February 26, 2013

FIREFOX OS TURNING UP HEAT ON APPLE AND GOOGLE

The Boot to Gecko project (B2G) being developed by the Mozilla Foundation is now ready to challenge Apple and Google’s dominance of mobile devices.

Mozilla Foundation is a not-for-profit entity that is the producer of the popular Firefox browser. Mozilla Foundation also has a tax-paying subsidiary called Mozilla Corporation.

B2G Firefox OS

B2G is a Linux based open source operating system (OS) for mobile devices. It is slated to be released this summer under the name Firefox OS. This is the culmination of the project announced by Dr. Andreas Gal on July 25, 2011 to make open Web technologies a foundation for future applications for mobile devices and desktop PCs alike.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

February 26, 2013

STOCK MARKET TRACES DANGEROUS PATTERN $SPY $GLD $SLV $AAPL $TLT

The stock market has been overbought for a while, and overbought markets can be vulnerable. Usually there is an excuse in the form of bad news that runs the overbought market down to alleviate the overbought condition.

Monday was no exception. The bad news was that in Italy, Berlusconi garnered more votes than expected. He is seen as a threat to the austerity implemented by Mario Monti. In somewhat of a response to the news, the DJIA fell 216 points.

In the process of falling, the stock market traced a dangerous technical pattern known as an “outside day,” which you can see on the chart linked to below.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

February 26, 2013

CHANGE IN TENANT HEALTH TARGET POST EARNINGS, TAKE MORE PARTIAL PROFITS $THC

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert.

The position is long with an average price of $20.40. Currently, 40% of the full core position size is being held. Profits have been taken as high as $39.26.

THC confirms FY13 adjusted EBITDA view $1.325B-$1.425B. THC also reports Q4 continuing ops EPS 52c, consensus 68c; Q4 revenue $2.33B, consensus $2.34B. THC sees Q1 adjusted EBITDA $250M-$290M. This outlook excludes any contribution related to the managed care portion of the 30 month California Provider Fee program, which is now expected to contribute $53M to adjusted EBITDA in the quarter ending June 30.

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February 26, 2013

SAMSUNG MAKES PLAY AGAINST APPLE, BLACKBERRY WITH KNOX

In a major strategic move, Samsung has announced an end-to-end security solution for mobile devices for the enterprise. The solution is appropriately named KNOX. KNOX appears to be the Fort Knox of mobile security in an enterprise.

The best way to understand KNOX is to break it down into two components.

Platform Security

Platform security includes a secure boot that allows only authorized software to run on a device. The platform also incorporates a secure version of Android developed by the National

Agency. Further, an ARM TrustZone-based Integrity Measurement Architecture is implemented to continuously monitor the integrity of the Linux kernel. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

February 26, 2013