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Kathy Wood popped into her fellow math teacher’s room and was greeted by a not-so-unusual question: “Hey, Mrs. Wood, is it true that you play ‘Call of Duty?’” Until age 58, when her son and motivation-to-play departed for college, her answer was a casual “yes....

Vivek Arya of Bank of America provided an update on semiconductor stocks under his coverage. Here is a summary of some of the analyst's findings during the first quarter. Better Pricing But Lower PC Units PC microprocessor chip units fell 10 percent quarter-over-quarter and down 3 percent year-...

The Wall Street Journal's lame. Did you expect a different opinion from the Gen Zers surveyed by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)? Probably not. But you may be surprised by some of their other picks. The teens surveyed labeled a number of recognizable brands relatively uncool,...

Following investor meetings with GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), Wedbush said in a note released on Wednesday that it expects the purchase intent for Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)'s Switch and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s yet-to-be released Scorpio at Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE)'s...

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), the largest retailer of video games, has faced its fair share of challenges in its core video game business as gamers can buy and download games from the comfort of their own homes. The competitive landscape got even worse for GameStop and other retailers as Microsoft...

Michael Pachter appears on SIFTD.net Games every week to answer questions about the gaming sector. In this week's episode, Pachter talked about Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)'s Wii U and NX launch. Nintendo's NX Release Nintendo has set a dismal forecast of 800,000 Wii Us to be sold in 2016,...

The first-quarter earnings reporting season kicks into high gear this week. Highlights will include the latest results from two technology giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from both of them. The new earnings season is underway, and among the highlights this week will...

On Wednesday, Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s HBO pulled back the curtain on its HBO Now streaming service, and while the numbers may be smaller than analysts expected, it's important to note it is also just a start. HBO CEO Richard Plepler revealed that HBO Now has 800,000 paying subscribers since...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) are not typically thought of as E3 showstoppers, but they might be worth watching in 2015. "Watch for the hardware, the PC gaming graphics war between NVIDIA and AMD," Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s Oculus virtual reality headset called Rift will include a game controller provided by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) when the product launches early next year. Oculus Partnership Oculus disclosed the partnership Thursday, even as Microsoft is at work on its own...

GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced Tuesday that "users are watching an average of 25 minutes of GoPro videos during each viewing session on the Xbox console. Zander Lurie, GoPro's SVP of Media, said GoPro has had 1 million downloads in the Xbox community. On YouTube, the GoPro channel...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares slumped by almost 4 percent Monday on back of the stock being downgraded by analysts at Evercore ISI to Sell. However, a lot of people don't agree with the downgrade. Among them is Slava Rubin, co-founder and CEO of Indiegogo. Rubin was on CNBC to...

Tim Cook, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Chief Executive Officer, on Wednesday met with Israel's President Reuven Rivlin during a visit to the Middle East country while checking in with the company's new research and development center. According to Times of Israel, Cook told the Israeli...

Camera maker GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced Thursday that it will be partnering with streaming service Roku to launch its own channel, which will be available this spring. Kevin Nabipour, senior vice president and content strategist at Allison and Partners was on CNBC to discuss GoPro’s...