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Ulta Beauty names Vanessa Wittman to board
M2 - 21 mins ago
Beauty retailer Ulta Beauty (Nasdaq:ULTA) announced on Friday the appointment of Vanessa Wittman to its board of directors and as a member of its audit committee, effective 5 June 2014, following her election at the company's annual shareholder meeting.
NVIDIA's New Superchip Advances Internet of Cars
Rex Moore, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 4:30PM CDT
NVIDIA 's powerful new Tegra K1 chip allows real-time processing of camera and sensor data gathered by our cars. The 192-core processor can handle advanced visual processing such as object detection, collision avoidance, and recognition of...
NVIDIA Stock Is a 20-Year Buy
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 3:30PM CDT
The Tegra K1 should get a boost from tablets and other devices we can't even imagine yet. Credit: NVIDIA. Shares of NVIDIA stock were up slightly this week on news that its Tegra K1 mobile chip is powering Google 's experimental Project...
Microsoft Corporation Sees Opportunity In the Low End
Erin Kennedy and Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 12:00PM CDT
Nick Parker, Microsoft 's vice president of OEM partners, recently spoke at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. The executive expects Windows and Windows Phone devices to come down in cost this year, possibly as low as $200. Last year, most devices...
No, Netflix's Deal With The Devil Doesn't Hurt Net Neutrality
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 9:21AM CDT
Source: Netflix. People are angry. With Netflix 's highly publicized paid interconnection deal with Comcast earlier this year, people think that the very fate of the open Internet is at risk. Shortly thereafter, Netflix would ink a similar...
Apple Inc's WWDC Results: Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 8:00AM CDT
Image by Flicker user Daniel Spiess Apple 's 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, is complete, and analysts are picking over the results with an eye on the future. The day after the conference, Apple stock -- after dipping...
The Best Way to Play the Uber Bidding War
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 7:30AM CDT
Believe it or not, Uber's nosebleed valuation holds benefits for some. Credit: Uber. Forget about a $10 billion valuation . Uber, the disruptive private car service, just closed a $1.2 billion round of new funding at a breathtaking $18.2 billion...
Stocks on Our Radar: Yelp
Simon Erickson and Jason Moser, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 5:00PM CDT
People are changing in the way they surf the Internet. Recent research suggests that users are increasingly using mobile devices to initiate their Internet searches, with advertising mobile search spending expected to triple within the next four...
InvenSense Inc. Wants to Help Samsung's Competition
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 4:00PM CDT
Smartphones, particularly in the mid-to-low-end, are becoming increasingly commoditized. Samsung is feeling the pressure as smaller "white box" OEMs manufacture generic Google Android phones. InvenSense CEO Behrooz Abdi has one idea on...
Will a Google Satellite Be Your Next Internet Provider?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 3:45PM CDT
Stuck in a remote part of the world with limited Internet access? Help may be on the way in the form of a Google satellite. Fool contributor Tim Beyers explains the implications in the following video. Credit: The Motley Fool. According...
Vodafone report sparks global surveillance debate
By PETER SVENSSON - AP - Sat Jun 07, 3:01PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Telecommunications company Vodafone's report on government surveillance of its customers in 29 countries reveals more than first meets the eye — and is raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about how much spying on email and telephone chats happens in secret.
Ford's Livio Doesn't See Google As a Threat
Rex Moore, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 2:00PM CDT
Ford Motor Company recently acquired software start-up Livio to work with Ford's Smart Device Link standard. The goal is an industry standard that will provide a single method for app connectivity, allowing any smartphone to communicate smoothly...
Which Companies Profit From a Future Filled With Self-Driving Cars?
Eric Bleeker, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 12:30PM CDT
Google , Audi, and BMW are all working on self-driving cars, but a reader writes: "What tech company is leading the way in developing the technology for self-driving cars?" --Stefany And what about companies beyond the car industry that...
What's Yelp Inc. Stock Worth?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 11:51AM CDT
New data from eMarketer says that Yelp Inc . is one of the emerging winners in the multibillion-dollar mobile search market. Even Google is losing ground to the local search app. Yelp is among the fastest growing participants in the mobile...
2 Ways Apple Inc. Can Play Mobile Payments -- and Win
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 11:00AM CDT
Touch ID sensor. Source: Apple. This week, Apple took the bold and somewhat expected step of opening up its Touch ID feature to third-party developers. Opening up Touch ID has been a long time coming, as when it first made its debut, its usage...
This Intel Corporation Tablet Design Win Looks Great
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 11:00AM CDT
Readers of my columns know that a big point of frustration as an Intel investor has been the very slow roll out of Google Android-based tablets running Intel's latest Bay Trail-T processor. While the platform launched back in September 2013, we...
Apple Inc. Admits Defeat With iCloud Drive
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 10:00AM CDT
iCloud Drive. Source: Apple. When Apple originally created the mobile operating system that would become iOS, it attempted a dramatic reenvisioning of a decades-old convention of how users manage their digital belongings: the file management...
What Can Smart Thermostats Really Do for Your Home?
Maxx Chatsko, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 8:26AM CDT
Many people questioned the $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest Labs by Google this past January. Then again, people are questioning the company's increasing pace of acquisitions of hardware products in general. Say what you want, but it appears...
Cellphone operator reveals scale of gov't snooping
By DANICA KIRKA - AP - Fri Jun 06, 6:19PM CDT
LONDON (AP) — Government snooping into phone networks is extensive worldwide, one of the world's largest cellphone companies revealed Friday, saying that several countries demand direct access to its networks without warrant or prior notice.
Can Tim Cook Devise A Winning Apple Strategy?
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jun 06, 3:43PM CDT
Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive officer, has one of the biggest strategic challenges in the technology world -- or, for that matter, any industry. He has the task of following a legend, Steve Jobs, filling the pipeline with exciting products and...
Ulta Beauty names Vanessa Wittman to board
M2 - 21 mins ago
Beauty retailer Ulta Beauty (Nasdaq:ULTA) announced on Friday the appointment of Vanessa Wittman to its board of directors and as a member of its audit committee, effective 5 June 2014, following her election at the company's annual shareholder meeting.
NVIDIA's New Superchip Advances Internet of Cars
Rex Moore, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 4:30PM CDT
NVIDIA 's powerful new Tegra K1 chip allows real-time processing of camera and sensor data gathered by our cars. The 192-core processor can handle advanced visual processing such as object detection, collision avoidance, and recognition of...
NVIDIA Stock Is a 20-Year Buy
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 3:30PM CDT
The Tegra K1 should get a boost from tablets and other devices we can't even imagine yet. Credit: NVIDIA. Shares of NVIDIA stock were up slightly this week on news that its Tegra K1 mobile chip is powering Google 's experimental Project...
Microsoft Corporation Sees Opportunity In the Low End
Erin Kennedy and Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 12:00PM CDT
Nick Parker, Microsoft 's vice president of OEM partners, recently spoke at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. The executive expects Windows and Windows Phone devices to come down in cost this year, possibly as low as $200. Last year, most devices...
No, Netflix's Deal With The Devil Doesn't Hurt Net Neutrality
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 9:21AM CDT
Source: Netflix. People are angry. With Netflix 's highly publicized paid interconnection deal with Comcast earlier this year, people think that the very fate of the open Internet is at risk. Shortly thereafter, Netflix would ink a similar...
Apple Inc's WWDC Results: Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 8:00AM CDT
Image by Flicker user Daniel Spiess Apple 's 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, is complete, and analysts are picking over the results with an eye on the future. The day after the conference, Apple stock -- after dipping...
The Best Way to Play the Uber Bidding War
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 08, 7:30AM CDT
Believe it or not, Uber's nosebleed valuation holds benefits for some. Credit: Uber. Forget about a $10 billion valuation . Uber, the disruptive private car service, just closed a $1.2 billion round of new funding at a breathtaking $18.2 billion...
Stocks on Our Radar: Yelp
Simon Erickson and Jason Moser, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 5:00PM CDT
People are changing in the way they surf the Internet. Recent research suggests that users are increasingly using mobile devices to initiate their Internet searches, with advertising mobile search spending expected to triple within the next four...
InvenSense Inc. Wants to Help Samsung's Competition
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 4:00PM CDT
Smartphones, particularly in the mid-to-low-end, are becoming increasingly commoditized. Samsung is feeling the pressure as smaller "white box" OEMs manufacture generic Google Android phones. InvenSense CEO Behrooz Abdi has one idea on...
Will a Google Satellite Be Your Next Internet Provider?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 3:45PM CDT
Stuck in a remote part of the world with limited Internet access? Help may be on the way in the form of a Google satellite. Fool contributor Tim Beyers explains the implications in the following video. Credit: The Motley Fool. According...
Vodafone report sparks global surveillance debate
By PETER SVENSSON - AP - Sat Jun 07, 3:01PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Telecommunications company Vodafone's report on government surveillance of its customers in 29 countries reveals more than first meets the eye — and is raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about how much spying on email and telephone chats happens in secret.
Ford's Livio Doesn't See Google As a Threat
Rex Moore, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 2:00PM CDT
Ford Motor Company recently acquired software start-up Livio to work with Ford's Smart Device Link standard. The goal is an industry standard that will provide a single method for app connectivity, allowing any smartphone to communicate smoothly...
Which Companies Profit From a Future Filled With Self-Driving Cars?
Eric Bleeker, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 12:30PM CDT
Google , Audi, and BMW are all working on self-driving cars, but a reader writes: "What tech company is leading the way in developing the technology for self-driving cars?" --Stefany And what about companies beyond the car industry that...
What's Yelp Inc. Stock Worth?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 11:51AM CDT
New data from eMarketer says that Yelp Inc . is one of the emerging winners in the multibillion-dollar mobile search market. Even Google is losing ground to the local search app. Yelp is among the fastest growing participants in the mobile...
2 Ways Apple Inc. Can Play Mobile Payments -- and Win
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 11:00AM CDT
Touch ID sensor. Source: Apple. This week, Apple took the bold and somewhat expected step of opening up its Touch ID feature to third-party developers. Opening up Touch ID has been a long time coming, as when it first made its debut, its usage...
This Intel Corporation Tablet Design Win Looks Great
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 11:00AM CDT
Readers of my columns know that a big point of frustration as an Intel investor has been the very slow roll out of Google Android-based tablets running Intel's latest Bay Trail-T processor. While the platform launched back in September 2013, we...
Apple Inc. Admits Defeat With iCloud Drive
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 10:00AM CDT
iCloud Drive. Source: Apple. When Apple originally created the mobile operating system that would become iOS, it attempted a dramatic reenvisioning of a decades-old convention of how users manage their digital belongings: the file management...
What Can Smart Thermostats Really Do for Your Home?
Maxx Chatsko, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jun 07, 8:26AM CDT
Many people questioned the $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest Labs by Google this past January. Then again, people are questioning the company's increasing pace of acquisitions of hardware products in general. Say what you want, but it appears...
Cellphone operator reveals scale of gov't snooping
By DANICA KIRKA - AP - Fri Jun 06, 6:19PM CDT
LONDON (AP) — Government snooping into phone networks is extensive worldwide, one of the world's largest cellphone companies revealed Friday, saying that several countries demand direct access to its networks without warrant or prior notice.
Can Tim Cook Devise A Winning Apple Strategy?
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jun 06, 3:43PM CDT
Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive officer, has one of the biggest strategic challenges in the technology world -- or, for that matter, any industry. He has the task of following a legend, Steve Jobs, filling the pipeline with exciting products and...
