If you’re in the market for a smartphone, wait for the Apple(AAPL) iPhone 5 and do not buy the new Android flagship Samsung (SSNGY) Galaxy S III, so saysTerry Gou, according to Focus Taiwan. It pays to listen to Terry Gou, as he is no ordinary commentator. Gou is the chairman
Microsoft’s trump card against Apple(AAPL) is a suite of productivity software aptly named Office. In my own research, more than half of the corporations my employees have surveyed are reluctant to deploy Apple iPad widely because it does not run Microsoft Office natively. Our research also shows that about 20% of
On Monday, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (MSFT), revealed much anticipated tablets from Microsoft. The tablets, to be called Surface, are a much stronger entry than most analysts expected. Speculation by analysts ranged from eBook reader to an Xbox focused tablet. Microsoft shares are up better than 3% on the news. Surface
Imagine a phone wrapped in curved glass. If done right this is the next revolution in the industrial design of mobile devices including phones. There is no one better at implementing sleek, new industrial designs than Apple (AAPL). Apple iPhone 4s came under criticism because its shape and form did not change
This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert AAPL has just introduced a new smart case for iPad. This is negative for ZAGG which makes competing cases. Consider adding or initiating a 10% tranche right here at $10.76. Short sell zone is $10.60 -13.25. No stops temporarily. Target
There is not much doubt thatBest Buy (BBY) will go out of business eventually unless it changes the way it does business. Finally there is a big leap at Best Buy to arrest the company’s downward spiral. Best Buy founder and former chairman Richard Schulze has resigned. Schulze owns 20.1% of the company.
For a while there has been no shortage of speculation about a new TV from Apple (AAPL). Recently, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple stoked the fire by making vague comments about the company’s future in the television business. The speculation ranges from a full-fledged TV set to a big upgrade of existing Apple
As Apple (AAPL) makes progress towards releasing iPhone 5, details are leaking out. For a long time, there has been speculation that Apple will use Liquidmetal on a large scale in iPhone 5. Liquidmetal is not a liquid but a commercial name for a series of amorphous metal alloys. These alloys were
An interesting see-saw price action has developed between shares of Apple (AAPL) andFacebook (FB). When Facebook stock goes down, Apple stock goes up and vice versa. Going into the Facebook IPO, it made sense that investors were selling Apple stock to raise money to buy Facebook shares, but when Facebook did not open
It is not an exaggeration to say that all roads of growth lead to or through China. The obvious question for some of today’s most popular growth stocks is, “Out of Apple, Google, and Facebook, which company will do better in China?” The Facebook (FB) IPO is upon us Friday, and the