Will Microsoft Corporation Hurt Apple With the Surface Pro 3?
Mark Morelli, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 8:31PM CDT
Microsoft keeps trying. The tech giant, unfazed by previous underwhelming performance in hardware, recently announced its latest "tablet-doubling-as-a-laptop," the Surface Pro 3. Will the new device move the needle for investors of the...
Apple Inc. WWDC Keynote: Investor-Friendly Without Trying
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 7:30PM CDT
Tim Cook was put in a difficult position after Steve Jobs passed. He needed to build a culture for a company that, in the past, relied on the strength of a co-founder to carry it through many of the day-to-day routines. At the 2014 WWDC, the new ...
Another Reason Why Apple Won’t Dump Intel in the Mac Anytime Soon
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 7:02PM CDT
Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina Display, powered by Intel. Source: Apple. There's a lot of speculation these days that Apple is going to dump Intel in its highly popular line of Mac products. The argument is that Apple's chip design teams...
Apple
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Jun 05, 5:42PM CDT
Apple (AAPL) will unveil its new iWatch with the iPhone 6 in Sept., according to a Cantor Fitzgerald analyst after attending a major tech show in Taiwan. The analyst wrote that the iWatch is a companion device, so unveiling the new devices at the...
Pandora Listener Hours Up in May - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 05, 5:38PM CDT
Despite intensifying competition, Pandora (P) recently announced that listening hours jumped 28.0% to 1.73 billion in May, 2014, which reflected steady growth in the U.S. web-based radio market.
PC Shipments Decline Narrower than Expected? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 05, 5:36PM CDT
As per the latest report provided by research firm IDC, 2014 PC shipments are expected to contract 6.0%, marginally lower than the research firm???s earlier forecast of a decline of 6.1% predicted in March this year.
Value Investing: How 1 Change Transformed This Genius Strategy
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 5:31PM CDT
Value investing is best known for two things: its success in building wealth over the long run and its boring method of doing so. In fact, many of the stocks that value investors have traditionally used to get rich over time have been in businesses...
Final Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Jun 05, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies were up at the close of trading:
The Streaming Music Space Is Getting Crowded
Daniel James, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 4:50PM CDT
The streaming music world has generally proven not to be the most lucrative for tech companies. Pandora , which was, for a while, the main publicly traded company in the industry, isn't exactly known for its huge profit growth. Yet, a number of...
IBM: Are There Reasons to Believe in a Turnaround?
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 4:40PM CDT
IBM is facing a worrying revenue cliff. As a result, shares of IBM have fallen out of favor with investors and trade at only 10 times expected fiscal 2014 earnings, or just two times expected 2014 sales. In comparison, Oracle trades at 5 times...
Amazon Surges, Twitter Pops: Tech Winners
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 4:02PM CDT
Amazon shares rose as the company released a teaser video for a launch event in June. Twitter shares rose after announced possible acquisition of music streaming service, Sound Cloud, on Thursday morning and Apple's recent advertisement shows its...
Will Amazon Launch its Smartphone on Jun 18? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 05, 4:00PM CDT
Speculations revived regarding the release of Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) 3D smartphone.
Apple Inc. Takes Control of Its Marketing Destiny
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 3:00PM CDT
After Steve Jobs' untimely death in 2011, Apple 's marketing strategy took a turn for the worse. The "Genius" ads in 2012 were utterly painful to watch. Watching celebrities use Siri didn't prove to be particularly relatable. Apple has...
How Microsoft Drove the Dow Higher Today
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 2:33PM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average touched an all-time high of 16,845 this afternoon, marking the seventh record high this year. The European Union's decision to add more monetary stimulus to the economy and turn deposit rates slightly negative ...
At Long Last, Here Comes Amazon.com Inc.'s Magical Smartphone
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 2:20PM CDT
Amazon is teasing its new smartphone. Source: Amazon.com. For the record, I've been a skeptic of Amazon.com 's rumored smartphone ambitions for years . Rumors of a "Kindle Phone" have persisted for ages. The main reason why Amazon will have such...
Short Term Investing and InvenSense Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
Jason Moser and Brendan Mathews, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 2:00PM CDT
In this edition of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Brendan Mathews take a question from a reader who asks, "It seems like you set up new funds every so often, to start afresh, and then advertise those that...
Why Amazon (AMZN) Stock Is Soaring Today
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 12:58PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) shares are jumping on speculation surrounding it's June 18 event.
Apple Inc. Pushes Further Into This Key Emerging Market
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jun 05, 12:25PM CDT
As developed smartphone markets mature, tech powerhouse Apple has shifted its strategy to emerging markets to help continue to expand its burgeoning bottom line. Source: Apple. And when it comes to emerging markets and Apple, China still...
Midday Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Jun 05, 12:22PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are up at 1 p.m.:
Google's Searching for Just the Right Music Streaming Service
at The Street - Thu Jun 05, 12:19PM CDT
Google's in the market for a streaming music service, according to a report by the New York Post. While Apple scoops up Beats and Amazon is reportedly planning on adding music streaming to Prime, the report says Google has been surveying the...