Weeks after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) held one of the most successful IPO’s investors are already asking why it is a requisite to share information when shopping on the company’s online platform. The main concern according to Fox business Stuart Varney is that any information shared could be used by the Chinese government to carry out vicious attacks. The Chinese government has in the recent past been accused of targeting American companies through a network of spies and hackers. Handing over any personal information willingly to Alibaba according to Varney would essentially translate to giving the Chinese government a go…
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is taking the driverless technology to another level after it emerged its cars would be able to choose what to hit, in case of an accident. During an interview on Bloomberg, Udacity CEO, Sebastian Thrun, said that the cars have been programmed to considerably limit the damage on people in the car as well as on the outside. “Right now we’ve programmed the car never to get into situations where it could possibly kill five people. If it happens that there is a situation where the car couldn’t escape, it’ll go for the smaller thing. If there…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s search for accelerated growth in its core businesses will in the coming weeks see the splitting of the company into two. During an interview on CNBC, Enderle Group President, Robert Enderle, pointed out that the split will involve the separation of the printer and hardware division from the business services that involves software’s and servers. Enderle believes that the split will allow the two divisions to form alliances with HP’s current competitors, which are client oriented in the cloud as one of the ways of pursuing accelerated growth “Both sides are generating a lot of cash the…
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, has successfully kept everyone guessing of what could happen next week Thursday with just a single tweet. During an interview on CNBC, Robert W. Baird’s analyst, Ben Kallo, argued that going short on Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s stock won’t be the best of moves at the moment. It all started with a simple tweet “Unveiling the D and something else” and everything erupted on what could be the ‘something else’, as well as the ‘D.’ Speculation has been ripe heading into next week’s big event especially after Musk highlighted that two things will…
Marques Brownlee is a name that is taking the tech industry by storm. Many see him as a savior when in a dilemma about the kind of device to buy but to Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), he is a marketing platform worth carrying a number of ads. During an interview on Fox Business, Marques reiterated that his hobby has turned out to be a reliable source of income through ads aired on his YouTube channel by Google. His gadget review videos have become a must see among the young tech-lovers. Marketers have tried to tap into him with minimal success. At…
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) CEO, Safra Catz, in an interview on CNBC has affirmed that the company remains focused on pursuing success on the cloud as it did on the enterprise. Push for growth on Vertical integration according to Catz is expected to spur growth while boosting the company’s profit margins. Catz reiterated that Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) was just getting started on the hardware and software side of the business; opportunities for growth in these two sectors according to the CEO remain endless. Cloud sales have already improved attributed to the aggressive working of the company’s salesforce team. Oracle’s cloud offering…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is primed to be sufficiently chummy with advertisers after unveiling a platform it believes can tackle current marketing challenges, consequently give it an advantage against Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) on digital advertising. Atlas is what Facebook believes will enhance people-based marketing allowing marketers to reach mass-audience with targeted advertisements. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has built Atlas on a completely new code base as it seeks to be effective in ensuring that all online campaigns involving advertisements always end up in actual sales offline. The new platform is also set to be of benefit to marketers in solving common cross-device…
The ‘right to be forgotten’ on search engines is a topic that has refused to die away as Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) continues to hold meetings across Europe to discuss the same. The giant search engine is trying to devise a framework in which a ruling by the European Court of Justice needs to be implemented without causing any ripple between publishers and parties affected by certain content. A standoff is already ensuing as to whether publishers of a material up for de-linking would have to give an approval before any of their publications is erased. Some of the publishers are…
There is nothing that beats a QWERTY keyboard as one of the best inventions for fast and accurate typing in smartphones. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has already proved through tests that BlackBerry Passport user’s type with ease on their QWERTY keyboards with four times accuracy compared to their counterparts on virtual touchscreen keyboards. It is still a surprise that BlackBerry Passport offers more accuracy when typing with speed compared to Z10 and Z30 whose touchscreen keyboards are believed to be the best in class. Their ability to suggest intelligently words that one is going to type still does not match the…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has never shied away from evoking debate in the industry be it on stock price, or its wide array of products. This time around the focus and debate has shifted to whether iPhone 6 plus is too big for normal pocket sizes? During an interview on CNBC, Kevin O’Leary reiterated that IPhone 6 plus eliminates the need of carrying around a tablet-mini as the new model meets the threshold in terms of functionality and portability. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has already reported record sales of iPhone 6 highlighting that size is not an issue especially in the Asian…
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s CEO, Elon Musk, believes that the giant electric company will be able to produce up to 500 thousand cars annually, by 2020. Appearing on an exclusive interview on Fox Business, Musk reiterated that Tesla would delay unveiling new cars in pursuit of defect-less cars that are super great. Logistic and customs issues in China and Europe are some of the challenges that Musk believes may play a big role in hampering the automaker’s dream of ramping up production by 2020. Musk also confirmed that pre-orders for Model X are going on well, having already received orders…
Regulatory filings indicate that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is set to carry out its IPO at a share price target of between $66 and $68, against an initial estimate offer of between $60 and $66. The hiking of share price range is set to be of benefit to Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), which is set to offload part of its stake in the giant Chinese online company. During an interview on Bloomberg, Triton Research co-founder, Rett Wallace, pointed out that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)’s IPO was one of the most packaged offerings ever seen in the recent past. Wallace…