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  • Are Speech Recognition Companies A Good Investment? Ask Siri

    By Brenda Johnson - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, NUAN

    Last week, I had a day where everyone I happened to chat with here in Silicon Valley was complaining of wrist pain.  No wonder, between our work and new found social media habits, many of us spend upwards of ten hours per day just typing on our beloved laptops or iPad keyboards. Enter speech recognition to save the day.  

    The top dog

    The undisputed leader of the speech recognition field more »

  • Just Say It !

    By Nauman Aly - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NUAN

    The company that makes the biggest profits in the next wave of technology breakthroughs will be the first one to market devices that really talk. We've all been astounded by Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Siri personal assistant. Although, Apple has raised the bar by popularizing the idea of talking devices, Siri is just the tip of the iceberg according to the tech gurus.

    All manner of talking devices are more »

  • Voice: The User Interface for the Personal Assistant Age

    By BA McKenna - April 27, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NUAN | Editor's Choice

    The activity in the voice technologies space continues to heat up, making it loud and clear that voice, particularly natural language speech, is fast becoming an increasingly important user-interface mode.

    Tech Crunch reported last week that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) acquired True Knowledge, a British company that developed a personal assistant app for Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iOS and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android called “Evi” using its internally developed natural more »

  • This Company Holds The Key To The Future Of Computing

    By Chad Henage - April 19, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NUAN | Editor's Choice

    In talking with a friend about different technology companies, he made a comment that stuck with me. He said that in his eyes, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sort of perfected the touch interface. While Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has done a good job with its Android operating system, everyone else is basically playing catch up.

    When I asked him his thoughts about Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and their Windows 8 product, he more »

  • This Company Holds The Key To The Future Of Computing

    By Chad Henage - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NUAN

    In talking with a friend about different technology companies, he made a comment that stuck with me. He said that in his eyes, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sort of perfected the touch interface. While Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has done a good job with its Android operating system, everyone else is basically playing catch up.

    When I asked him his thoughts about Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and their Windows 8 product, he more »

  • What's Next for Apple?

    By Greg Williamson - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GLW, NUAN

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not the largest company based on revenue or market cap, but it is widely recognized as being the most successful and innovative company in the world.

    Under the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple began an amazing period of innovation that started when the company completely revolutionized the music industry with the iPod and iTunes. This success was followed by Apple's creation of the iPhone and more »

  • What's The Best Way To Get a Piece Of Icahn?

    By Jacob Wolinsky - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: IEP, NUAN, RIG

    Activist investors are a dime a dozen these days, yet some of them are redefining capital markets like no one else. Carl Icahn has an amazing knack for identifying undervalued companies and, unlike Warren Buffett, who sits comfortably after buying a stake, he makes it a point to ensure that the management takes note of his interest and delivers. Besides, he mostly manages to wriggle his way into favor. Nuance more »

  • The Nuance of Voice Recognition

    By Lamont Wood - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: MSFT, NUAN

    Any investor’s quest for technology’s next big thing will turn up speech recognition. And it may be the next big thing, but the problem is finding a pure play—a firm whose financial success is wedded to the success of speech recognition technology.

    Why speech recognition? Most people use a keyboard to input text, but without training they are unlikely to type faster than 40 words per minute more »

  • Should We Follow Icahn Into This Voice Solutions Provider?

    By Anh HOANG - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, MSFT, NUAN

    Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has gotten active again by accumulating a 9.3% stake in Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN), a voice and language solutions provider to businesses and consumers globally. After Icahn’s stake was publicly disclosed, Nuance surged as much as 9%. However, since the beginning of the year, Nuance has experienced a significant decline of around 13.4%. Should investors follow Carl Icahn into Nuance at its more »

  • 2 Buys and One to Avoid From Tech Stocks Missing Giant Rally

    By Chris Lau - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: BIDU, NUAN, NVDA

    When a meteoric rally in stock markets takes place, investors ingrained to invest in value could start by looking at the companies that were left out. In the one-year period, the Nasdaq QQQ (QQQ) is up around 9%. Surprisingly, the technology-heavy index underperformed the S&P 500, which rose 17.5% in the same period. The decline in Apple shares (which is down 20% in the year) contributed to the more »

  • Nuance: Buy or Sell?

    By Chris Lau - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: NUAN, OVTI, SYNA

    Investors punished Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) after the company reported quarterly earnings that missed estimates, and guided several quarters of weak sales in two core business areas. Nuance now expects healthcare and sales in emerging markets (“EMEA”) to be weaker than previously estimated.

    Business Model at Risk

    Nuance, whose core business offering is in converting spoken words to text, is facing a fundamental decline in medical transcription volumes. As electronic more »

  • Undervalued or Overvalued: The Answer Might Surprise You

    By Tyler Wofford - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: AIG, BRS, NFLX, NUAN

    People often have discussions about how the value of a company relates to investors. These are good discussions to have, because often times it's hard to tell how a company is valued because of growth and other factors. There are two companies that seem dramatically undervalued as well as two companies that appear overvalued -- even if it's not obvious.  

    Undervalued...

    Although some investors may not have heard of more »

  • Four Analyst Downgrades Worth Noting

    By Brian Nichols - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: SSRX, NUAN, RVBD, TEVA

    A downgrade often means nothing--sometimes it’s just analysts “following the leader” and playing to the trend of a stock, or overreacting. But one way that investors can use an analyst’s call is to read the notes, take the reasons behind the call into consideration, and then use it as part of your research. With that being said, I am looking at four noteworthy downgrades on Friday, and the more »

  • Are Any of These Friday Losers Presenting Value?

    By Brian Nichols - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: GUID, NUAN, RVBD

    There's something psychologically disheartening about a stock that is trading lower. It's often difficult to buy such a stock, especially when the market is trading higher. However, often times these lower trading stocks present great value; and trade lower by mistake. In this article I am looking at three big losers on Friday to determine if any are presenting value.

    Small Cap Falls on Fairly Strong Fundamental Performance more »

  • Disruptive Yet Stable: A Growth Stock Oxymoron

    By Nikhil Shamapant - February 6, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, F, GOOG, NUAN, OPEN

    Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a voice and language solutions provider. Essentially the company uses proprietary voice recognition technology to solve problems for customers in health care, mobile and enterprise areas. The nature of each of Nuance’s business segments is dramatically different, making Nuance one of the more unique growth stocks I’ve ever seen.

    Mobile and others: Nuance’s disruptive growth businesses

    The mobile and health care businesses more »

  • 2 Stocks to Buy on the Waning Dominance of Apple

    By Mark Holder - January 31, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, INVN, NUAN

    The recent revelation that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might no longer be the dominant mobile device developer might create an opportunity for other tech stocks. Between sucking up investment dollars and squeezing margins, the dominance by Apple in the mobile device sector hasn’t always been good for suppliers.

    The developer of the iPhone and iPad still has a market cap of $430 billion even after a decline from nearly $700 more »

  • Is Cognitive Computing the Next Disruptive Technology?

    By Shweta Dubey - January 7, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, IBM, NUAN

    For every tech investor, the questions that always revolve around his/her mind are “What will be the next disruptive innovation?”, and “which technology is going to shake the world?” I guess International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) tries it’s best to answer these questions every year. Over the last several years, IBM has been forecasting the technologies and innovations for the future. But this year IBM has something amazing more »

  • You’d Better Be Aware of How Steven Cohen Was Trading This Stock Last Quarter

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 17, 2012 | Tickers: ADBE, ADSK, CTXS, NUAN, CRM

    Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) failed to make our list of top ten tech stocks loved by hedge funds last quarter, but we believe it is one of the best investments available in the software and programming industry. Adobe saw its most recent fiscal quarter (4Q) come in with higher revenue, as a result of better adoption rates for cloud computing services. The company has a diverse suite of products that more »

  • 3 Cool Tech Companies For Apple’s Holiday Wish List

    By Matthew DiLallo - December 6, 2012 | Tickers: DDD, AAPL, NUAN, P

    Let me guess, you’re making a list, checking it twice and hoping to find a bargain on that very cool tech device.  In all likelihood your capacity to spend is much less than your capacity to shop.  What if you weren’t a cash strapped consumer but instead your piggy bank had grown to the point where you had more money than you could possibly spend?

    That’s basically more »

  • Dragon Voice Boosting Speech Recognition Machinery

    By Shweta Dubey - December 4, 2012 | Tickers: GOOG, IBM, NUAN

    The hot market of Speech Recognition software is reporting startling benefits for its developers. Today, I have picked up Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) which has recently launched a hands free technology Dragon Mobile Assistant (Beta). The software was launched as voice control for Android 4.0 devices in the Google Play app market.  The launch will be an add-on to its existing portfolio of speech recognition software and drive market more »

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