Why Google Wants to Get Hitched With Twitch
at The Street - 19 mins ago
Google is eyeing Twitch because of its huge popularity in live streaming content.
Apple's iPhone 6 Is Coming: Here's What You Should Know
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 1 hr 13 mins ago
Going into an iPhone launch there's never much doubt about whether Apple 's latest addition to the key lineup will sell better than its predecessor. Where the confusion usually lies is in how much better the newest model will do than the one...
Here's Why Broadcom Corporation Is Poised to Perform
Ayush Singh, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 1 hr 48 mins ago
Shares of Apple component supplier Broadcom have been relatively steady over the past six months, gaining around 10%. The company was struggling a year ago, as its mobile business was on the decline. Broadcom is still feeling the aftershocks of...
5 Dividend Stocks for an Overbought Market
at The Street - 2 hrs 9 mins ago
Wall Street is on edge -- is it a bubble? Here are five defensive bargains with strong dividends.
Apple Inc Could Get This Huge Advantage Over Microsoft-Based PCs
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 13 mins ago
According to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, the company's next generation 14-nanometer processors -- known as Broadwell -- will be in systems during the holiday shopping season. While the company has a whole bevy of OEM partners likely interested in...
Apple, Samsung, and Cisco Can Take This Chipmaker Higher
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 18 mins ago
Avago Technologies is one company that's slated to benefit from different trends in tech. Call it smartphones, tablets, or the Internet of Things, Avago is positioned to profit from them all. The company has well-known customers such as Apple , ...
Snowden Forced Some Progress in Privacy, but Telecoms Still Drag Their Feet
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 18 mins ago
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released the fourth installment in its "Who has your back?" series. If you care about privacy at all, this is required reading every year. The Edward Snowden saga appears to have scared some companies straight...
Embrace Analytics, Present Data Powerfully
at Investor's Business Daily - 2 hrs 34 mins ago
To make vital information pop out in the widening ocean of Big Data, organizations must adopt the right tools and mindset. So says Phil Simon, author of "The Visual Organization." He quotes Henry David Thoreau to make his point: "It's not what you...
Google buys corporate mobile-device manager Divide
AP - 2 hrs 39 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has bought Divide, a startup that helps companies manage the mobile devices that employees are increasingly relying upon to get their work done.
Microsoft's Office for Apple's iPad Goes From Good to Great
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 48 mins ago
Software dynamo Microsoft needed a solution to its mobile inadequacies, and it appears to have found exactly what it was looking for in Apple 's iPad. After hemming and hawing for far too long under the regime of former CEO Steve Ballmer,...
Techs Lead Market Advance; Arris, Cal-Maine Break Out
at Investor's Business Daily - 2 hrs 53 mins ago
The stock market held most of its gains in afternoon trading as the technology sector spearheaded a charge. The Nasdaq stood out with a 0.7% gain as software, Internet and chip stocks led the market. The S&P 500 added 0.3% while the Dow Jones...
Midday Glance: Computer companies
AP - 2 hrs 57 mins ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
Is Google Inc’s Cash Hoard Getting Out of Hand?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 11:05AM CDT
Google has innovated many kinds of technologies that help make sense of the Web's vast trove of data. But, the company now faces a very real problem: spending its rapidly expanding cash hoard wisely. The Internet search leader is now sitting on...
Apple (AAPL) Stock Reiterated As a "Buy"
at The Street - Mon May 19, 11:01AM CDT
Apple (AAPL) rose to a one-year high of $607.07 on Monday after it opened at $597.63.
Apple's Beats Acquisition Brings It One Step Closer to Being IBM
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 11:00AM CDT
When growing up, nobody wants to be like their elders, but it's inevitable. Maybe technology companies face a similar path. Is Apple destined to become like IBM and Microsoft , relying on market power and balance-sheet intervention rather...
Has This Apple Inc Supplier Just Shot Itself in the Foot?
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 10:15AM CDT
At first sight, Cirrus Logic looks like a can't miss investment. It trades at just 13.6 times last year's earnings, and derives around 80%-90% of its revenue from Apple . In addition, the company impressed the Street with its fourth-quarter...
Why Microsoft Should Kill the Surface Tablet
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 19, 10:09AM CDT
Microsoft is widely expected to release new versions of its Surface tablets during a press conference in New York on May 20. Microsoft has launched four versions of the Surface so far -- the Surface RT and Surface Pro, which launched...
Early Glance: Computer companies
AP - Mon May 19, 9:37AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
Technology Stock Roundup: Cisco Prints Stronger Q3, Apple/Google Call Truce - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 19, 9:24AM CDT
Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) settled all pending lawsuits last week, even as Cisco (CSCO) reported better than expected quarterly results and Intel (INTC) executives departed.
Apple (AAPL) Breaks Through Resistance at $601.56
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon May 19, 9:18AM CDT
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has opened bullishly above the pivot of $593.48 today and has reached the first level of resistance at $601.56. Investors may be interested in a cross of the next upside pivot targets of $605.61 and $617.74.