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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Alert: At last, the Time has Come; the Day is Here!
At last, the time has come; the day is here! Buyers can now have their Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 5 in their hands. Switzerland’s national rail company claims that Apple Inc. has copied the iconic look of its station clocks for the iOS 6 operating system that are used by iPhone and iPad mobile devices.…
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Puts Online Music Pioneer On The Takeover Wish List of Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s expected entry into Internet radio is set to put online music pioneer Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE:P) on the acquisition wish lists of companies ranging from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) to Clear Channel Communications Inc. Pandora accounts for 74 percent of online-radio listening, and its stake of all U.S. radio use…
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Is Aware Of Threat To IE, Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) Marks Fourth Straight Rally
The German state agency responsible for IT safety has warned about a security breach in Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)‘s Internet Explorer and suggests people use other browsers until the problem gets fixed. The Federal Office for Information Security provided a sign that the browser’s weak point is already being used for targeted attacks, adding that the code…
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Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) gets a Boost from CEO Comments, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares Returned Below $700 Level
The Israel Advanced Technology Industries association recently released a report disclosing that Israel has seen a sharp rise in the number of new start-up companies, with 199 new start-ups founded in the April-June quarter of 2012. The latest data marked a significant growth beyond the 114 start-ups that were seen in the previous two quarters.…
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A Study Reveals Tech Sector Merger & Acquisition Deal Worth Declined in Q2 – (MRVL, S, GRPN, NOK)
Macroeconomic worries may have caught up with the technology sector, which faced a 43% fall on the deal value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to US$33.4 billion in Q2 2012 as compared to US$58.3 billion a year ago. Ernst & Young’s report revealed that the tech stocks had outpaced deal value for all industries in…
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Obama’s Campaign Team Averaged 29 Tweets Per Day – (CSCO, S, MSFT, NOK, GOOG, GRPN, AAPL)
US President Barack Obama’s campaign team is showing again this year to be more aware, as compared to opposition Republicans, of the power of the Internet, particularly Twitter, a study released today has revealed. It was reported that during the study Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney’s team averaged one tweet per day as compared…
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Gets An OK From The OFT And Heads For The First Lockup Expiration
Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ:FB) proposed takeover of photo sharing service Instagram has been reviewed by the U.K Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which recently decided to give an OK for the merger, according to an OFT spokesman Wednesday. The amalgamation will not be referred to the Competition Commission. OFT investigates markets and has right to refer…
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NASDAQ Recovers; Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Approaching Record High, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Sharply Drops – (SIRI, GRPN, ENVI)
The NASDAQ Composite Index (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) recovered from previous decline, ranging between 3,023.75 – 3,034.16 after the the Labor Department released a report that producer prices gained 0.3 percent in July, scoring the best growth rate in five months in July. Analysts surveyed by Reuters were predicting the index to show a gain of 0.2 percent.…
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Only Tech Sector Gains; Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Advances And Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) Suffers – (S, NOK, CSCO)
Wall Street ended Monday’s light-volume session slightly lower as interest for technology companies restricted losses and as market participants focused on weak Japanese economic data. The tech stocks were the only ones in the S&P 500 industry group of 10 to end the day higher. Tech sector weighed Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) after its decision to…
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Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) Continues To Face Lukewarm Sentiment Despite Strong Rally – (MS, PFE, BP)
Stock markets around the world declined Monday after a slowdown in Japan’s growth provided investors an added reason to worry about the health of the global economy. Japan’s economy moved up at a weaker-than-projected annual rate of 1.4 percent in April-June as European financial woes and the strong yen weighed on the nation’s powerhouse export…