Patrick Moorhead

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is gearing up for its next media event on October 16. It could be the firm's event of the year, but will it live up to Apple's September 9 extravaganza? The official invite indicates that Apple will introduce a product that either has not been refreshed or is...

Carl Icahn has been very open about what he wants from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) -- including an Ultra HD television set. More than anything, Icahn wants a buyback. Is this good for Apple and its investors, or would it be better if Icahn and other activist investors backed off? "I think...

New Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) retail outlets are cropping up all over the place. The Windows maker will open several new locations next month, including a store in Dallas, Texas on November 8 and another in Bethesda, Maryland on November 22. The expansion will continue in 2015 when...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and SoftBank (OTC: SFTBF) are being urged to merge. The push was started by Alternative Investment Management & Research SA, which sent a letter to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son. Earlier this week SoftBank was rumored to be talking...

SoftBank (OTC: SFTBF), a Japanese telecommunications company, is reportedly in talks with DreamWorks Animation Skg Inc (NASDAQ: DWA) about a possible merger. The deal (which is valued at $32 per share, or $3.4 billion) was originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter. A later report by Variety...

Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) is about to close its acquisition of International Business Machines Corp.'s (NYSE: IBM) low-end server business. The $2.1 billion deal is one of many that Lenovo has used to bolster its company. Previously, Lenovo purchased IBM's consumer PC business. Earlier this...

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) released a new phablet-sized phone this week, but analysts don't think its strategy has anything to do with the competition. "Apple's going more and more mainstream, gaining more and more market share," IHS Technology Senior Analyst Daniel Gleeson...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola are slated to join the smartwatch space, but Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) has been there for more than a year. Do the newcomers have what it takes to compete? "It's the first iteration of a new product category," BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk told...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) co-founder Elon Musk has received a lot of attention for his dedication to space exploration. Few realize that a similar enterprise, Blue Origin, was also started by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos. The project has remained a mystery for...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold more than 10 million new iPhones this past weekend, setting a new record for the company. "I think the numbers share the strength of the pent-up demand and also of the platform," Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor...

U.S. technology giant, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has appointed Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to help it explore the possibility of selling its semiconductor manufacturing business, according to a report in the Financial Times on Thursday. Sources told the newspaper that in lieu of...

After originally promising availability in 2013, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is now saying its Glass entry in the wearable computing space won’t happen until 2014 according to Computerworld. The latest setback follows affirmation to Computerworld by inside sources in May at the Google I/O developer...