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Bitcoin and BitTorrent can't seem to escape their ongoing controversies, but could they inspire social change -- and ultimately be good -- for society? Annika Small, CEO of Nominet Trust, thinks that the answer is yes. Ever year, Nominet Trust calls for nominations for its annual NT100 list...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has delivered two hit shows: House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. Several more are on the way, but will any of them have what it takes to live up to House of Cards' legacy? New Marvel Shows Netflix is developing five series based on various Marvel...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) enjoyed a nice sales boost during June quarter, moving 510,000 units of its latest console. During the year-ago period, Nintendo sold just 160,000 units. Despite the gains, Nintendo has only sold a total of 6.68 million Wii U units since the console was released in...

Now that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 has an unconfirmed release date of October 14, consumers are eager to see how much their current handset is worth. NextWorth, the online trade-in service that powers Target's trade-in program, recently provided Benzinga with a list of the...

Benchmark analyst Michael Hickey recently predicted that digital downloads could replace physical game discs within the next five years. That may be good news for publishers that want to sell directly to consumers, but it could be the beginning of the end for GameStop (NYSE: GME). Could new...

Social media ad revenue is on the rise, but Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) still face a number of challenges. The social media giants can't simply throw together an ad platform and expect it to work; they must find a balance that satisfies advertisers without upsetting their...

Should General Motors (NYSE: GM) have paid closer attention to information from rental car companies? Information about accidents, some deadly, involving some of their models; accidents that, it turned out, were linked to a long-standing ignition switch defect? According to an extensive...

LendingTree always aimed to be a one-stop shop. “The notion of LendingTree [is] it was always that we would be your financial advisor around everything related to every loan you have,” expressed Tree.com (NASDAQ: TREE) CEO and Founder, Doug Lebda. “And we would be able to save...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced a handful of new apps and features last month, bringing a piece of Twitter, Amazon and Snapchat to the world's largest social network. "I would say Facebook is becoming more like Twitter through these kinds of innovations, rather than Twitter becoming...

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is remodeling its retail stores to have a more community-reflected, localized feel to them. It's boosting profit margins, according to Brian Sozzi, CEO and chief equities analyst for Belus Capital Advisors. In an article for TheStreet, Sozzi interviewed Starbucks...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fingerprint scanner, known commercially as Touch ID, could hold the key to a mobile commerce revolution. The iPhone maker famously acquired AuthenTec, the creator of Touch ID, for $365 million. At least one analyst thinks that Apple acquired that firm to become the...

GameStop (NYSE: GME) is one of the few specialty retailers that has been able to weather the dot-com storm. It is also the only publicly traded, billion-dollar retailer (with physical stores) that was founded in 1994. Amazon was founded in 1994 as well, but big-box retailers -- online or...

Sylvain Preumont, CEO of startup iMakr, opened iMakr’s first 3D printing and 3D printing services store in London a year ago. Now Preumont, who spoke with Benzinga by telephone, has opened his second store -– this one in New York. From Online To Storefront Many if not most...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) announced a new subscription service on Tuesday, furthering the belief that downloads and streaming will be the future of video games. The service -- officially known as EA Access -- has gained a lot of media attention, in part because it is currently exclusive to...

Another blow for BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), another win for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) -- Ford (NYSE: F) announced it will replace 3,300 of its employees' BlackBerry devices with iPhones by the end of the year, with another 6,000 smartphones to be switched over within the next two years....