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ThinkstockFor many industries hurt by slow growth, there is China and there is the rest of the world. As consumer and business activity slows in the old world of Europe and the United States, the...
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courtesy of MicrosoftAugust is often a slow time for technology and consumer spending, but the dying PC market may be about to see a resurrection. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has fixed many of the...
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courtesy of SamsungTo say that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a stranglehold on the tablet market is probably no more than to state the obvious. Of all devices running Apple’s iOS operating system,...
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courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.In what has to be one of the stranger product announcements of recent times, Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) said on Monday morning that it is releasing a...
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courtesy of MicrosoftAccording to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), its Surface tablet business lost money in the past fiscal year. One clue that the product was in trouble was the disclosure that...
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ThinkstockIs the massive growth phase of the smartphone and the tablet market coming to an end? Well, that depends on whom you ask, but all you have to do is look at how Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has...
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The standoff over the future ownership of Dell Inc., with Carl Icahn and his allies on the one side and Michael Dell and his on the other, has failed to yield any large increase in what either will...
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courtesy of MicrosoftThe flagship of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) consumer PC products, the Surface, just got less expensive. The price of the base model dropped to $349, which is certain to be...
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courtesy of MicrosoftAlmost every product gives consumers a set of warnings about ramifications of its use. Windows 8.1 is no exception. Below is the list Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released:...
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courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Almost exactly a year ago, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) agreed to pay $300 for a 17.6% stake in a joint venture with Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) that was...
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courtesy of AppleApps analytics firm Flurry said today in a blog post that mobile devices known as “phablets” — that is, a device with a screen size larger than 5 inches but smaller than 8...
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courtesy of MicrosoftThe estimated worldwide market for tablets this year has been pushed up by about 10%, from a previous estimate of 172.4 million units to 190 million units. By the end of 2017,...
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ThinkstockMost investors are aware of the fact that the stock market can be a cruel and fickle mistress. What is big and cutting edge one day, especially in the technology world, can easily become...
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ThinkstockWe have reported at great length how the world of semiconductors has changed drastically in the past five years. A business that was once dominated by personal computers, laptops and...
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courtesy of SamsungIn 2013, for the first time, shipments of smartphones are forecast to top sales of feature phones. With shipments expected at 50.1% of all mobile phones shipped worldwide,...
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