It appears the next big thing in smartphones is coming neither from Samsung nor Apple but from Google . Last week at All Things D, Dennis Woodside, CEO of Motorola, announced Moto X. Moto X may turn out to be the next big thing in smartphones because of the emphasis on making
The big three in gaming consoles are Sony ,Microsoft MSFT, and Nintendo. Both Microsoft and Sony have announced new next generation consoles after a long hiatus. PS4 is the new console from Sony and Xbox One is the new console from Microsoft. Advanced Micro Devices is the big winner. Its processor designs are
Samsung announced today that it has sold 10 million Galaxy S4 phones in the first month. This amounts to a rate of about four phones sold per second. JK Shin, CEO of the IT and Mobile Communications Division at Samsung, said, “On behalf of Samsung, I would like to thank
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Pandora (P) reported better than expected earnings and provided guidance better than consensus. However, this guidance does not justify the present stock price. The trigger for entering this trade was the potential impact of a competing service from Apple (AAPL). Service
In the wake of Bernanke’s testimony before Congress and the release of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes, the U. S. stock market traced an ominous technical pattern. In traditional technical analysis, this pattern is known as an “outside day.” The outside day is visible on the chart of
Tim Cook’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation has given much publicity to Apple ’s ingenuity at avoiding taxes. Although Apple is in the limelight, it is not alone in using complex schemes to dodge taxes. The crème de la crème of American corporations including Google , Microsoft , Cisco, and IBM use similar schemes to dodge
Apple AAPL has been very proud of its Retina displays. To a large degree, these high-resolution, crystal clear displays have contributed to the popularity of Apple devices. Tim Cook himself has promoted Retina displays by claiming them as the most advanced display technology and that no one matches their quality. Cook simply
Click here to enlarge chart. On Wednesday, the news broke that two big-time hedge-fund managers dumped their Apple stock in the first quarter of 2013. Interestingly, an analysis of the tick data foretold the news a day earlier. Analyzing tick data with computer algorithms is akin to the manual
Until 2007, Bill Gates was the richest man in the world by virtue of his stake in Microsoft MSFT. Then Carlos Slim Helu, the famous Mexican investor, aided by his stake in cell phone operator American Movil, wrested the crown from Gates. According to Bloomberg , yesterday Gates became the richest man again, although Forbes,
Click here for a larger chart. When Apple AAPL first announced iPhone 4S, there was a nice surprise in it called Siri. Siri is a virtual intelligent voice assistant. Siri caught the imagination of the masses. iPhone 4S sales took off. Analysts had to scramble to revise their iPhone 4S sales estimates