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Weekly Tech Highlights: Tesla's Battery Tests Revealed, Apple Dominated Samsung And More
Saturday, April 4, 2015 - 12:44pm | 609Read More...The first week of April included a major tech IPO, new details regarding Tesla Motors Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) mysterious product and Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) big win over SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTC: SSNLF). First Tesla Battery Details Emerged Tesla is reportedly testing a home battery...
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Cramer: SanDisk Is The Name That Wall Street Has Defended Over And Over Again
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 12:27pm | 335Read More...SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) shares plunged heavily on Thursday on back of the company cutting its sales outlook for the first quarter. CNBC's Jim Cramer recently discussed why analysts shouldn't be defending SanDisk anymore. Shares of SanDisk traded recently at $66.72, down...
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Exclusive: Paydiant Co-Founder Expects More Consolidation After PayPal Merger, Others May 'Cease To Exist'
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 9:35am | 421Read More...The mobile payments space is getting crowded, but consolidation and implosion could reduce the industry to a more manageable level. Paydiant, a white label mobile wallet platform, was acquired by eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY)'s PayPal earlier this month. Before that, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired...
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The Smartphone Market Might Grow Less Than Expected
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 9:15am | 269Read More...In a report published Thursday, Citigroup analyst Ehud Gelblum suggested that a global smartphone slowdown is expected in 2015, reflecting a smartphone slowdown in China. Gelblum expects total smartphone shipment growth of 15.5 percent in 2015, down from prior estimates of 19 percent growth. The...
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Fidelity Contrafund Portfolio Manager: I Made A Mistake With Apple After Steve Jobs Passed Away
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 1:50pm | 402Read More...A lot of people have missed the boat on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in recent years with the company continuing to grow at a staggering pace. However, rather than making excuses, great investors acknowledge their mistake and learn from them. Will Danoff, Fidelity Contrafund's portfolio...
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Cantor Fitzgerald Explains Raising Apple's PT To $180
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 2:53pm | 366Read More...Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White recently upped his target on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to $180. White was on CNBC Tuesday to explain the reasons behind this raise. Three Reasons "Think about the concerns a couple of years ago. 'Oh! Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs.' 'Samsung...
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Who Is Apple's Best Processor Friend?
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 9:06am | 246Read More...In a report published Thursday, JP Morgan analyst Gokul Hariharan commented that based on his research, Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE: TSM) should see its 16nm FinFET process gain an approximately 50 percent share in Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) A9 processors for iPhone and keep 100...
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BlackBerry's New Samsung Tablet Shows There Are 'Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen'
Monday, March 16, 2015 - 2:27pm | 639Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) is developing new tablets that are based on the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 from SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTC: SSNLF). The new devices, which are expected to arrive this summer, will use BlackBerry's Secusmart encryption technology to help users counter eavesdropping....
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Here's Why Nomura Remains So-So On Apple
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 9:01am | 192Read More...In a report published Tuesday, Nomura analyst Stuart Jeffrey commented that Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) pricing of its new products were "impressive," but the features "less so." Jeffrey noted that a strong health monitoring capability and contextually predictive information display capability...
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JMP Securities Reiterates On Micron In Face Of Nomura Downgrade
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 12:00pm | 298Read More...In a report published Wednesday, JMP Securities analyst Alex Gauna maintained a bullish view of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) following the company's presentation at the JMP Securities Technology Conference on Tuesday. The upgrade comes a day after Romit Shah of Nomura downgraded...
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Here's Why Nomura Downgraded Micron Technology
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 12:25pm | 231Read More...In a report published Tuesday, Nomura analyst Romit Shah downgraded shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) to Neutral from Buy with a price target lowered to $30 from a previous $40. Shah noted that the Street perceives Micron to be undervalued as consolidation in DRAM drives...
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Jefferies: Samsung Pay 'Could Dwarf' Apple Pay
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 10:06am | 222Read More...Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) announced a new smartphone – the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge – at the Mobile World Congress on Sunday. In a note, Jefferies said that the new smartphones add an "undeniable cool factor" to the brand's products that should help the company gain share of the...
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Does Samsung Pay Compete With Apple Pay, Android?
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 10:02am | 320Read More...In a report published Sunday, Citigroup analyst Ashwin Shirvaikar offered some thoughts following Samsung Elect LTD (OTC: SSNLF) introduction of its new phones, Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge during the Mobile World Congress. Samsung said that its Samsung Pay services will be introduced to the U...
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Why Are Apple And Facebook Making Big Bets On Virtual Reality?
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 3:10pm | 468Read More...After acquiring Oculus Rift, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) recently announced that it is working on creating virtual reality apps, while Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was also recently issued a patent for a virtual reality headset. Tom's Guide Editor-in-Chief Mark Spoonauer was on CNBC recently to...
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Weekly Tech Highlights: How Apple, Tesla And Google Could Dominate The Auto Industry
Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 3:01pm | 643Read More...Now that earnings season has more or less come to a close, it's time for the rumor mill to bring us a plethora of goodies. And with that came a plethora of opinions from numerous analysts. Three Tech Giants Could Dominate The Auto Industry Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry...
