This Apple iPhone 6 Rumor Could Mean Big Bucks for Investors
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 7:00PM CDT
Fifteen million additional Apple iPhone 6 sales... in the U.S. alone! How's that for humble pie? Recently, I argued against the idea that Apple is working toward further segmenting its upcoming iPhone lineup by splitting the new iPhones into...
Will Apple's iOS 8 Take a Back Seat to Mac OS X 10.10?
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 4:00PM CDT
Reports have begun to surface that Apple plans to push out some of the improvements that it had planned for its next version of iOS to focus more on its next iteration of Mac OS X. While this may seem to make sense in light of the fact that iOS...
3 Tech Earnings Season Winners: Apple Inc, Facebook Inc, and Microsoft Corp
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 12:00PM CDT
Flipping the calendar from April to May means one things for tech investors (sorry, not May flowers). The month's change means earnings season is for the most part in the books, barring a few noteworthy exceptions. As is typically the case, the...
3 Fast-Growing Occupations That Pay Over $85,000 a Year
Amanda Alix, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 11:45AM CDT
Source: Flickr / Tax Credits. How would you like to have a job that paid over $40 per hour? Since positions that pay that well make up only about 10 million of the nation's 130 million jobs, snagging one would be quite a coup. Knowing that your...
Is Apple Inc on Its Way to $700?
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 11:00AM CDT
Shares of Apple skyrocketed following the company's most recent earnings release and are now trading within spitting distance of $600 a share. This places Apple squarely at the top of the tech stock food chain as the world's most valuable company,...
3 Incredible Ways Technology Can Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 10:01AM CDT
Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system, affects up to one million Americans and as many as ten million people worldwide. Approximately 60,000 new patients in America are diagnosed with Parkinson's every year. ...
Decoding the Apple-Samsung patent dispute
By ALEX VEIGA - AP - Sat May 03, 11:11PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Apple and Samsung are suing each other in courts and trade offices around the world, each making claims that the other copied patented mobile device features.
Will Apple, Inc. Make a Bigger Bet on Digital Comics?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 7:00PM CDT
Apple,'s iTunes Store for comics and graphic novels. Credit: Apple. Now that Amazon.com has put the brakes on in-app purchases of digital comics on iOS devices, will Apple, Inc . make a bigger bet on the genre? Host Ellen Bowman puts these...
Is the Facebook Inc Deal for Oculus in Trouble?
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 12:00PM CDT
A few eye brows were raised in the past month or so following a string of acquisitions by Facebook . The shopping spree started with the $19 billion deal to bring mobile messenger WhatsApp into the fold. The WhatsApp acquisition made sense from a...
Apple, Inc.'s Opportunity in China Is Huge
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 11:44AM CDT
Apple established an all-time quarterly revenue record of $10 billion in Greater China in Q2. The tech giant's strength in the region is a great sign for Apple investors who are trying to find ways the company can still meaningfully grow its...
Did Amazon.com's Fire TV Leap Ahead of Apple TV?
Brandy Betz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 10:00AM CDT
Source: Amazon Amazon Prime subscribers will soon have access to instant streams of older HBO television content. The multi-year agreement will include content that's at least three years old, but new content will become available at a later...
3 Numbers Yelp Investors Must See
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 9:30AM CDT
Yelp reported its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, beating analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines. With a loss per share of $0.04 on revenue of $76.4 million, Yelp delighted investors who were looking for a loss of $0.06 per share...
Halt! Police! Stop, or I'll Scroll Through Your Cell Phone Contacts!
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 8:00AM CDT
In its 1966 decision Miranda v. Arizona , the United States Supreme Court guaranteed every American the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, and If you cannot afford an attorney, the right to have one appointed for you. Unfortunately...
If Microsoft Dropped Support of Windows XP, Why Did it Just Get a Security Patch?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 6:41AM CDT
Microsoft made a big deal of its plan to drop support for Windows XP after 12 years on April 8. The end of support meant that users who insisted upon keeping the outdated software (roughly 30% of Windows users) would receive no more security...
Will Google Docs for the iPad Trump Microsoft's Office 365?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 6:07AM CDT
The success of Microsoft's Office for iPad has apparently forced Google to offer stand-alone app versions of its popular word processing and spreadsheet apps with a take on its presentation software coming soon. Previously customers could...
Jury says Samsung infringed Apple patents
By PAUL ELIAS - AP - Sat May 03, 3:09AM CDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung's patents.
3 Reasons Why Apple’s iWatch Will Be Successful
Mark Girland, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 10:00PM CDT
Many analysts believe Apple will introduce its rumored iWatch in the next few months. It is speculated to be among the new product categories CEO Tim Cook has promised in 2014. Some investors are underestimating the chances of the new product...
California jury says Samsung infringed Apple smartphone patents, awards $120 million
AP - Fri May 02, 7:14PM CDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — California jury says Samsung infringed Apple smartphone patents, awards $120 million.