A tip from Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) after its software detected child pornography inside a user’s Gmail account has led to a user being charged with child pornography possession, a report from KHOU 11 in Houston, Texas reveals. According to the report from the CBS-affiliated channel, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Gmail user John Henry Skillern was arrested after an investigation over his Gmail account stemming from a tip from the web giant. The tip was reportedly sent by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The 41-year-old man, who was once convicted of sexually assaulting a child…
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Sales of the Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model S are in line with expectations, it was revealed in a report on Bloomberg’s On The Move. According to Jonathan Ferro, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has hit analysts estimates for sales of their Model S vehicle. “Tesla, their Model S sales matched analysts’ estimates. The company begins deliveries in China. CEO Elon Musk warned in May that tight supplies of lithium-ion batteries would weigh on deliveries. Tesla is aiming to deliver more than 35,000 cars this year and reach a run rate of 100,000 by the end of 2015,” Ferro reported. Meanwhile,…
T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) just recently received a $15 billion bid for over half of the company from Iliad SA, a relatively small French telecommunications company. Why would Iliad SA be interested in buying over half of the relatively leviathan U.S. carrier? This was discussed by Stephane Beyazian in a recent interview on Bloomberg’s The Pulse. Guy Johnson told the European telecommunications analyst from Raymond James Financial, Inc. that given the stock of Iliad SA (EPA:ILD) traded down after it revealed its intention to buy 56.6% of T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS), there seems to be expectation in the European markets…
GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) is a little inflated at the moment and it’s time to take profits made on the company’s stock said Josef Schuster in a discussion about the hot technology stock on CNBC. The discussion comes as GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) just recently reported a beat for its second quarter 2014 performance yet getting hammered in after-hours trading on Thursday. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.08 which is above what the Street was expecting at $0.07. Revenue for the quarter ending in June, the second quarter for the company’s 2014 fiscal year, was reported to be $224.6…
Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) has the momentum in the gaming industry today, Lewis Ward said in a discussion on CNBC. The comment about Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) comes as the diversified Japanese technology company reported better performance for quarter which ended on June, the company’s first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year. According to Ward who is the Gaming Director at research firm IDC, Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), compared to rivals in the gaming space such as Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTCMKTS:NTDOY), has the momentum. “I think you have to give it to Sony right now.…
The bid for T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) coming from Iliad SA is “definitely out of left field” according to Michael McCormack in an interview on Bloomberg’s Taking Stock. The comment about T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) and Iliad SA comes from the Jefferies LLC equity analyst after the French company revealed that it has bid $15 billion in cash to buy 56.6% of the U.S. carrier. Asked whether T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) needs capital on hand in light of the coming spectrum auction by the United States Federal Communications Commission in 2015, McCormack said the company is hampered at the moment…
Whether Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is a stock investors should buy at opening today was discussed in a recent interview on CNBC. The discussion and analysis by the Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst comes after Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) reported an adjusted earnings per share of $0.11. revenue was reported to be $858 million, an increase of 55% over the year-ago quarter. Gross margins for the electric vehicle maker also rose to 26.8%. Kallo dissected the most recent Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) quarterly performance report into three elements. “I’ll break it up into three different parts. [This is a]…
What does the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reinstatement mean for Blockchain and bitcoins? Nic Cary discussed how big a deal this new development is in a recent interview on Bloomberg’s Street Smart. The interview with the Blockchain CEO comes after Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reinstated Blockchain, a payment processing application that uses bitcoin, to the Apple App Store. “This is a pivotal moment for Bitcoin in general and really huge for Blockchain. Apple is the world’s leading consumer brand and they are telegraphing and kind of sending an olive branch out to developers around the world that they are opening their doors…
Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) is in the early stages of a true recovery, Pelham Smithers said in a recent discussion on CNBC. The comment comes after Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) has momentarily silenced cynics as net income for the company’s first quarter 2014 rose six-fold to JPY26.8 billion ($261 million). Total sales for the three months ending in June also grew by 6% to $17.9 billion. According to Smithers who is the Managing Director of Pelham Smithers Associates, Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE)’s numbers may not be that impressive if you compare it to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) or Samsung Electronics but…
Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Cortana learns Chinese with the software giant releasing its Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1, the company disclosed today. Also included in the update Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) released are beta versions of Cortana for other countries such as the U.K. Furthermore, Cortana is also being rolled out in Canada, India and Australia with this Windows Phone update. According to Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Joe Belfiore, the Chinese version of the personal assistant gets some special features. “The huge Chinese market has a bunch of different expectations and needs than the US or other countries—so while Cortana (nicknamed ‘Xiao Na’)…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may not only have its iPhone 6 and rumored smartwatch to surprise investors. It may also have a payment play in the works as the Cupertino, California-based giant is said to be in talks with credit card companies for a possible payment solution. Last week, The Information reported that the iPhone maker was in talks with credit card companies which sparked renewed interest in a mobile wallet solution from the company. Gina Sanchez of Chantico Global and Mark Newton of Greywolf Execution Partners recently talked to CNBC’s Brian Sullivan to discuss this possible new development to come…
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has another loss against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is reported by Bloomberg to be ditching BlackBerry phones in favor of iPhones. According to the report, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has confirmed that it will replace BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) smartphones with iPhones made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as this year closes. Sara Tatchio, a spokeswoman for Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), confirmed yesterday in an interview that around 3,300 employees of the automaker will be given Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartphones to replace their BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) smartphones. What’s more, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has lost more…