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Why 1 Analyst Thinks BlackBerry Is In 'Reinvention Mode'
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 4:16pm | 658Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) received two Christmas gifts this week: big sales and new money. BlackBerry Classic, the new version of the old BlackBerry handset, had sold out online in North America. It appears that the device is now available for pre-order again and should begin shipping this...
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How These 4 Tech Giants Are Resolving Their China Challenges
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 6:18pm | 972Read More...Any company doing business in mainland China faces challenges. Such challenges include, according to the Global Association of Risk Professionals: relationship building, the role of respect, widespread tax evasion, weak internal controls and use of third-party agents. Here are four major...
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Did Microsoft Buy Acompli To Disrupt Email?
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 11:07am | 553Read More...Email was once a cutting-edge technology that allowed individuals to communicate quickly in a new and exciting way. Now, much like the conventional mail it partially replaced, email has become a boring necessity that consumers take for granted. Could Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) change...
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IDC: Smartphone Demand To 'Slow From A Boil To A Simmer' Through 2018
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 12:51pm | 268Read More...According to International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide smartphone shipments will reach nearly 1.3 billion units in 2014, marking a 26.3 percent surge over 2013's growth figures. Looking forward to 2015, IDC expects 1.4 billion smartphones to be shipped worldwide, marking a 12.2 percent...
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Why Drivers Should Give Thanks For Low Gas Prices
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 11:39am | 455Read More...Driving anywhere this Thanksgiving? If so, GasBuddy recently said the price of unleaded gasoline to get there would average about 44 cents per gallon less than it did last year. Related: GasBuddy: Lowest Gas Prices Of 2014 Unfolding Right Now More Turkey For a 16-gallon fill-up...
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Jefferies: Google Is Apple's Top Competitor And Apple Is Losing
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 9:45am | 328Read More...Sundeep Bajikar of Jefferies presented an interesting thesis on Wednesday: Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) top competitor. "Our analysis suggest that Google provides the majority of most popular Consumer Cloud Services, which are expending...
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Is Autodesk's Spark The Brainchild Of Google's Android?
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 7:00pm | 538Read More...Since its announcement of an open-source platform, Spark, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has been busy. Jeff Kowalski, the company's CTO, unveiled a prototype printer, Ember, during his keynote at the recently concluded Inside 3D Printing conference. This was followed by the announcement of...
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Weekly Highlights: Apple Pay Gets Rewards, Disney Expands Movie Deal And More
Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 8:28pm | 153Read More...It seems a week can't go by without another story relating to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) mobile payment solution. This week was no different. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) announced that consumers can buy movies on iOS and play them on Android devices -- and vice versa....
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4 Auto Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 4:07pm | 837Read More...As the week comes to end, Benzinga takes a look back at some of the top trending auto news stories. Hyundai And KIA Settle With U.S. Regulators South Korean-based Hyundai and Kia were fined $100 million by U.S. regulators for violating the Clean Air Act. The automakers were accused of over-...
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Microsoft Updates Office for iPad & Introduces Office For Mobile, Android
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 1:54pm | 201Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced in March a ground-breaking move to bring its Office programs to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad as part of a commitment to "bring Office to everyone, on every device and anywhere they need it." Since the announcement, more than 40...
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Disney Expands Streaming Movie Service To Google's Android
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - 1:35pm | 235Read More...Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) expanded its streaming movie service to Android devices after initially restricting the system to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) operating system. The Android version of Disney Movies Anywhere launched Monday on Google Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) online store. Terms of...
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How 5 Fast Food Companies Let You Order Ahead With An App
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 4:48pm | 760Read More...As fast as fast food can be, companies and customers want it faster. Many restaurants boast quick service, but also long lines at rush hour times. To combat this, several companies have started to offer customers the ability to order and even pay ahead through an app so they don't have to...
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IntraLinks Holdings Inc DealNexus Mobile M&A App Expanded To Feature Full Access
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 11:02am | 645Read More...Global SaaS provider, IntraLinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) announced Monday that it has expanded its Intralinks DealNexus mobile app to provide full access to and interaction with a global community of approximately 10,000 dealmakers. iPad Version Added In addition to the new iPhone app,...
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Acorns Wants To 'Change The World' With Its New Investing App
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 2:14pm | 924Read More...Can an app change the way individuals invest? Walter Cruttenden, co-founder of Acorns, is on a mission to find out. "We just want to enjoy our lives and change the world," Cruttenden, a serial entrepreneur, told Benzinga. He set out to achieve this goal after his son, co-founder...
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3 Of Ashton Kutcher's Most Successful Investments
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 3:56pm | 761Read More...Well-known Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher is also a very successful technology investor. Thought at first to be merely a “dabbler,” Kutcher finally convinced Wall Street that he was serious. Since Kutcher’s involvement in a company or project inspires others to join...
