Author: Sean Johnson

Harvey Mudd College President, Maria Klawe, took an interview with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella is under fire because of his comments in this interview, in which he said that women must not ask for pay raises and benefits in the tech industry and must wait for the Karma to work for them for rewards. In a program on Bloomberg, Klawe said that the interview went amazing. The interview continued for about 40 minutes and Nadella looked very passionate about the role of women in the technology sector. There were around 7,500 women in the crowd, all from…

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The Street reported that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has received another notice regarding the presence of untrue search results about individuals. This time the notice comes from Japan and it is about a man who was involved in criminal acts in the past. “The Right to be Forgotten” law is becoming a headache for Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) lately. After the resistance from European courts and order regarding deletion of specific search results of individuals, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has received an order from Tokyo District Court to remove 122 search results from its search engine. The results are about a man who is…

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Technology giants like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are giving an immense focus on the wearable devices to imbibe new users. Smartphones have reached the pinnacle of the modern technology. Processing chips, apps and software are going for a climax and experts are now hinting a vacuum that is going to cause the sales tumble. Wearables is the area which has the potential to grow. Wrist bands, health bands, smartwatches, detection bands and bracelets are some of the devices that are being launched in the market these days. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) have also manufactured wearables…

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In a program on The Street, Susannah Lee reported about latest stir that is caused by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s CEO. The spark was caused after Nadella said that women working in the technology sector must not ask for pay raises and benefits. He thinks that the system will come back to them to pay for their effort. Lee also reported that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s CEO Elon Musk has finally revealed Model D car. The car is all-wheel-drive version of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s previous Model S Sedan. The company has said that the new car can make 0-60 MPH…

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Wall Street Journal has claimed that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is going to open a physical store in New York City. The store is likely to get working before the holiday season. Many experts are hinting that the new store might diminish the real effect of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s growth factor which is the e-commerce and online sales. In a program on CNBC, Herb Greenberg and Jan Kniffen, J. Rogers Kniffen CEO talked about reasons and possible implications of new Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s physical store in the US. Greenberg said that the results of this store will be evident in a…

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Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is all set to release its third-quarter earnings and revenue report in the coming week. Analysts are expecting a lot from the video streaming company. In an article on Trading Floor, Mads Koefoed from Saxo Bank said that by all consensus, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) will report around $1.4 billion sales. This will be an increase by no less than 27.4% year over year for Netflix. Earnings per share is also going to get a boost to $1.17 from $0.52. According to Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)’s estimate, its revenue will be around $1.22 billion. The company has recently rolled…

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GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) is beating all expectations in the market these days and performing extremely well. GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) went up by 180% since its IPO in June. Recently, GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO)’s CEO Nicholas Woodman gave 5.8 million Class A shares to a welfare organization. This step rattled the GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO)  stock and it tumbled by 14% in the markets. But the recent holiday season plan gave an increase of 7.8% to GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO)  stock yesterday. Despite of all the achievements, some experts are of the view that GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO)  stock is overvalued. In an article on CMCMarkets,…

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Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is getting good ratings from the market experts. In a recent development, Deutsche, Nomura and Evercore Partners have given a Buy rating to Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)’s stock.  Ads business of Twitter is the common factor that is playing an important role in the stock surge. Evercore Partners analyst Ken Sena set the price target up to $65 from $55 for Twitter and gave a buy rating. The recent integration with MoPub, a high possibility of increase in ads revenue and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)’s potential to deliver high return on investment (ROI) are some of the paramount factors…

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In an article on Pando, David Holmes discussed the latest plans of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s CEO, Marissa Mayer to change Tumblr in an online video streaming platform, just like Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Youtube. Holmes thinks that apparently, the plan might look innovative and interesting, but it will fail badly for a number of reasons. More than 61% of teens use Tumblr and they are addicted to the freedom of blogging and content sharing. But unfortunately for Yahoo, this content sharing does not generate any revenue. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s CEO is desperate to make some moves to increase the company’s revenue graph…

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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) talked about the autonomous driving and its legal and practical implications in a program on Bloomberg. Musk said that autonomous driving must not be mixed with auto-pilot concept. Autonomous driving does not mean that the driver can set the destination in the car and the car will automatically reach there. He said that the driver of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s autonomous car will still be driving the car, directing and controlling everything manually. Musk thinks that the concept of autopilot driving in the cars is far away from implementation because…

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) have made it to the top of Interbrand’s list of the 100 Best Global Brands for 2014. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stands first on the list with $118.9 billion. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is ranked on the second position in the list, having a value of $107.4 billion. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) went up by 21% and Google improved by 15% in their rankings this year as compared to the last year. In a program on The Street, Jez Frampton, Global CEO of Interbrand told the metrics that are seen while making the Interbrand list of…

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Apple is set to launch new iPads on October 16 event. Experts discussed Apple’s decline in sales of iPads in a program on Bloomberg. Gene Munster, research analyst at Piper Jaffray said that his team did a survey last year on the demand of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPads. 66% of the people said that they want new iPads but a latest survey done by the same team showed that the demand has come down to 60%. He said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s new event is timely as the company needs a thrust in the revenues in the tablet line.  …

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