A number of media sources are reporting that Facebook will file for an initial public offering next week. Apparently,Morgan Stanley is to be the lead underwriter. Goldman Sachs is also expected to play a major role. Facebook, with its 800 million members, has become the new standard platform for
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
Steve Jobs had a dream of making traditional textbooks obsolete. Now Apple (AAPL) has promised to reinvent textbooks. Today Apple introduced iBooks 2. iBooks 2 can be purchased, starting today, from Apple’s iBooks store. iBooks 2 is rich in swiping and pinching gestures, animations and video. Apple is
Steve Jobs was a hero to me and many, but he was not infallible. Steve Jobs successfully saw around the corner regarding many technologies, but he made a blunder regarding OLEDs. What the heck is an OLED? Most people know that LEDs are light emitting diodes. LEDs are
It is no secret that Google (GOOG) missed the boat on social networking when the time was ripe. Now Google is chasing Facebook with Google+. Google+ is well designed. Some experts consider Google+ to be a better design than Facebook. Google+ has met with some initial success.
Some stock market gurus seem to have a fatal attraction to technology patents. While technology patents can certainly add to the performance of a stock, that attraction often fails to account for a number of factors affecting the value of the patents. Technology patents are very complex and understanding them
Best Buy has done an excellent job at becoming a showroom for Amazon.com. Now Best Buy is working hard at charging more than the competition, making poor service poorer and not stocking what customers want. As a shopper, I gave up on Best Buy a long time ago in