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Rumor: Google to Announce Set-top Box Early in 2014
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 12:16pm | 568Read More...According to The Information (subscription required), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to come out with a set-top box called Nexus TV sometime in the first half of 2014. The new device, Geekwire said, would compete with Apple's Apple TV, Microsoft's Xbox One, and Amazon's rumored-but-so-far-delayed...
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Microsoft to Take Over Skype Operations in China November 24
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 3:00pm | 517Read More...The Chinese language version of Techweb (complete with a not-so-subtle graphic depicting Skype’s emergence as the new sheriff in town) noted Friday that Chinese mobile Internet company TOM Online will turn Skype operations in mainland China over to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) November 24. The Next...
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Twitter IPO Has A 'Complete Lack Of Transparency And Disclosures' (TWTR)
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 5:05pm | 786Read More...Investors might want to reconsider their plans for Twitter. Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, is not satisfied with the information that Twitter has provided before its initial public offering. "I think the S-1 filing has done a very poor job,"...
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Microsoft's $449 Surface 2, $899 Surface Pro 2 Coming October 22 (MSFT)
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 1:16pm | 834Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has unveiled the long-awaited successor to its first series of tablets. Surface 2, the follow-up to last year's Surface RT, will retail for $449 and ship on October 22 with a special 8.1 version of Windows RT. The new tablet comes with a full-HD display and a CPU whose...
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Microsoft Skips Games In First Xbox One Promo (MSFT)
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 10:31am | 502Read More...When the Xbox One was unveiled last May, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) spent a great deal of time talking about the console's non-gaming features. Now that Xbox One has a release date -- November 22 in numerous countries around the world -- Microsoft is ready to begin promoting the new gaming machine (...
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This $1M-Backed Startup Wants to Build a Better Skype and Solve Your Mobile Message Problems
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 2:25pm | 472Read More...Skype is so 2005. It may be used by millions of consumers every single day, but it is old news in the world of instant messaging. Moped, a free messaging tool that can be used without the need for special software, hopes to change that. Don't let the silly tagline (which claims that Moped is "...
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Google's First-Quarter Acquisitions Approach $300 Million
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 8:55am | 482Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) spent nearly $300 million on assets and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2013. According to Bloomberg, the total expenditures came to $291 million. Roughly half of that money went to patents and developed technology; an additional $125 million was used to acquire...
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Will Facebook Home Spawn a Legion of Screen-Snatching Copycats?
Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 9:14am | 650Read More...Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is about to hijack the screens of many Android devices. This may be a brilliant move by Facebook's developers, but it could inspire a cornucopia of copycats. Twitter While at least one analyst believes that Facebook Home is bad for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), it could be far...
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Are Traders Pumping Glu Mobile with Microsoft Buyout Rumors?
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 2:06pm | 692Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rumored to be interested in acquiring Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) for as much as $8 a share. Is this too good to be true for Glu investors, or is the Windows maker genuinely interested in acquiring a mobile game developer? This is not the first time that Microsoft has...
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Microsoft Introduces Modern Email Service
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 2:34pm | 449Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) introduced a personal email service Wednesday that will replace its current Hotmail service. According to the company, the new email will have accessibility to cloud-based services, a cleaner look, and less advertisements. In addition, the service will incorporate new...
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Microsoft Cutting Jobs in Advertising
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 1:36pm | 174Read More...A Microsoft representative told the Wall Street Journal that, "I can confirm that there were job eliminations today at Microsoft. I can assure you we're thinking about the exciting new opportunities that Windows 8, Xbox and Skype present for our advertising and marketing partners." At the time of...
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Building a Network as a Trader
Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 1:47pm | 486Read More...Trading is a very personal journey. Old traders know and new traders quickly learn that for most of the day, the best traders are often holed up in their offices, with nothing but charts, trades and their own thoughts to keep them occupied. Of course, no one can exist as an island. Building a...
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Twitterize Creator Visually Scores $2 Million in Seed Funding
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 9:51am | 302Read More...The site that aims to visualize everything (with infographics) has acquired a new round of funds. This beautiful Steve Jobs infographic is a great example of what the site can do, either in-house or by another party. When Visually launched earlier this year, users were given the chance to...
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EC Clears Microsoft's Acquisition of Skype
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 11:23pm | 476Read More...Announced earlier today, the European Commission [EC] has approved the deal that would allow Microsoft to acquire Skype, the world's largest voice over IP (VoIP) service. The EC sees no evidence that the deal would "significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area or any...
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Microsoft Collecting Location Data on the Sly? I'm Stunned!
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 9:43am | 215Read More...Who knew that a multi-billion-dollar corporation could be so deceptive and sneaky? Benzinga's own John Thorpe did, suggesting earlier this year that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) chose to acquire Skype in order to spy on us. Now TechCrunch is reporting that the Windows maker is being sued for...
