Security and Privacy are BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s most prominent selling features, but it seems a good battery life has also to be added to that list. While other smartphones have trouble in keeping up with even a day’s worth of optimal use, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s Z30 can finish a day with enough battery life remaining to last for a few more. The team at Inside Blackberry, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s official blog flaunted the extended battery life of the Z30 in its recent post. While Samsung and other manufacturers have to specially configure a power saving mode in their phones to…
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) had a major outage midday on Friday that lasted for nearly half an hour. The world’s favorite social network being down for even half an hour created a furor among the users, who went to Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) to express their frustration. Data analytics’ website Chartbeat saw an opportunity in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s outage to analyze how does Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) being down for sometimes affect the web traffic, they published the results of this “natural experiment” on their blog. According to Chartbeat’s analysis, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s outage didn’t significantly affected the traffic to the articles that…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently announced that it will be investing $2 billion in India over the course of the next few years. This investment by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is making some analysts skeptical owing to the fact that India’s e-commerce market is a fraction of the size of that of the U.S. or even China. India’s own homegrown e-commerce start-up Flipkart, which is also the current dominant player in the Indian e-commerce market also recently raised over $1 billion in funding that it is going to invest in its operation. This might pose a serious threat to the plans Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has for growing its scale…
With the Alibaba Group’s IPO fast approaching, the Street is rife with speculation that Alibaba Group may buy one of its largest shareholder Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). As a Forbes article enumerated a few days ago, if Alibaba Group acquires Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) even at a premium, it will be a lucrative deal for it, the tax dollars it will save would more than make up for the premium. So will Alibaba Group acquire Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)? Dan Rosensweig, Former Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)’s CEO thinks so. In the discussion with Jon Erlichman and Cory Johnson he provided his view regarding Alibaba’s investments in U.S.…
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) is one of the stocks in the tech space that generally doesn’t get the kind of visibility that its peer group receives. The company over the years has kept the growth momentum going for itself, but Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM)’s shares have not seen the same growth. In January 2006, Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM)’s shares used to trade at the same level that they do now. So, will Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) see an upside in the near future? FBN’s Charles Payne thinks so as he discussed the outlook of the company with, Jim Frischling, president of NewOak Capital; Matt McCall, founder of Penn…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQTSLA) is on its way to revolutionize the auto industry, like no other automobile company has, but when it comes to finances, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is in a dilemma. The company recently announced its plan to the ‘Gigafactory’, in order to reduce the costs of the lithium batteries that power up its vehicles. The new plant is estimated to cost Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) around $5 billion and will be built in partnership with Japan-based Panasonic. FBN’s Liz MacDonald reported on Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s plans for the ‘Gigafactory’ and how the company is still in the process of…
The United States National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has told McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) that it can face liability for its franchises in certain complaints of workers’ rights as McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) can be held as ‘joint employer’ for those employees. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) in the past has remained out of trouble from labor laws by citing that it’s the franchisee, and not its corporation, determines wages and working, but all that is set to change now. Paul Millus, labor and employment law Attorney, discussed the repercussions that McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) could face due to the statement by NLRB on Fox…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently went to court to appeal the U.S. Search warrant in which the software behemoth was asked to hand over the e-mails of one of its customers that it had stored in its data centers in Ireland. Several of U.S. Tech firms, including Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are already bearing the brunt globally of helping the NSA in spying over individuals and governments. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had focused its appeal on the same basis that its business is getting affected due to accepting such requests from the U.S. Government. Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson reported this along with the likely implications…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) recently disclosed its plan of building, what it’s calling the ‘Gigafactory’, which will enable Can Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) to bring down the costs of the batteries that goes in its cars and increase production. If it works out, it will decrease the cost of a Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’S car substantially, enabling it to target the mass market. Though the plan looks good on paper, the real concern lies in whether there is enough Lithium on earth to match the increase in demand, or more accurately, whether Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will be able to…
Though BlackBerry Ltd (BBRY) is now considered a miniscule player in the smartphone markets now, it was not always the case. As recently as 2009 BlackBerry Ltd (BBRY) used to have almost 40% market share in the smartphone market, but it’s history now. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) was a considerable late entrant in the smartphone OS market, given its size and penetration of its computer based OS, Windows. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is far from being a market leader in any of the markets, but the company’s mobile OS has gained traction in some countries over the years. Kantar World Panel has built…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Barge project, which consisted of four floating barges in the sea, rumored to be used as a showroom for Google Glass and other products, is over. The four barges were made between 2010 and 2012 and what Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) intended to do with them was always a matter of speculation. The end of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Barge project is confirmed now as reported by CNBC’s Kayla Tausche. “The barge which has been floating in Portland harbor since October is now headed for the scrap yard. The barge was apparently supposed to be a floating showroom for…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) formally introduced Beats Electronics into its ‘family’ today by creating a page on its website dedicated to it, titled ‘Welcome Beats’. The $3 billion deal between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Beats Electronics is finally closed with both the companies working together towards the future of music. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will apparently also lay-off 200 employees from Beats Electronics as we reported in one of our posts yesterday. The page welcoming Beats gives a great message to music lover with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) saying that it will help with the Beats Electronics to elevate the experience that music lovers…