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Former Hedge Fund Manager: The Street Is Apathetic To Google's Earnings Report
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 2:15pm | 422Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) could get a boost if it beats analyst expectations. The company is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results after the market close Thursday. Cody Willard, a former hedge fund manager and chairman of Scutify (a financial social network), thinks...
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How To Make The Next Version Of Google Glass A Success
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 9:31am | 367Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced recently that it will be discontinuing its current Google Glass and will come up with a new one in some time. Michael Learmonth, Technology Editor at International Business Times, was on CNBC Friday to discuss what made Google discontinue the...
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Chardan Comments On Google Glass After Consumer Sales Are Suspended, Himax Technologies Could Be At Risk
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 10:07am | 246Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) suspended consumer sales of its Google Glass until a better-finished and more affordable version is developed. The company also decided to change the team and management behind the project; previously under Google’s X laboratory’s control, the mission has...
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This Google Glass Rival Expects To Have Wearables That Look Like Conventional Sunglasses By Year's End
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 5:53pm | 374The wearables space is getting hotter with more and more tech majors putting their resources into it. Following the footsteps of others who are already in this space, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) on Monday revealed that it has bought a 30 percent stake (worth $24.8 million) in Google...
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5 Hottest Tech Product Categories In 2015
Sunday, December 28, 2014 - 2:45pm | 951Smartphones, tablets and laptops are old news -- it's time for new tech products to take center stage. Read on to see which ones are most likely to make a splash in 2015. Virtual Reality Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) and Facebook Inc's Oculus VR are already doing their part to advance virtual reality...
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Tech Stocks Underperform Following Apple's Flash Crash, Holiday Retail Sales Disappoint
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 5:38pm | 880U.S. stocks were mostly lower on Monday, as the holiday shopping season may have disappointed some. The National Retail Federation reported that spending over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend declined 11 percent to $50.9 billion. However, ComScore estimated e-commerce spending rose 32...
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Himax Technologies Tumbles; Google Won't Boost Stake
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 7:26am | 138Himax Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) shares fell sharply after the company disclosed Tuesday that it won't receive further investments from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL). Himax, a Taiwan supplier of display technology, said it will continue to work with Google on future products. Himax makes liquid...
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Barron's Recap: The Penta Quarterly
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 5:41pm | 800This weekend in Barron's online: the Penta Quarterly and a profile of Barry Rosenstein, as well as the prospects for Avon Products, TD Ameritrade, Pitney Bowes and more. Cover Story "Jana Partners' Rosenstein" by Lawrence C. Strauss. How Barry Rosenstein rose from an Asher Edelman underling to...
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Is A Google Glass Price Cut Around The Corner?
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 9:28am | 655Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) augmented reality glasses have become the company's most expensive product. Could that change in the near future? According to IHS, Google Glass carries a BOM (bill of materials) of just $132.47. IHS estimated that Google spends another $20 on...
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Market Wrap For April 24: Apple's Smashing Earnings Overshadowed By Ukraine Concerns
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 4:41pm | 3104U.S. stocks inched higher as Apple's strong earnings reported on Wednesday proved to be not enough to ease fears over an escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine. Reports surfaced of escalated troop movements in Ukraine while Russia began military drills near the Ukraine border. After...
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Google Smart Contact Lens Would Help The Blind And More
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 11:08am | 535At the rate things are going, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fast becoming an optical specialty company. In addition to its Google Glass product and tear-monitoring contacts designed to help diabetics control their blood sugar, the Mountain View, CA tech giant has patented a smart contact lens with...
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Weekly Highlights: iPhone 6 Hype, iPad Air 2 Concepts, Twitch Popularity Skyrockets And More
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 6:37am | 182The iPhone 6, iWatch and iPad Air 2 are months away from release, but the hype keeps getting bigger and bigger for all three devices. This helped give Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) a much-needed boost in media attention this week -- especially after losing the spotlight to Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Fire TV...
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3 Ways Google Glass Could Change Journalism
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 3:03pm | 765University of Southern California professor Robert Hernandez is teaching a new class this fall, perhaps the first of its kind. While other journalism classes have included the use of Google Glass (NYSE: GOOG), Hernandez's course will focus entirely on Glass journalism. Hernandez has been...
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Here's Why You Should Expect An Upside To Apple Shares When Tim Cook Retires
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 11:50am | 586Could Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) benefit from another executive shuffle? Between Peter Oppenheimer's retirement, the removal of Scott Forstall and a handful of other execs coming and going, Apple is slowly becoming a different company. Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry -- one of the...
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Google Announces New Android Apps
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 1:09pm | 242When they say technology is changing every second, they mean it. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced that it will be releasing a software development kit or SDK for programmers to help ease the burden of creating Android apps for smartwatches and other gadgets, according to Re/code. Google...