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Did Motorola Just Bomb its RAZR Event?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 3:53pm | 703Read More...Editor's Note: This an opinion piece written in response to Wednesday's unveiling of Motorola's new RAZR smartphones. Motorola Mobility, the smartphone manufacturer that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired for several billion dollars, unveiled three new phones this afternoon: the RAZR M, RAZR HD, and...
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Google to Acquire Frommer's
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 8:49am | 406Read More...Internet search engine company Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to acquire Frommer's Travel Guides from publisher John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: JW.A)(NYSE: JW.B). Though the deal is yet to close, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will pay roughly $25 million for Frommer's in hopes that the...
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Apple iPhone 5 Demand Breaks New Record
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 8:25am | 474Read More...Demand for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) next-generation iPhone is higher than any other smartphone the company has released. In June, ChangeWave Research conducted a study on the demand for smartphones from the world's leading manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia (NYSE: NOK),...
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Motorola Leaks Phone to Stifle Apple's Success?
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 11:04am | 240Read More...Or is this timely image leak an enormous coincidence? You tell me. According to TechCrunch, an image of a 4.6-inch 720p smartphone from Motorola (NYSE: MMI) has leaked on the Internet, signaling the company's next product release. While the image could be fake (Motorola has yet to confirm or deny...
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Will Investors Buy into Google's Weakness?
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 9:17am | 1125Read More...Motorola's troubles are scaring off some investors. Should you be one of them? Or is this a buying opportunity waiting to happen? That answer depends on what you expect from the Motorola (NYSE: MMI) buyout. The ailing cell phone manufacturer announced less-than-stellar Q4 sales expectations that...
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Will Motorola Spur a $12.5 Billion Loss for Google?
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 3:51pm | 773Read More...That's the question everyone is asking this week. The majority of analysts seemed to think that it was a patent play – by acquiring Motorola (NYSE: MMI), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) would gain access to a whole world of patents. These patents could then be used to strengthen its venture in smartphone...
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iPad 3's Biggest Competitor Will Be…
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:45am | 406Read More...A company that rhymes with “oogle.” According to Gizmodo, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release its own iPad 3 competitor within six months. The news comes from Google's own Eric Schmidt, who told this Italian publication that the company is getting ready to produce a tablet of the “highest quality...
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Will Verizon be the Death of Google Wallet?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 11:05am | 979Read More...How do you compete in a highly competitive market? By eliminating the competition wherever possible. I'm a big fan of competition. I appreciate the ongoing battle between Coke (NYSE: KO) and Pepsi (NYSE: PEP). I value the challenge General Motors (NYSE: GM) faces in gaining back customers it lost...
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Loophole Saves Apple from Device Ban in Germany, Ruining Motorola's Celebration
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 3:09pm | 347Read More...Motorola just won an injunction against Apple and it doesn't even matter. According to Reuters, a German court ruled that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) cannot sell certain devices in Germany because they infringe on two of Motorola's (NASDAQ: MMI) patents. But Apple doesn't sell its own products in Germany...
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Image Gallery: Three Phones that Want to Beat the iPhone 4S
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 2:09pm | 78Read More...Do Motorola (NYSE: MMI), Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Samsung have what it takes to take on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)? Probably not. But they're going to try anyway with another slate of touch screen smartphones. Take a look at these creative devices to see if they have any hope of one-upping the iPhone 4S.
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Motorola DROID RAZR – The Coolest Phone That's Destined to Fail
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 2:32pm | 383Read More...Just moments ago, Motorola (NYSE: MMI) took the wraps off its subtly hyped reboot of the classic RAZR cell phone. This one isn't a clamshell beast (those are so 2004!) like the original. Instead, Motorola took a more modern approach, threw its hat into the “me-too!” bandwagon, and produced a thin...
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Google Finally Finds a Storm it can Weather
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 3:49pm | 306Read More...Apple, Microsoft? No way. Rain and hail? Bring it on! To most people in the tech industry, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is currently known as the kooky search engine giant that shocked the world when it announced its plans to acquire Motorola (NYSE: MMI). The acquisition wasn't unprecedented (this is...
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Microsoft and Blackberry to be the Next Google and Motorola
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 4:08pm | 439Read More...First Motorola, Next BlackBerry. With Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) recent acquisition of Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) for $12.5 billion, is Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) next up for auction? Mid-February, Research In Motion was trading just under $70 a share. Tuesday, the stock is down to $27 per...
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Motorola Developing New Tablet, Does Anybody Care?
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 3:24pm | 220Read More...For that one guy that doesn't want an iPad 2, and that other guy who won't buy an iPad 3. Motorola (NYSE: MMI) is in the process of developing a new tablet, TechCrunch reports. Five domains – MotorolaKore.com, KoreMotorola.com, Moto-kore.com, MotoKore.com, and Motorola-Kore.com – were registered...
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Carl Ichan "Destroyed Both Yahoo and Motorola"
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 6:01pm | 207Read More...Carl Ichan may be regarded as a brilliant investor, but don't tell Global Equities Research that. Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research, has sent out a note responding to Ichan's advice for Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI). “Carl Ichan has destroyed both Yahoo (NASDAQ:...




