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Is Thorsten Heins the Next Steve Jobs? RIM Investors Should Hope So
On Sunday night, Research in Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) co-CEOs stepped down from their positions and Thorsten Heins was appointed to replace departing Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. To investors in RIM, this may initially have been seen as a tremendous relief. Yet, the resulting sell-off on Monday and Tuesday may have indicated that investors were far [...]
Did Google Make a Mistake With Motorola Mobility Purchase?
On Monday, shares of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) sold off heavily. The stock traded down almost 4%—a relatively significant amount given the company’s status as a tech giant. Traders may have hit Google after Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) reported some disappointing figures on Friday. The smartphone manufacturer stated that its upcoming earnings would be put under [...]
Is Microsoft Preempting Apple with Xbox Live Content Addition?
While Netflix’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock has taken a significant beating this year, there has been no shortage of interest in the content streaming space. Last week, reports indicated that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was considering hiring a TV network executive to help the company implement exclusive programing for its Xbox Live service. Microsoft is planning to [...]
Too Little, Too Late for Microsoft?
On Tuesday last week, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) showed off its new Windows 8 operating system to developers. Notably, Windows 8 appears to be a radical departure from the traditional Windows operating system format. The new iteration of Windows is being designed to operate largely interchangeably on desktops, laptops, phones and tablets. Further, Microsoft stated that [...]
HP’s TouchPad Sign of a Revolution?
Last week, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) announced that it would be discontinuing production of its TouchPad tablet. The company slashed the price of its tablet to $99, in an apparent effort to quickly liquidate existing stockpiles. Perhaps coming as no surprise, demand for the tablet skyrocketed, and retailers ran out within days. At $99, the tablet [...]
The Beginning of the End for Apple?
Wednesday night, Steve Jobs—possibly the most highly regarded CEO in the world—announced his resignation from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Nearly immediately, the stock sold off, trading down over 5% in the after-market session. Yet, slowly, the stock began to regain its losses and, by market open the next day, was nearly flat. At mid-session Thursday, Apple [...]
IDC Predicts Huge Growth for ARM Chips
When technology research firm IDC issued its latest report on PC microprocessor unit shipments recently, this one sentence in the press release was getting the lion’s share of the attention: “By 2015, IDC expects that over 13% of PC processors will be based on the ARM architecture.” That’s not good news for Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: [...]
What Microsoft Wants from Skype
News that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has acquired Internet communications company Skype was not a big surprise. The surprise was how much it cost. Microsoft is paying about $8.5 billion in cash for the company. The investor group that is selling Skype paid about $2 billion for the company just two years ago. Skype claims [...]
Oracle, Intel, HP Call One Another Out
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) fired the first shot with this announcement on March 22nd: After multiple conversations with Intel senior management Oracle has decided to discontinue all software development on the Intel Itanium microprocessor. Intel management made it clear that their strategic focus is on their x86 microprocessor and that Itanium was nearing the end [...]
Hewlett-Packard Raises Dividend, Hopes
Perhaps the biggest news to come out of the recent revelation of a new strategy for Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is that the company will raise its dividend by 50%, from an annual payment of $0.32 to $0.48. That will boost HP’s dividend yield up to 1.2%, still short of the 1.6% yield from IBM [...]
