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The third-quarter earnings crunch is underway this week. The financial sector will be well represented, with quarterly reports due from the likes of Goldman Sachs and American Express, as well as the tech sector, highlighted by Google and Intel. Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are among the...

Roughly one year ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apologized for replacing Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own app. Known simply as Maps, the app proved to be more problematic than anyone could have ever anticipated. "At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the fifth-generation iPad on Tuesday, October 22. If that date sounds familiar, it's because Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will release the next-generation Surface tablets (Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2) on that same day. According to AllThingsD, Nokia (NYSE:...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone sales share in Europe approached double digits in August, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Although Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platform was still king of the hill at 70.1 percent market share, Windows Phone’s 9.2 percent number across the...

Sony Mobile (NYSE: SNE) may never compete on the level of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Samsung, but the company is expected to grow significantly in 2014. According to DigiTimes, Sony will ship 65 million smartphones during the fiscal 2014 (April 2014 through March 2015) period. Sony is projected to...

It’s Monday and as always, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made headlines over the weekend. The stock is currently at $482.75—well above it’s 50-day moving average of $473.93. The end of the week saw volume drop off as the stock struggled to gain any ground last week. Here are some of the Apple stories...

If you’re a PC user, or were in the past, you know of the head-scratching key combination you know as Control-Alt-Delete. In a recent comment, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates called it a mistake. If you’ve moved on from a Windows-based system, maybe you forgot that control-alt-...

The departure of CEO Steve Ballmer from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) – and the fact there is no named successor yet - has given rise to one obvious question. Is Bill Gates returning for a more active role with the company? He says he is not, but many believe his denial lacks real conviction....

Tech watchers were surprised, but not very disappointed when current Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer announced his retirement. Almost instantly, long-time Microsoft watchers began the campaign to bring founder Bill Gates back to the helm. Speaking to Business Insider, Gates denied...

When it comes to monetization, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) might have a trick up its sleeve. And that trick just might be apps. Seeking Alpha’s Adrian McCarroll suggested it and others have seconded the notion. Microsoft has a habit of showing up late to the party. Such was the case with...

Academic speculation about the search for a new CEO to replace retiring Steve Ballmer at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is, frankly, boring. What’s infinitely more interesting is scuttlebutt or, as Business Insider called it, “barstool gossip.” Bar stool gossip is sometimes more than just...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is still busy trying to clean up what became a series of decisions that left its long-time faithful group of gamers livid and turning their sites on rival, Sony (NYSE: SNE)’s upcoming PlayStation 4. At the GameStop (NYSE: GME) Expo this past weekend, Microsoft took a...

It was a week filled with anticipation, surprises -- and most of all a massive acquisition. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased Nokia's (NYSE: NOK), while rumors insisted that BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) wished it had been acquired as well. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed the existence of not one but...

This weekend in Barron's online: how Lenovo is putting the moves on Apple and Samsung, as well as the prospects for Microsoft, Bob Evans Farms and Chinese and Korean stocks. Cover Story "Lenovo on the Attack" by Leslie P. Norton. Lenovo has come out of nowhere to become the global leader in...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) sold its handset business to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). What it did not sell to Microsoft, or anyone else, is its patents. And Nokia has a bunch of them. The reason? Income, according to Reuters. In technology, patents are like gold. And if there is one thing Nokia knows, it’...