On Sunday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Samsung announced the release of two new smart watches called Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Unlike their predecessor smart watch from Samsung, which was powered by Android, these new models use the Tizen operating system. To date most of Samsung’s mobile
Cisco (CSCO) is the largest manufacturer of networking equipment perfectly positioned to benefit from growth of the Internet. The stock dipped after it reported earnings, but here is why Cisco is an attractive opportunity for the long-term investor on any further weakness in price. Cisco is providing equipment and services
Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the largest tech trade shows in the world with 1,700 exhibitors at this year’s get together where Intel INTC -0.43% (INTC) introduced many new innovations. One of them is a new line of Haswell processors to be used by Sony (SNE) to power its Vaio Pro for up to 25 hours without a
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
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
With Windows 8, Microsoft MSFT ignored the basic tenets of change management and paid the price. Now Microsoft is finally trying to correct the mistakes it made with Windows 8. In my analysis, the big drop in PC sales has been in part due to mistakes made by Microsoft in Windows 8. I
Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a fireside chat, tried to convince the world that Apple is still the center of innovation in the technology world. Cook said that about one quarter of Apple employees were working on new products. There were no specifics but presumably new products include iTV. While Cook was
There is a lot more to Tuesday’s introduction of a new version of iPad with 128GB memory by Apple. The uninitiated simply dismissed the introduction of 128GB as nothing more than the evolutionary process of Apple adding more memory. Such commentators are myopic and are looking only at the consumer market
Today after the market close, Dish Network (DISH) announced a $3.30 offer for Clearwire, $0.33 more than the Sprint offer. Sprint called the offer from Dish illusory. Dish has been accumulating spectrum. Last month Dish won a ruling to convert some satellite spectrum to be used as cell phone spectrum.
In 2013, a new giant may rise to challenge Apple‘s iOs and Google‘s Android. Tizen is the new giant. This company that you may have never heard of has a long history behind it. Samsung’s collaboration with the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) for years was known as LiMo or Linux platform for