Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has joined hands with many internet companies to launch an online protest against Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposed changes to Net Neutrality after which, the Internet will be divided in Fast and Slow Lanes. Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) being solely dependent on the internet speed sees a potential threat to its services from these changes. Discussing this issue in a program on Fox Business, Former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell said that these protests and tensions will be diluted once FCC passes the order. “[…] When I was a commissioner at the FCC for seven years we went through a…
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Much awaited FPS game of 2014 Bungie’s Destiny has been released and GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) is expecting a lot of revenue and uplift from it. Discussing the new launch, business opportunities and gaming trends in a program on CNBC, Robert Lloyd, GameStop CFO said that GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) is doing great in the market and is still very relevant in the context of the emerging digital trends. “We are still very relevant, we had the Destiny launch yesterday, we started at midnight, on Tuesday morning and we have had a tremendous amount of traffic come through our stores to…
GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GTAT)’s stock came down by 11.25% to $15.22 in afternoon trading just after the launch of new iPhones by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) on Tuesday. The reasons behind the plunging of GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GTAT) stock was the fact that there was no Sapphire Glass in both the iPhones. Discussing the GT Advanced Technologies’s stock and effects of absence of Sapphire Glass in the new iPhones on the company in a program on CNBC, Pavel Molchanov, Raymond James analyst said that absence of Sapphire glass in the new phones is certainly the reason behind the tumble of…
Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S)’s CEO Marcelo Claure has expressed high hopes from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s newly launched iPhone 6 and said that his company has an edge over its competitors in the upcoming iPhone 6 sales frenzy. In an interview given to re/code, Claure said that a device like iPhone 6 needs a different and much better treatment and his company is ready to serve the customers in exciting ways. Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) has a number of plans to offer to its Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPhone 6 customers. “iPhone for Life” option by Sprint will give customers a chance to get the iPhone…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has finally revealed the name of its upcoming smart watch. The next generation fitness band from Intel is named as “The Basis Peak” and it will be shipped this November, PC World reported citing Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s wearables chief, Mike Bell. According to the source, Bell revealed an image of Basis watch on Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday. Bell said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s launch of smartwatch is giving a huge boost to the wearables industry and that Basis Company is the leader in fitness tacking devices and currently have some established devices in the market. Intel…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has announced that it will create a computer that will have no wires at all by the end of next year. The company is also working on a unique biometric facial recognition technology to deplete the need of passwords. Discussing this project in a program on CNBC, Kirk Skaugen, Intel PC Clients Group senior VP, said that Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) wants to achieve security mechanism for its users by focusing on eliminating the passwords that are chosen from alphabets and numbers. He said that Intel will create a system that will let users log into their machine…
CNBC’s Jon Fortt talked to Dan Mead, Verizon Wireless President & CEO in a program about Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)’s expectations from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and future business plans. Mead said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a very important business partner of Verizon in the industry and he is extremely excited about the product launch event of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today. “It’s a really important day for the industry and certainly for Apple, what a great legacy of providing value to consumers, […] They always have something good that makes a difference for consumers […],” said Mead. Answering the question about basic…
iPhone 6 launch is just hours away, but nothing can be said with surety about whether Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will reveal the iPhone 6 with a Sapphire Glass screen or not. The rumors about Sapphire glass coming to iPhone 6 sparked the debates regarding replacement of Gorilla Glass, which is mostly used in the smartphones worldwide. Comparing Gorilla and Sapphire Glass in a program on CNBC, Wendell Weeks, Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) CEO said that his company made Gorilla Glass on the demand of Steve Jobs. Weeks said that there are two reasons why mainstream companies want to work with Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW). The…
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has confirmed that its payment system’s security was breached online and all credit card purchases at its Canadian and U.S. Stores can get affected. Data theft analysts are predicting that The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD)’s breach can be bigger than its rival, Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT)’s breach last year. Discussing this issue in a program, CNBC’s David Faber and Jim Cramer said that the company is not giving much attention to this breach in the media to avoid panic in its customers. Faber said that Target was crushed in terms of public opinion and the company…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has announced a whole new lot of products for the upcoming holiday season. The new launches include two new powerful Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s ENVY detachable PCs, an ultra-portable HP Pavilion detachable PC and two powerful HP Chromebooks based on Chrome OS. HP released a statement regarding this launch and said that the company has answered the demand of customers which are more fixated on having devices that are productive and stylish. “The products we are announcing today include innovative designs, vibrant color options, choice of operating system and computing power to enable the way that customers communicate, play…
Jack Ma, the CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is in the US these days, convincing notorious investors about the options regarding Alibaba’s potentially $24 billion initial public offering. Bloomberg’s Zeb Eckert discussed Jack Ma’s strategies about investments in the US and said that apparently, Ma is not giving much priority to investors rather customers remain the paramount domain of interest for him. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has a 23% stake in Alibaba. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s stock also experienced some increase in the markets yesterday as Alibaba inches towards its much awaited launch on the US stock market. “[…] This is an…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has released its new Xeon microprocessor to meet the evolving needs of corporate computing. The new processor is three times more powerful that its previous iterations. In an official announcement, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) said that the new processor E5-2600/1600 v3 is specially designed to meet the increasing needs of efficiency, security and performance. In order to meet the demand of software defined infrastructure (SDI), the new Xeon processor is designed with the ability to control remote resources telemetrically, which promises optimized total cost of ownership and better efficiency. According to Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), the new processor will best…