Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has faced intense criticism on pushing aside its Maps applications and iTunes Radio in the past. There hasn’t been any updates to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Maps application for some time and iTunes radio was also apparently not doing well. But more recent numbers are proving that Apple Maps and iTunes radio are increasingly becoming popular in the U.S. A new study from ComScore has depicted that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Maps application and iTunes Radio are flourishing despite an increasing critique, as Yahoo! Finance stated in an article. During the second quarter, 42 million people used Apple’s Maps as…
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An Austrian law student has claimed that his class action against Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s alleged privacy violations has succeeded in getting the support of more than 60,000 users across the world and passed its first legal review. Max Schrems has a pending case in the European court of justice regarding Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s violation of users’ privacy. Schrems has claimed $663 per user from Facebook based on his lawsuit. Reuters said in a recent report that Max Schrems has filed a case against Facebook in Vienna Regional Court. Schrems has appealed all the users of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s social media platform to join him in his campaign on www.fbclaim.com. Schrems is also accusing Facebook…
Last year, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) spent around $1 billion to acquire famous blogging platform Tumblr. At the same time, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) bought Instagram for about the same price. But the results have shown that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has messed up pretty badly in its acquisition of Tumblr as compared to Facebook. eMarketer has published a report according to which, Tumblr’s user base is growing, but the rate is slowing. According to the report, Tumblr’s user base went up 46.2% last year in the U.S., and it will be around 24.8% by the end of 2014. The report said that the growth will deplete…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reported to be soon launching its Drone product delivery program in India where users will be able to order products online and get them in less than thirty minutes. Experts have different opinions about this step by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) because such a service will be practiced in India for the first time and there is a high risk .Dennis Berman of The Wall Street Journal and Jon Fortt discussed this report in a program on CNBC. Berman said that it’s not possible for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) to launch this program in India because there are several operational problems in…
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ) is currently going through a crisis after it had to withdraw its financial guidance for 2014 amid accounting and operational problems. With a rattle in the company, Carl Icahn revealed that he has an 8.5% stake in Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ) and he may seek board representation after operational and accounting failures reported by the company. Discussing this issue in a program on Bloomberg, Suraj Srinivasan, associate professor at Harvard Business School, said that this latest disclosure from Carl Icahn has alerted Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ)’s management that Icahn and other investors have a strong eye…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s Developer Forum is going to take place in San Francisco next month. Experts are predicting some key strategic moves by Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in this event that will set the course of action for the tech giant in the coming years. In an article on Forbes, Kurt Marko argued that Intel is planning to revamp its Data Center approach for a long time. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has been working on infrastructure optimization for better efficiency along with refining its High Performance Computing domain to keep up with the global industrial computing needs. Marko thinks that Intel is…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has reported a rise in its sales in the quarterly earnings after eleven consecutive quarters with declines. Discussing Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stocks in a program on CNBC, Dan Morgan, Synovus Trust senior vice president, said that HP must focus on the software industry to keep its growth up. He thinks that software and enterprise domain has the potential to give HP a strong growth in the future. Morgan said that HP is a good stock for dividends and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is also a ‘buy’. “[…] Personal computer systems as you know, is very…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has reported a rise in its sales in quarterly earnings after a long time. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)‘s sales rose by 1% to $27.6 billion. Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde talked about the change of trend in Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s earnings in a program and said that Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) must focus on new products and innovation to keep this trend persistent. She thinks that it was luck that Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) managed to experience a boost in sales because PC market is elevating across the world. “For the first time we are seeing sales up in three years, first…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stock made a new record on Wednesday, reaching its highest price in the company’s history, $101.09. Dan Nathan, co-founder and editor of RiskReversal.com, Karen Finerman, CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors Inc., and CNBC’s Scott Wapner discussed this development in a program. Wapner explained the reasons behind his decision to buy more Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stocks and said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reached a significantly good price although it can still go up. “[…] I thought my down side was $85, I wanted to wait for a break of that old high, which was, I guess par $72,…
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) announced in June that it is partnering with Samsung to launch a co-branded slate, Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. This new tablet is dubbed as Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. Bloomberg’s Matt Miller talked about the expectations from the staggering event on Wednesday during which this product was released. Miller said that the main attraction of the mega event organized by Samsung and Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is Samsung Galaxy 4 Tab which is especially designed for reading books. He said that this partnership with Samsung will give Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) a much needed push in the markets. “What we…
Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) reported an increase in its revenues for the second quarter, touching the $1.5 billion mark. The company has been growing steadily over the past few months. Discussing Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE)’s growth and the company’s future in a program on Bloomberg, Expedia’s President and CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, said that with the outburst of technology, mobile and internet, his company is expanding globally and international travel canvas is getting diversified. He said that people are massively using Internet for bookings and travel awareness and Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) is benefiting from this trend a lot. “We are seeing a couple of…
FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has been indicted on Friday in a U.S. criminal case of money laundering after several addicts died after receiving a shipment of illegal drugs, delivered by FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX). FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has been facing charges of illegal drug trafficking for and has pleaded not guilty by a court last month, but a revised indictment against the company filed in federal court in San Francisco has again taken FedEx into a plethora of problems. Fox business’s Liz MacDonald reported this issue and said that She has talked to FedEx on this issue and the company has said that…