Niles Lawrence

Pixar, the leading animation studio within Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), has had an 18-year streak of No. 1 hits. The company has produced a cornucopia of successful movies, starting with the original "Toy Story" in 1995. "Inside Out" is expected to be another winner, but its...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is still rumored to be up for sale, and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is still rumored to be the company most interested in a merger. Social media chatter suggests that Twitter could be worth up to $100 billion to Google. That might end up being nothing more...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently revealed that consumers aren't very good at selecting a password security question. According to ABC News, users frequently select the "What's your favorite food?" option. The answers were as predictable as one would expect. This may not...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to be developing three separate iPhones this year, all of which are expected to be released this fall. The Mac maker is all but guaranteed to release an upgraded version of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but the company may also introduce a new plastic...

GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) hopes to become a stronger content company with improved sharing and editing tools. But will it be enough to solidify the company's position as the number-one action cam manufacturer? "I think that they can improve the interface a ton, and think that GoPro...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) are rising stars on Wall Street, but are they really capable of taking the ad revenue that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) once dominated? "They definitely have the potential, right?" Niles Lawrence, president of stock analysis site Vuru,...

Everyone expected Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to add another familiar lowercase "i" to its smartwatch branding, but the company went in another direction. Unlike the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, the newest Apple product will lead with the company name. This is an interesting turn of...