Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) was always lagging Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) in popularity and user base. Twitter has taken many initiatives over the years to bridge that gap. Twitter announced on Thursday about a new way to listen music and other audio files directly from the user timelines. The older method allowed the users to embed the audio file in the timeline, but the new method allows the user to listen to audio file directly on timeline, while browsing. Detail of the new capability in Twitter was described in a ‘NBC News’ article. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) enhanced the music streaming capability in…
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s very first computer model was hand-built for ByteShop by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in Apple Co-Founder’s Garage. These computer models are considered to be artifacts by many and people are even ready to pay half a million dollars to get hold of these devices. In the modern age of smartphones, tablets, phablets and advanced desktops, one of the first built Apple computer, Apple-1 is all set to be sold at an auction on October 22 by Bonhams. Senior Books and Manuscript specialist at Bonhams, Cassandra Hatton displayed the first Apple’s personal computer on Bloomberg TV and…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) had a torrid holiday season in 2013 with a lot of unhappy and disappointed customer, even though they had cleared $25.6 billion in 2013 Q4. This was mainly due to delayed shipments and some customers even received their items after the holiday season. The companies delivery partner United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) had to face an increased demand and bad weather, which delayed the shipments further. Finally, both Amazon and UPS had to offer apologies and refund the shipment fees to unhappy customers. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) doesn’t want to repeat the same mistake again this year and…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has reported a very solid third quarter results on Tuesday. Intel reported $0.66 earnings per share, which was $0.01 more than the estimates. But the stat which raised many eye brows was year-over-year increase in PC Client Group revenue by 9%, since many believed that the PC sales were dipping. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has banked on the PC business for almost 3 decades, and its latest earnings report also suggested that around 60% of revenue was from PC business. But this might not work forever and as an alternative Intel has stepped into the mobile phone market,…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) reported their third quarter results on Tuesday, which beat the streets estimate of $14.45 billion revenues by $0.1 billion. PC Client group contributed around $9.2 billion revenues to the company, which is the biggest chunk of the overall company revenues. Many people are thinking that the PC business is near its end and Intel need to make some strategy to survive in the future without PC’s. Susquehanna Financial Senior Analyst, Chris Caso talked on CNBC about Intel’s future. Caso mentioned that for majority of 2014, PC has been resilient and making a lot of business. He added…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is accepted by many as the leading search web portal and Google generates most of their revenues through it. Google Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt said in a recent event in Berlin that the biggest competitor for Google’s search engine is Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Jim Cramer and David Faber discuss about Schmidt’s comments on CNBC. Faber quoted Schmidt’s comments about biggest competition to Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s search engine in an event at Berlin. “Many people think our main competitor is Bing or Yahoo. But really our biggest search competitor is Amazon. People don’t think of Amazon as search,…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has experimented in the past by investing in a lot of new things, but rumors emerge that he may be interested in launching a Facebook exclusive phone and are in talks with Samsung Electronics executives about the same. Bloomberg’s Shery Ahn reported more on the Facebook exclusive phone on Bloomberg TV. Ahn reported that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Lee Jae Yong might hold a meeting tonight to discuss about the new Facebook exclusive phone. “ […] So far what we know is they are meeting tonight. Zuckerberg…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had a very successful 2014 so far with their share prices going up by around 17%. Microsoft is not as popular a tech stock as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) or Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) among the investors. But many investors are holding onto Microsoft stock hoping that it would reassure its status as a top tech company. Senior Portfolio Manager at Allianz Technology Trust, Walter Price talked on CNBC about why Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is an attractive stock. Allianz Technology Trust’s second largest holding is the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock. Price believes that Microsoft is making a swift transition…
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) recently announced that it would part ways with PayPal, Inc., and both the companies would operate as a separate entity from 2015. Activist investor, Carl Icahn called in February that both the companies should split in order to grow in their respective businesses. But eBay managed to deflect those thoughts for almost 6 months. PayPal, Inc. Co-Founder and Venture Capitalist, Peter Thiel talked on CNBC about his views on the split and future of the payment business. Thiel mentioned that when eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) acquired PayPal, Inc. in 2002, 75% of PayPal’s business volume was in eBay,…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has received a lot of criticisms for inappropriate usage by spammers, fake accounts and unauthentic usage of the platform. But Facebook has been very quick and prompt in their measures to control these activities. In a recent Facebook business news, Site Security Engineer at Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Matt Jones posted on security page and has warned the users about improper usage of platforms. The post by Matt Jones talked about how different people prefer using Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for their personal and business purposes. National Cyber Security Awareness Week kicked off on October 1 and Facebook thought…
LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) has planned its expansion in China through a local-language website. LinkedIn will be launching its website in China on Tuesday. Though, the huge user base in China is mouthwatering for the social media companies, the main headwind that they have to face is the China’s policy of Internet Censorship. Many other Social media websites like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) were blocked in China due to violation of the censorship policy. LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)’s CEO, Jeff Weiner talked to Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about challenges ahead with the planned expansion into China. Weiner said that in…
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has been very busy for the last few months with new smartphone launches. BlackBerry Passport, which was launched on September 24 event, had a mixed response from the consumers and the next smartphone in line BlackBerry Classic will soon hit the market. BlackBerry’s CEO, John Chen had been very busy with these new phone launches. Amid the busy schedule, Chen has accepted to deliver a speech at ‘Technologies that Matter’ series forum at Hong Kong Science Park on October 17. Details of the event were posted in a ‘Crackberry’ article. The ‘Technologies that Matter’ forum will be…