership and innovation has kept it at the top of the technology industry, even to its current position as the most valuable company, a position held previously by its arch nemesis, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Demand for Apple’s products has helped the company increase profit even faster more »
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Intel and ARM Continue to Jockey for Position
By Tony Daltorio - April 25, 2012 | Tickers: ARMH, INTC, MSFT, MMI, QCOM
Semiconductor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) recently forecast that its second quarter revenues would come in ahead of Wall Street expectations at $13.6 billion. The company's optimism is due to the fact that new products would be launched in this quarter which would feature its new processors, including Intel's first appearance in smartphones.
In effect, Intel is betting on a combination of good sales results this year from more »
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Is Nokia Down or Bound to Turnaround?
By Patrick Gray - April 17, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, MSFT, MMI, NOK
I recommended Nokia as a solid buy a month ago and in the time since then it is down 25%. Am I backing out on that recommendation? Definitely not. The company has a number of things going for them and are priced to buy.
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Microsoft Bings Facebook to Avoid Being Googled
By Richard Birecki - April 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, MMI, YHOO
The idea of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sending Bing over to Facebook in exchange for an additional stake in the company was recently floated by a Microsoft analyst, and to me it's a no-brainer.
Microsoft introduced Bing three years ago in an attempt to stave off total search domination by Google and the resulting war chest they would amass from this cash cow, which would finance an attack on Microsoft more »
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Google's Channel Conflict- Digesting Motorola
By Richard Birecki - April 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, MMI
With Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) aquisition of Motorola (NYSE: MMI) set to close, and their earnings having surpassed Wall Street expectations, (as I predicted in this column) I thought it would be useful to analyze what the purchase will mean for the world's internet leader. But first, a potential hiccup in-
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While the American, and European governments have signed off on the Googarola deal, the Chinese still haven more »
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What Google Learned from Steve Jobs
By Andrés Cardenal - April 10, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MMI |
There is an internal revolution going on at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Although some analysts and former employees have voiced their disagreement with the company's more focused approach to product development, these new directions may be the best choice for the company and its investors. If you are trying to change the world in a meaningful way by developing outstanding products and services, you need to focus attention and resources more »
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Google's Latest Shake-Up
By Tom Gibbs - March 30, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MMI, NFLX |
The battle between three of today’s primary tablet hardware and content sellers, including Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), has become increasingly intense as each player is on the continuous drive to one-up (or catch up to) the other. Google’s recent venture, Google Play, has essentially rebranded the Android Market in an attempt to offer a convenient iTunes or Amazon.com-like portal through more »
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Next in the Tablet Wars: Google Tablets
By Andrés Cardenal - March 30, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MMI
According to The Wall Street Journal, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is working on launching its own tablets in an effort to compete against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in the fast growing tablet business. The tablets war reaches another stage, and investors in Google, Apple and Amazon should pay some close attention to developments in this big business, which is not only important when it comes to tablet sales more »
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Google Looks Good from a Valuation Point of View
By Andrés Cardenal - March 29, 2012 | Tickers: GOOG, MMI
Many high growth companies trade at extremely elevated valuation ratios during years or even decades. In other cases, paying a high price can be a bad decision even if the company performs extremely well in terms of earnings growth. We may agree however, about the fact that acquiring high growth companies at moderate valuation levels can be very profitable in the long term.
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Apple's SIM Card War
By Tony Daltorio - March 28, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, GOOG, MMI, NOK
Not much has changed at Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) since Steve Jobs lost his battle with cancer. The company is at it again, trying to dominate its competitors. This time the battle is for the tiny sim cards which go into every mobile phone.
Apple is again butting heads with the likes of Nokia ADR (NYSE: NOK), Research in Motion (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI), which is being more »
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Information is Power, and These Companies are Powerful
By Andrés Cardenal - March 16, 2012 | Tickers: BIDU, GOOG, MSFT, MMI, YHOO
Few things have more value than information in our times. Business, education, entertainment and social interaction are just some examples of areas that can be dramatically affected by information flow. Internet and new technologies have made this valuable commodity more available than ever, and some companies stand to benefit from the importance and demand that information has nowadays.
Google´s (NASDAQ: GOOG) mission statement is to “organize the world’s more »
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Facebook Sued by Yahoo
By Bobbie Johnson - March 14, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, MSFT, MMI, YHOO
It is apparently the season of patent infringement lawsuits. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has followed through on its prior threat to sue social media giant and partner Facebook over several patents that Yahoo insists Facebook should license. According to the filing there are 10 patents that are related to privacy, advertising, customization, messaging, and social networking.
Although, Facebook feels “puzzled” by Yahoo’s aggressive stance on this issue, they are not more »
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Is Intel Gaining Steam in Mobile Chip Wars?
By Chris Moore - February 28, 2012 | Tickers: ARMH, GOOG, INTC, MMI, V
Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has long dominated the PC market but has struggled to break in to the mobile chip market. Competitor ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) dominates the space, holding a near monopoly on smartphone chips and threatening to move aggressively into other areas of computing. Intel has created a stir recently, unveiling a new chip in its Atom line, called Medfield, designed to compete directly with ARM’s more »
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Apple & Google: 2 'Must Haves' For Tech Investors
By Christopher French - February 24, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MMI
The world of technology is evolving towards cloud based systems which allow users to do more than store and send files, search the Internet or shop without going to a store. The next step is more control over more aspects of consumer lives through smartphones and tablet computers. Soon the TV, radio, music, communications and probably the ice maker in the fridge will be under the control of a hand more »