Apple Fans Are Bulls In A China Mobile Shop


Apple upset the shortsellers’ apple cart ( you should excuse the pun) this week when it made several surprising announcements.  Were Steve Jobs alive and still driving this train, surprises...

Amazon Q1 2014 Earnings Hint At Streaming TV Services As Key Element


Earlier today, Amazon revealed its 2014 first quarter earnings in a conference call, and the news for investors was quite good. Analysts had predicted revenue of $19.4 billion, however Amazon...

Is Marketing on Facebook Still Relevant In 2015?


A recent study done by researchers at Princeton University suggests that Facebook will experience a rapid decline in activity over the next few years. The research, which compares the lifecycle of...

Death Reports Of The Apple iPad are Greatly Exaggerated


Apple’s second quarter results were announced today by CEO Tim Cook (Mark Rogowsky has more coverage here on Forbes). As part of the earnings call, Cook talked about the sales and acceptance of the...

Apple Q2 Earnings: Everyone’s Mind Is Made Up


At this point Wall Street and the technology press expect so little from Apple's earnings, it will be difficult to disappoint them. If you read through Chuck Jones’ post here on Forbes or the...

Apple Q2: Analysts Expect Almost No Revenue Or EPS Growth


Sell-side analysts are projecting that Apple’s revenue will be almost flat year over year at $43.53 billion vs. $43.6 billion a year ago and towards the high-end of management’s guidance of $42 to $...

Netflix Prices to Rise This Quarter


Netflix announced its first quarter earnings on Easter Monday. The main highlight of this earnings call is the announcement of increasing Netflix prices. Netflix currently has 48.2 million global...

Oculus Founder Explains Why We Can be at Ease About Facebook Deal


When Facebook unexpectedly acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion last month, the internet cried out in synchronized outrage. The fear was that the social network giant would trample Palmer Luckey‘s...

Will Tesla’s China Story Lose Its Charge?


When 35-year-old Eric Zhu deliberated to which car his family should upgrade, Tesla Motors didn’t stay long in the race. Zhu, who works as a senior manager at a Western industrial firm in Beijing, is...

Dish’s Charlie Ergen: I’m Nervous About Comcast-TWC


Optimism is supposedly one of the qualities people look for in politicians and business leaders. Apparently no one told Charlie Ergen, who seemed less concerned with soothing investors than with...