This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Steven Sinofsky, President of Windows and Windows Live at Microsoft, has left the company. The stock is down on the news. This is a buying opportunity. It appears that the departure was not due to any issues with Windows 8 or the Surface
In the middle of the news surrounding hurricane Sandy, the big news from Google (GOOG) seems to have been lost. With the introduction of Nexus 4, Google has pulled off a big price coup. An unlocked version of Nexus 4 is priced at $299, a remarkably low price for a phone of
The ouster of Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software at Apple, and the former heir apparent to the top job, indicates that problems at Apple run deeper than generally understood. Forstall was often compared to Steve Jobs, both for his brilliance and his abrasiveness. On the surface Forstall’s ouster is related
Cloud computing is hot. Even lay consumers who hadn’t heard of it only a year ago, not only know about cloud, but now they use it every day. If you are an Apple AAPL iPhone user, you are probably using iCloud. If you are a Google GOOG Android user and using
When reports first surfaced of problems with Apple Maps, Apple bulls were sure and loud that it was only a small problem and would be fixed soon. By not issuing any real statement, Apple gave the impression that the problem was indeed going to be short-lived. Finally there is a real statement
On Monday Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research In Motion, rallied support at a conference for the upcoming BlackBerry 10. After cutting past the bravado that Heins put up perhaps for a show, it is clear that RIM is conceding the top two spots in mobile to Apple and Google‘s Android. Heins’ realism is progress
Apple (AAPL) became the most valuable company in the world, in part due to the meticulousness and perfectionism of the late Steve Jobs. Jobs earned the trust of millions of users that Apple products not only work out of the box, they work well. Steve Jobs was well known for being extraordinarily
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, hit the ball out of the park in his first interview since Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO). Since the IPO, Facebook has lost about half of its value. The consensus among most analysts has been that mobile strategy is Facebook’s Achilles’ heel. If Zuckerberg is to be believed,
Apple AAPL will launch iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012. It is widely expected that this will be the biggest consumer product launch ever. Leading into iPhone 5 launch, Apple chart has traced a dangerous pattern. Monday’s bar on Apple chart is known as “outside day.” An outside day is characterized
Nine jurors in the Federal Court of the Northern District of California, handed Apple a big victory against Samsung, awarding Apple $1.05 billion in damages, finding all seven of Apple’s patents valid, finding Samsung infringed six of Apple’s patents, and finding Apple not to have infringed any of Samsung’s five patents. The