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Lenovo's posts record profit on smartphone sales
AP - 41 mins ago
HONG KONG (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo's annual profit rose 29 percent to a record high as smartphone sales surged in China and other markets.
Google eyeing up to $30 billion in foreign buyouts
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Tue May 20, 8:27PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is amassing cash overseas to help finance a foreign shopping spree that could cost the Internet company up to $30 billion.
Hagens Berman Announces Class-action Lawsuit against Google for Allegedly Denying Payments to Google AdSense Users
Business Wire - Tue May 20, 6:58PM CDT
Hagens Berman, a consumer rights law firm, today filed a national class-action lawsuit against Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), claiming the company unlawfully denies payments to thousands of website owners and operators who place ads on their sites sold through Google AdWords.
Here's Why Activision Blizzard Will Get Better
Mukesh Baghel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 6:30PM CDT
Activision Blizzard has been impressive in the last few months as its games have clicked with customers. Its first-quarter results also indicate this as the company beat the consensus estimates handsomely and upped its full-year guidance. The...
Does Uber's Valuation Make Sense?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 5:05PM CDT
According to a recent Bloomberg report , privately held Uber is seeking an additional $1 billion in funding at a $10 billion valuation. Only two other pre-IPO enterprises merit that sort of price tag at the moment: Airbnb and Dropbox. In the...
Fossil May Be More Valuable Than Meets the Eye
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 4:40PM CDT
Fossil lost 10% of its valuation after it released first-quarter earnings that met expectations, as higher costs had an effect on investor sentiment. Nonetheless, in looking at Fossil and its 22% stock-price loss over the last six months, investors...
LifeLock Drops Mobile App, Shares Tank - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 4:00PM CDT
Shares of identity theft protection service provider LifeLock, Inc (LOCK) tanked 17.6% on Monday, after the company removed the LifeLock Wallet mobile application.
Why Pandora Media (P) Stock Closed Higher Today
at The Street - Tue May 20, 3:28PM CDT
Pandora Media (P) rebounded from an earlier decline after CFO Herring reassured investors at a panel discussion on Tuesday.
Google Glass Goes High Fashion
Lyons George, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 3:27PM CDT
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is finally ready to start making some money from its Glass project. In the video below, Motley Fool Analyst Lyons George explains how the search giant is getting ready to take it's futuristic project to the...
Microsoft Corporation Launches Thermonuclear War On Its Own Partners With Surface Pro 3
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 2:00PM CDT
During his opening speech at the launch of Microsoft 's Surface Pro 3, CEO Satya Nadella explicitly refuted the claims that the company was out to compete with its OEM partners. But everything from the intended usage model of the device to the very...
Here's Why Google Inc is Testing the Gaming Waters
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 1:30PM CDT
Facebook recently held its first app developers conference in three years. The F8 conference was intended to rally developers behind its suite of mobile app development software. Companies such as Facebook and search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)...
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue May 20, 12:59PM CDT
App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 19, 2014:
Did AT&T Just Hand Google a Gift in the Form of DirecTV?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 12:30PM CDT
AT&T 's acquisition of DirecTV was a curve ball, as it seemingly sways from AT&T's goal of bolstering its broadband Internet to better compete against the rise of Google . Nonetheless, looking beyond the acquisition's lack of broadband...
China's Smartphone Diplomacy With an Angry Southeast Asia
at The Street - Tue May 20, 12:07PM CDT
Is China dialing into smartphone diplomacy? It has already tried to secure Southeast Asia's minerals and river water by investing in its infrastructure. It also sees the growing region as a frontier for Chinese companies cramped by competition at...
Google+ Will Now Autogenerate Videos, Photo Montages
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 12:05PM CDT
Google (GOOGL) on Tuesday added a feature to Google+ that will auto-build photo slide shows and videos, similar to the autogenerated videos produced by rival Facebook. Google says the storytelling features will collect your geotagged and time-stamped...
Cisco Must Buy Rackspace Right Now
at The Street - Tue May 20, 11:44AM CDT
Cisco would immediately regain its status as the No. 1 IT vendor in the world. And it would only cost Cisco 14% of its cash.
Facebook's Publicis Deal Cements Near-Term Strategy
at The Street - Tue May 20, 10:38AM CDT
As investors await clarity as to how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will make use of recent acquisitions such as gaming upstart OculusVR and messaging application WhatsApp, they should be increasingly confident in the company's digital marketing...
Twitter Needs SoundCloud More Than the Reverse
at The Street - Tue May 20, 10:14AM CDT
It makes perfect sense for Twitter to try to nab SoundCloud, but SoundCloud would be crazy to sell now.
How Microsoft Will Incorporate the Internet of Things Into Windows 8.1
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 10:13AM CDT
Home automation has been a "next big thing" since broadband Internet became commonplace. Like flying cars or robot servants, automated houses have so far remained out of reach. But there's a chance it could follow the path video conferencing --...
Why Does AT&T Want to Buy Satellite-TV Technology?
at The Street - Tue May 20, 9:51AM CDT
Does AT&T hope that DIRECTV customers will switch to the U-Verse brand?
Lenovo's posts record profit on smartphone sales
AP - 41 mins ago
HONG KONG (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo's annual profit rose 29 percent to a record high as smartphone sales surged in China and other markets.
Google eyeing up to $30 billion in foreign buyouts
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Tue May 20, 8:27PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is amassing cash overseas to help finance a foreign shopping spree that could cost the Internet company up to $30 billion.
Hagens Berman Announces Class-action Lawsuit against Google for Allegedly Denying Payments to Google AdSense Users
Business Wire - Tue May 20, 6:58PM CDT
Hagens Berman, a consumer rights law firm, today filed a national class-action lawsuit against Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), claiming the company unlawfully denies payments to thousands of website owners and operators who place ads on their sites sold through Google AdWords.
Here's Why Activision Blizzard Will Get Better
Mukesh Baghel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 6:30PM CDT
Activision Blizzard has been impressive in the last few months as its games have clicked with customers. Its first-quarter results also indicate this as the company beat the consensus estimates handsomely and upped its full-year guidance. The...
Does Uber's Valuation Make Sense?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 5:05PM CDT
According to a recent Bloomberg report , privately held Uber is seeking an additional $1 billion in funding at a $10 billion valuation. Only two other pre-IPO enterprises merit that sort of price tag at the moment: Airbnb and Dropbox. In the...
Fossil May Be More Valuable Than Meets the Eye
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 4:40PM CDT
Fossil lost 10% of its valuation after it released first-quarter earnings that met expectations, as higher costs had an effect on investor sentiment. Nonetheless, in looking at Fossil and its 22% stock-price loss over the last six months, investors...
LifeLock Drops Mobile App, Shares Tank - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 4:00PM CDT
Shares of identity theft protection service provider LifeLock, Inc (LOCK) tanked 17.6% on Monday, after the company removed the LifeLock Wallet mobile application.
Why Pandora Media (P) Stock Closed Higher Today
at The Street - Tue May 20, 3:28PM CDT
Pandora Media (P) rebounded from an earlier decline after CFO Herring reassured investors at a panel discussion on Tuesday.
Google Glass Goes High Fashion
Lyons George, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 3:27PM CDT
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is finally ready to start making some money from its Glass project. In the video below, Motley Fool Analyst Lyons George explains how the search giant is getting ready to take it's futuristic project to the...
Microsoft Corporation Launches Thermonuclear War On Its Own Partners With Surface Pro 3
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 2:00PM CDT
During his opening speech at the launch of Microsoft 's Surface Pro 3, CEO Satya Nadella explicitly refuted the claims that the company was out to compete with its OEM partners. But everything from the intended usage model of the device to the very...
Here's Why Google Inc is Testing the Gaming Waters
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 1:30PM CDT
Facebook recently held its first app developers conference in three years. The F8 conference was intended to rally developers behind its suite of mobile app development software. Companies such as Facebook and search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)...
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue May 20, 12:59PM CDT
App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 19, 2014:
Did AT&T Just Hand Google a Gift in the Form of DirecTV?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 12:30PM CDT
AT&T 's acquisition of DirecTV was a curve ball, as it seemingly sways from AT&T's goal of bolstering its broadband Internet to better compete against the rise of Google . Nonetheless, looking beyond the acquisition's lack of broadband...
China's Smartphone Diplomacy With an Angry Southeast Asia
at The Street - Tue May 20, 12:07PM CDT
Is China dialing into smartphone diplomacy? It has already tried to secure Southeast Asia's minerals and river water by investing in its infrastructure. It also sees the growing region as a frontier for Chinese companies cramped by competition at...
Google+ Will Now Autogenerate Videos, Photo Montages
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 12:05PM CDT
Google (GOOGL) on Tuesday added a feature to Google+ that will auto-build photo slide shows and videos, similar to the autogenerated videos produced by rival Facebook. Google says the storytelling features will collect your geotagged and time-stamped...
Cisco Must Buy Rackspace Right Now
at The Street - Tue May 20, 11:44AM CDT
Cisco would immediately regain its status as the No. 1 IT vendor in the world. And it would only cost Cisco 14% of its cash.
Facebook's Publicis Deal Cements Near-Term Strategy
at The Street - Tue May 20, 10:38AM CDT
As investors await clarity as to how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will make use of recent acquisitions such as gaming upstart OculusVR and messaging application WhatsApp, they should be increasingly confident in the company's digital marketing...
Twitter Needs SoundCloud More Than the Reverse
at The Street - Tue May 20, 10:14AM CDT
It makes perfect sense for Twitter to try to nab SoundCloud, but SoundCloud would be crazy to sell now.
How Microsoft Will Incorporate the Internet of Things Into Windows 8.1
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 10:13AM CDT
Home automation has been a "next big thing" since broadband Internet became commonplace. Like flying cars or robot servants, automated houses have so far remained out of reach. But there's a chance it could follow the path video conferencing --...
Why Does AT&T Want to Buy Satellite-TV Technology?
at The Street - Tue May 20, 9:51AM CDT
Does AT&T hope that DIRECTV customers will switch to the U-Verse brand?
