Reports stated that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had setup a facility at Arizona for producing sapphire crystals, in partnership with GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GTAT). This triggered many rumors that the next Apple Phone might have sapphire display in place of a normal glass display. But all the rumors were put to rest when the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were launched with a normal glass display. Raymond James Senior VP, Pavel Molchanov talked on CNBC about his perspective on Apple’s exclusion of sapphire display for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Molchanov said that it is almost impossible for GT Advanced…
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported a record breaking iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales in the first 3 days. They keep beating their own records with every iPhone launch. Apple reported on Monday, that the company sold more than 10 million units of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus combined. A Bloomberg article compared the large screen iPhone sales against the older models. The article also reported the tested robustness of iPhones against the Samsung phones. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) outperformed its previous iPhone model sales with every new launch, right from its iPhone 3GS launch. In the first three days, Apple sold around…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)’s DVD business lets the consumers to get and watch DVD of Animated movies, Classic Movies, TV Series and many other recent movies and shows. But there has been a lot of delays in deliveries of these DVD’s by Netflix. Many consumers even report a wait time of more than 2 years for some of these deliveries. ‘Consumerist’ website has presented the voices of their readers about these delays in an article. Some of the ‘Consumerist’ readers mentioned that they were waiting for ever to get some of these DVD’s from Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX). The question arises if there is some legitimate reason with…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) started selling their much awaited iPhone 6 and 6 plus on September 19. Hundreds of people waited for hours outside the Apple Stores to get their hands on one of these amazing products. Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster, JMP Securities Analyst, Alex Guana talked to Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson and Emily Chang on Bloomberg about the first day sales of iPhone 6/6 plus and the supply vs. demand for these devices. Johnson mentioned that the new large screen iPhone 6 and 6 plus looks very sleek and compact. He thinks that the offering of 6 Plus…
After Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)’s successful first day of trading in US, many analysts jumped in with the comparisons against Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) and their IPO’s in the past. Business Insider’s Chief Correspondent, Nicholas Carlson, Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist, Mike Santoli and Mashable Editor, Lance Ulanoff talked on CNBC about Alibaba’s valuation and execution of IPO. CNBC’s Jon Fortt mentioned that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)’s Public offering was executed to perfection with great efficiency. He mentioned that the presence of Executives like Jack Ma and Joe Tsai added some additional pressure,…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)’s mobile payment platform, AliPay is currently the largest mobile payment platform in the world, which accounted for around 70% of the Chinese mobile payments in 2013. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple Pay was one of the many reasons for a successful launch of iPhone 6 and 6 plus. Alibaba’s IPO in US might mean that AliPay will be up and competing against the likes of Apple Pay, PayPal and other mobile payment platforms. Managing Director of Bain Capital Ventures, Matt Harris talked on Fox Business about the competition between AliPay and Apple Pay. When Jack Ma…
Expectation of many analysts and investors on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) was proved right on Friday, when the Chinese e-Commerce giant went public in US. As many expected, Alibaba stock surged ahead by 38% on the first trading day. Around 271 million Alibaba shares were traded on Friday. Rosenblatt Securities Managing Director, Martin Pyykkonen talked on CNBC about Alibaba’s current valuation. Pyykkonen said that it is interesting to look at the valuation of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA). He feels that the current valuation might be higher, but he thinks that the company has the potential to grow into that valuation. He mentioned…
As expected by many, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) had a successful first day of trading in US. Alibaba stock price increased by a staggering 38% on the first day of trading, from its initial IPO price of $68 per share. Meanwhile, Jim Cramer talked on CNBC about his views on Alibaba stock after their very successful first day in US. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) stock started trading at $92.7 per share on Friday, raised to a maximum of $99.7 and finally settled at $93.89 at end of the first trading day. Nearly 271 million Alibaba shares were traded on the first day. “I think Alibaba…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s next big launch after the iPhone 6 and 6 plus is the Apple Watch, which might be unveiled in early 2015. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had a very successful iPhone 6 and 6 plus launch on Friday, which many claimed as the Apple’s biggest launch ever. CEO of Swiss Watch maker, Parmigiani Fleurier, Jean-Marc Jacot talked on Bloomberg about his take on the Apple Watch. Parmigiani Fleurier specializes in manufacturing luxury timepieces which might take as much as 2 years to manufacture. Jacot said that the Parmigiani watches are luxury watches with elegant and sophisticated designs. He added…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is expecting a cash influx of around $8 billion through the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) IPO, which looks promising so far on the first day of trading. Gartner Research Analyst, Andrew Frank and Lerer Hippeau Ventures Partner, Eric Hippeau talked on Bloomberg about the IPO and future of Yahoo and Alibaba post the IPO. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) was owning around 524 million Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) shares, which sums up to around 22% of the total shares. Yahoo has decided to sell around 121 million shares in the IPO, leaving them with around 16% of total company…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is all set to go public in few hours, with initial share price of $68 per share. Some feel that the initial share price is high and might push for a turbulent trading of the Alibaba stock. Meanwhile, CNBC’s Dominic Chu reported on how the other Chinese stock has fared in the US market, which might throw some light on the Alibaba IPO on CNBC. “[…] We are going to go all the way back to 2005, when Baidu came public and look at some of the high profile IPO’s that have come to the…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is no stranger to innovative designs and products and they have come up with yet another innovative product which might take the photography to the next level. CEO of Intel, Brian Krzanich talked on ‘Intel Developer forum’ about the ‘Intel RealSense snapshot’. The details of the new Intel product were discussed in an article in the Intel blog. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s ‘RealSense snapshot’ is expected to hit the market in November through the Dell Venue 8 7000 series tablet, which will be the first product to avail the services of the new technology from Intel. The article…