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Apple Music Has 11 Million Subscribers: Will It Move The Needle For Apple Or Taylor Swift?
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 4:48pm | 580Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) executives have informed USA Today that the company has attracted 11 million trial members to Apple Music. Two million of those users are on the family plan, though it appears they are enjoying a free trial as well. "It's hard to say how many will stick...
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GoPro Beat Last Quarter By A 'Crazy Amount,' Will It Repeat In Q2?
Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 9:56am | 607After announcing stellar fourth quarter results, GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) kicked off the year with another earnings beat. Not all investors were impressed by the results, but many have high hopes for the June quarter. "GoPro is probably gonna smash," Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies...
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iPhone Sales Could 'Skyrocket' With Apple Watch
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 7:01am | 487Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) could be on the verge of announcing record-breaking iPhone sales -- and it might be due to the Apple Watch. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant will report its June quarter results on Tuesday, July 21 after the close. Apple is not expected to talk about Apple...
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Why Apple Must Sell 1 Apple Watch For Every 20 iPhones
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 6:47am | 678Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to sell a sizeable number of iPhones within the first 12 months at retail. Tech expert Sean Udall believes the company will sell 15 million units. LikeFolio's estimates came in a tad lower at 9 to 14 million units. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene...
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Microsoft Is Trying To 'Undo' Steve Ballmer's Mistakes
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 11:08am | 581Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is restructuring its phone business less than two years after acquiring the mobile division from Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK). Rich Tullo, Director of Research at Albert Fried & Company, compared Microsoft's situation to Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE...
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Is Apple's New Battery Replacement Plan Bad For The Environment?
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 7:46am | 549Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will now allow AppleCare+ customers to replace their batteries after the device's capacity has fallen below 80 percent. This option sounds great for consumers, but is it practical? Do iPhone users really need a new battery if the old one still charges to 79 percent...
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Is Tim Cook The New Steve Ballmer?
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 1:44pm | 538Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is often held in high regard, especially when compared to other executives. This includes former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer, who was heavily criticized when he led the Windows maker. After Monday's presentation at the...
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5 Reasons Apple Abandoned Its TV Set
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 2:27pm | 680Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reportedly canceled any and all plans to release a high-definition television. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple didn't think its new features (such as a FaceTime camera that senses who is talking and directs the camera toward the speaker) were...
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Apple's Car Could Be At Least 10 Years Away
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 2:36pm | 568All signs indicate that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is at least experimenting with the idea of building its own car-related technology, if not actual automobiles. In a lawsuit filed earlier this year, A123 Systems accused Apple of poaching employees to develop a large-scale battery division. More...
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Why Dick Costolo Is 'In Trouble' After Twitter Leak, Earnings Miss
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 4:58pm | 672Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) were halted shortly before Tuesday's close after the company's first quarter earnings were leaked online. The leak proved to be somewhat disappointing for investors who expected more from the social media empire, especially those who are a bullish on...
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Apple's 'Massive' Quarter Shows The Company Is A 'Juggernaut Across The Board'
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 8:14am | 562Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has set another record for iPhone sales. The company increased unit sales by roughly 40 percent and sold 61.1 million iPhones versus 43.7 million in the year-ago period. "Those iPhone numbers are very impressive," Cody Willard, chairman of Scutify (a...
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Did Apple Send Mixed Messages About Its Apple Watch Launch?
Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 11:33am | 613Some customers were confused about the availability of the Apple Watch this weekend. In a March 9 press release, Apple stated the following: "Apple Watch…will be available on Friday, April 24 to customers in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US." "...
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Police Officers Looking To Buy Their Own Body Cameras
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 11:26am | 598Should police and law enforcement officers be forced to wear a body camera? The topic was brought into the national spotlight following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by Darren Wilson, a police officer. A recent series of other widely publicized police shootings ensured the...
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Can Google Actually Beat An Earnings Report?
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 1:27pm | 864Analysts have been repeatedly baffled by the fact that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) can't beat an earnings report. The company has failed to beat consensus several quarters in a row, causing frustration among those who expect bigger and better things from the search engine giant...
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Amazon Is In A 'Temporary Phase' Of Wanting To Show Cash Flow
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 10:21am | 532Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is often criticized for not appeasing investors, but that changed over the last quarter. Experts believed the firm's fourth quarter results were a sign that the company could earn a lot of money when it was ready to start taking profits. "I think what...