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It is perhaps a truism that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That seems to be the thinking at Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK), once the giant in photography, but slow to get...
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media has released its February data on which devices and operating systems are leading the mobile ad market. Millennial is the third largest mobile ad network,...
The usually reliable Taiwanese website Digitimes reports that Asustek Computer is preparing to launch a new netbook with a retail price between $200-$250.  To reach that price point, Digitimes...
The next thing a smartphone will replace, if Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its way, is your credit/debit card. The Wall Street Journal reports that the maker of the Android smartphone operating...
A combination of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and the T-Mobile USA bit of Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY) would bring together some 67 million subscribers now currently divided almost evenly...
The chase for advertising dollars just waiting to be harvested from all those smartphones is just getting starting. Of an estimated $500 billion in annual global ad spending, only about $2.7 billion...
24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and industry involved and the likely...
Everyone knows that  Facebook has more than 500 million users, a market value north of $50 billion, and a CEO whose life has already been documented in a feature film. Why does Facebook need a...
Leave it to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to grab a headline on the same day that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reveals a tie-up with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Bloomberg cites “people who have been...
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) won a huge victory today. Struggling handset company Nokia (NYSE: NOK), which is still the global leader in its industry, will use Redmond’s mobile OS in its smartphones....
Game maker Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) posted unimpressive fourth quarter results after the market closed last night, and to make matters worse, offered a weaker-than-expected outlook...
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop is scheduled this Friday to announce a plan to turn the Finnish phone giant around. An internal memo from Elop has hit the street, and it offers a preview of...
The joint venture between Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC), aptly called Sony Ericcson, tantalized gamers with a commercial during yesterday’s Super Bowl for a...
Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) today authorized a boost of $500 million in its share buyback program, replacing a $300 million authorization made in September 2010, and about half of...
Games-maker Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is getting a boost in share price today following a better-than-expected third fiscal quarter earnings report, and a buoyant outlook. That outlook...