Filed under: Earnings Reports, Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM)The fast moving world of investing can turn on a dime, especially if you own technology stocks. Research In Motion (RIMM) was a smartphone darling. But then came t...
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Aetna Inc (AET), Best Buy (BBY), Research in Motion (RIMM), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Analyst Initiations, Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Urban Outfitters (URBN)Analyst Upg...
Pay-by-phone technology may be making big moves with Google, Inc. (GOOG).
According to rumors, Google plans to begin testing its new mobile phone-based payment service in New York and San Francisco in the next four months. The system, developed by Ver...
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Research in Motion (RIMM)Research In Motion (RIMM), which designs and develops the BlackBerry line of smartphones, is also expected to launch its PlayBook tablet in the first quarter of 2011. RIM, which competes with Apple (...
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM)Google's (GOOG) mobile operating system, Android, is an example of how acquisitions have made a big difference. This technology came from a deal struck in 2005. Then, after lots of ...
Jonathan Geller with Boy Genius Report this morning writes that Research in Motion (RIMM) will provide the BlackBerry Messenger, or “BBM,” as it’s known, a popular instant-message style communications program widely used on its BlackBerry phones, as a software offering running on Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and also on phones using Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system,...
BMO Capital’s Tim Long this morning raised his price target on shares of Research in Motion (RIMM) to $100 from $92 in advance of the company’s fiscal Q4 report on March 24th, which he expects will be “very solid.” Long raised his Q4 EPS estimate to $1.81 from $1.77, above the $1.75 the Street is...
Research firm Nielsen today opines that in the November to January time frame, among “post-paid subscribers” in the U.S., phones running Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system are collectively pulling ahead of Apple’s (AAPL) and Research in Motion’s (RIMM) devices, with 29% share of smartphone sales in the U.S. by software platform. Apple and RIM, however,...
Folks, we had an unfortunate malfunction in our blog infrastructure here at Dow Jones, but we’re back on the scene. Fortunately, there was nothing at all going on this afternoon. Apple’s (AAPL) media event in San Francisco has been underway since 10 am, Pacific, 1 pm, Eastern. Sadly, I was not able to attend, but...
We are no strangers to the ETF beat here at Abnormal Returns. Barely a day goes by without a new ETF launch. Some interesting, so not so much. Today was a good day that highlights some of the trends in the ETF industry. On the positive side of the ledger there are continued signs of...
Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White this morning writes that his tour of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week shows plenty of momentum for so-called “Near Field Communications,” or NFC, a short-range networking technology...
Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White this morning writes that his tour of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week shows plenty of momentum for so-called “Near Field Communications,” or NFC, a short-range networking technology...
