It was not long ago that legions of travel agents labored all across America in offices ranging from those located in class A office buildings to downtrodden strip malls. They gawked at 14-inch green CRT screens at gobbledygook codes that only they could understand. When it came to travel, travel
Much has been discussed in the media about most of the aspects of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” I have not seen much about the plight of more than 100,000 insurance agents and brokers. The floodgates are about to open for the mass firing
Google has a tradition of naming its operating systems after desserts. Jelly Bean is an incremental upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The biggest improvement in Jelly Bean is in its search function and now presents information in a fashion similar to Apple Siri. Google has also introduced Nexus 7, a
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.
The iPad has been a big success for Apple (AAPL). Apple bulls dream of iPad gaining and maintaining a market share similar to iPod. As a matter of fact, this is one of the propositions underlying some of the very high targets by analysts on Apple stock. Until now, there
“Imagine a world where finding, enjoying, storing and moving content is easy. Because TV should be easy.” You would think these are the words from an Apple (AAPL) ad for its much speculated upcoming iTV. You could not be more wrong. With a little help from Cisco Systems (CSCO), soon every player in the
On October 12, 2011, I started a series on Forbes titled ‘œFuture of Apple.’ The first article in the series was ‘˜Tim Cook’s Leadership Determines Whether Apple Hits $100 or $1,000 Next‘. Now I have come across Apple’s plan to become a $1,000 stock. Obviously, the plan is
Yes, I admit I use Google (GOOG) products. Much has recently been written about the new privacy policy from Google. The discussion in media did not bother me as I thought I would easily deal with privacy issues. Then I, too, received my Dear Google User email. The email starts
Shares of Google GOOG +0.01% lost about 8% after the Internet giant missed earnings. Google is a cheap stock; the big drop cannot be justified by missing earnings alone. The three real reasons behind the big drop in Google’s stock price are Amazon AMZN -0.04% , Apple l AAPL +0.06%
Apple reports earnings on Tuesday, January 24, after the close of trading. The consensus estimate is for $9.97 in earnings and $ 38.73 per share for revenues. Of course, as usual, breakdown of numbers by product category will drive the price of Apple stock. Over last three years, I