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Dance The Roomba: iRobot's Sterling Second Quarter Has Pro Bullish On Domestic Robot Space
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 2:29pm | 408iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT)'s stellar second quarter makes Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy more bullish on a market that includes robots that clean your floors and cut your lawn. Revenue for the second quarter of 2017 was $183.1 million, compared with $148.7 million for the second...
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The Screenless Future
Friday, June 30, 2017 - 1:39pm | 473Augmented reality wearables are going to replace your next iPhone? Loup Ventures managing partner Andrew Murphy sees this happening in the future, and for one simple reason, companies want to solve consumer problems. “We’ll eventually look back at the turn of the century and wonder how...
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Investing In The Future Means Investing In Robotics Software And Services
Monday, June 26, 2017 - 8:28am | 531Loup Ventures is siding with the machines, concluding on Friday a series of notes analyzing the growth of robotics in the economy. “We believe a cultural shift is underway and robots are playing an increasingly crucial role in our everyday lives,” said analyst Andrew Murphy. Murphy...
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Blue-Collar Workers Must Adapt To Survive
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 11:27am | 588As more and more parts of the economy become automated and human jobs are replaced by technology, it’s understandable that some workers are worried machines will eventually take over the entire blue-collar job market. Technology is cheaper, faster and potentially better at performing many...
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How Empathy Will Save Brick-And-Mortar Retail
Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 6:49pm | 756The death of brick-and-mortar retail is a well-worn topic. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is crushing. Online is the future. Yadda, yadda. But Loup Ventures analyst Andrew Murphy has a different perspective. “We don’t typically talk about the percentage [of] sales that happen offline,...
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Facebook's Big Push Into Augmented Reality
Friday, April 21, 2017 - 11:06am | 430With the launch of the 10th anniversary iPhone 8 just months away, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors are anticipating the integration of new augmented reality technology into the landmark iPhone device. While the next step in AR will likely be integration with smart phones, Loup Ventures analyst...
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The 5 Senses Of Computing
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 1:13pm | 728While we are all familiar with the five senses — sight, smell, sound, taste and touch — the basic understanding of them are insufficient at the dawning of the new technological age. Thanks to Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy, the five senses of computing — which build upon the...
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Apple's Airpods Are The First Mass Market 'Hearable'
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 11:45am | 527Airpods, the wireless headphones from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), are a step towards future of computing, according to Andrew Murphy of Loup Ventures. The wireless earbuds that went on sale in December are an instant hit. In fact, Apple has become an leader in the online wireless headphone market...
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How College Students Use Snapchat
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 3:57pm | 400Loup Ventures, the venture capital firm co-founded by former Wall Street analyst Gene Munster, Doug Clinton and Andrew Murphy, hasn't shied away from commenting on Snap, Inc. (NYSE: SNAP). Murphy stated in a blog post his firm is a big fan of the direction Snap is heading in as it has...
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And The Oscar Goes To... Apple
Saturday, February 25, 2017 - 11:29am | 417Gene Munster, one of the Street's most notable Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) analysts, left his job at Piper Jaffray to co-found a venture capital firm called Loup Ventures with Doug Clinton and Andrew Murphy. Ahead of this weekend's 89th Oscars, Murphy penned a post titled "When will...
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Pace Of Apple Innovation Frustrates Product Fans, Rewards Investors
Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 3:44pm | 389The notion that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) does not innovate like it used to has been circling investors' minds since Steve Jobs passed in 2011. Since then, the company has done little to change that perception, instead opting for gradual, almost baby-step innovation with incremental upgrades in...
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Apple Vs. Amazon Vs. Google: Digital Assistants Square Off At CES
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 12:00pm | 415Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy said in a note on Thursday said he loves what he is seeing in the natural language processing space and the advancements made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). That said, the analyst believes...
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Some Big-Name Equity Analysts Are Switching Teams
Friday, December 9, 2016 - 3:58pm | 406There’s been a flurry of job departures among sell-side stock analysts in 2016. Traders likely recognize some of the bigger names that have gotten the job-hopping itch. Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC)’s popular Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) analyst Gene Munster has announced he is...
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Avid Technology Reports Mixed Earnings, Piper Jaffray Drops Price Target (AVID)
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 8:27am | 93Avid Technology (NASDAQ: AVID) reported a mixed bag of results for the 2nd quarter. EPS was ($0.05) slightly above consensus of ($0.06). Revenue was $162.2 million, slightly below the Street at $163.9 million. Piper Jaffray analysts Michael Olson and Andrew Murphy said, "We believe the demand...
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Piper Jaffray Raises Coinstar Estimates in Face of Strong Redbox Growth (CSTR)
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 9:23am | 118Piper Jaffray analysts Michael Olson and Andrew Murphy raised estimates for Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) in light of strong market conditions for its Redbox service. Coinstar operates automated retail solutions, including its ubiquitous green Coinstar machines and Redbox DVD kiosks. The analysts raised...