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Courtesy of BlackBerryTrading in BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) was halted at about 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday as the smartphone maker slipped in a preliminary report on its fiscal second quarter 2014...
courtesy of MicrosoftLooking back on Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer’s last presentation to Wall Street analysts, the most controversial, and likely to be most remembered, comment...
Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has released its new Z30 smartphone. And at about the same time, The Wall Street Journal reported that the company may fire 40% of its staff. Two...
courtesy of SamsungWireless carrier Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) said on Wednesday that it will add another 100 Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) stores to the 106 that already sell Sprint products in...
courtesy of XiaomiWhile you are watching yourself, someone else may be too. And most smartphone owners are watching themselves so that they can know where they are. According to new of data from the...
courtesy of Apple Inc.In what might be an unprecedented move by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), the company apparently has agreed to permit Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to sell the iPhone 5C and...
courtesy of Apple Inc.The day that most of us have expected is right around the corner. Research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) reported on Wednesday that shipments of tablet devices will...
courtesy of MicrosoftIt turns out that smaller is better, at least in the world of personal computers. This runs against the tide of other industries. In the fast-food business, bigger burgers are...
ThinkstockQualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a definite winner among the smartphone and tablet wars against the traditional PC market. All you have to do is look at the trends in smartphone growth...
courtesy of AppleMaybe you have heard about the death of the personal computer market. If you think you have heard it before, you might want to look much closer now. Tablets and smartphones are not...
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) did not quite get the reception it would have liked from Main Street and from Wall Street for its two new iPhone models. Frankly, the company should...
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) fired an unspecified number of its U.S. sales staff on Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog....
courtesy of DellCarl Icahn won the battle to control Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) with one quick action. He walked away from the competition to run a company that has no future. After months in which he...
Jon OggNew tech is supposed to replace old tech at an accelerating pace, analysts believe. The evolution from Web 1.0, which peaked with the tech bubble of the late 1990s, has been superseded by Web...
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in July 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. smartphone market....