Intel INTC, has been the king of servers, desktops and laptops. However, despite a massive effort, it has had a limited success in mobile, especially at Apple AAPL. For a semiconductor manufacturer, the biggest prize is to get into iPhone 7. Earlier today, Bloomberg published an enticing headline, ‘Intel Gets
The long-awaited event happened. The world’s most valuable company, Apple (AAPL), has been added to the world’s most well-known index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It is quite an honor for Apple to replace AT&T ( T), which was added to Dow Jones in 1916, and in many ways is symbolic
It was not long ago that Samsung introduced the wearable watch that communicates with Samsung phones under the brand name Galaxy Gear. Galaxy Gear sales have been nothing to write home about, but poor sales have not stopped intense speculation that Apple (AAPL) will soon introduce its own wearable watch
It is difficult to watch TV on a major network without seeing an AT&T advertisement for its Mobile Share Value Plans, many of which do not require a two-year contract, but require full payment for phones–generally in the range of $600-$700 for Apple and Samsung’s newest top-shelf models. To ease
T-Mobile (TMUS) got the ball rolling with no contract plans and much cheaper plans than AT&T, something it publicized in the Tim Tebow Super Bowl commercial Sunday evening. Today AT&T fired a big bazooka, not so much at T-Mobile but at Verizon. It makes sense because the name of the
Apple (AAPL) reported earnings after the market close. The Apple stock ended the regular session at $550.50. In the after-hours it has touched $501, down about 8%. As I listened to the conference call, just like I have listened to every conference call since before the launch of iPhone, I could
Verizon just trumped Apple by orchestrating the world’s largest corporate-debt sale to date by selling $49 billion of bonds. In contrast, the previous largest corporate bond sale in the U. S. was Apple’s big bond sale in April, which, in hindsight, was a mere $17 billion. Verizon’s rush is investor’s
Please click here for the chart. After the market close on Friday, AT&T kicked off the next wave of consolidation in wireless by offering to buy Leap Wireless for $1.19 billion. But will they stop there? First, let’s take a look at this deal. The chart linked below compares performance
On Monday, Samsung made a 5G announcement promising download of 3D movies in seconds. Samsung did the most masterful job of spinning a test for the maximum public relations impact that I have seen in a long time. Samsung served up such a sumptuous treat to the media who seem
This is a hands-on review of Samsung’s Galaxy S4, specifically for the power user written with the intent of helping those who may be looking at buying this new device. I am defining power users as being more concerned about productivity and a phone is a big part of their