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RIM is toast, if the stock price’s performance in after-hours trades is any indication after the company announced its earnings. Well, the earnings was great with the fourth-fiscal quarter surged 32% on strong sales of the company’s BlackBerry smartphones. What was disastrous was the forecast for the current period that is below Wall Street’s expectation. […]
... written on Mar 25 2011Appearing in his standard black turtleneck and jeans, Steve Jobs, the master-mind behind iPod, iPhone and iPad showed up on stage to a standing ovation in San Francisco Wednesday. Looked gaunt but energetic as before, his presence seems to send a message that he’s not dying as reported by paparazzi and is still in command […]
... written on Mar 03 2011Apple CEO Steve Jobs decided there was no way he was going to miss the private dinner and most likely his last with President Obama, if indeed a report by The National Enquirer that Steve Jobs may have just six weeks to live is true. The US tech get-together dinner was held with the aim […]
... written on Feb 21 2011If you think trading over internet is fun because it gives you the freedom to basically trade anything under the sun and moon, wait till you get yourself a smartphone and able to trade anything anywhere – provided you’re within the coverage of either WIFI or 3G. Can you imagine you’re out of town and […]
... written on Feb 11 2011In a surprise move, Google announced that Larry Page, one of its founders, will replace Eric Schmidt as the company’s CEO in April. The news came on the same week Apple announced that Steve Jobs, the man instrumental in iPod, iPhone and iPad, would be on medical leave without much more details. Was the timing […]
... written on Jan 25 2011News that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence spooked investors so much so that many speculators predicted the stock price would tumble at least by 10% even before the opening bell on Tuesday. As expected, the stock price plunged but by a smaller 6 percentage points only. At the end […]
... written on Jan 19 2011Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, will start selling Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) iPhone 4 early next month, ending AT&T Inc’s (NYSE: T, stock) exclusive 4-year hold over the blockbuster smartphone and sending millions into long queues around the world for the gadget. For years people have been clamouring to use iPhone on […]
... written on Jan 12 2011Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. Founder Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook” (thefacebook.com) on Feb 2004 before rename it as just “Facebook” after secured the domain facebook.com in 2005 for $200,000. Facebook actually started as Facemash, a simple site that placed two photos next to each other and ask users […]
... written on Jan 08 2011Those who bet iPhone’s sales would saturate or stagnant after a phenomenal kick-off and iPad would die a natural death will have to wait a little longer. Remember when Apple haters having fun making jokes about iPad when it was newly launched? Well, it seems these people have to eat their humble pies. One of […]
... written on Nov 29 2010Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) shares tumbled more than 7% to below $300 a share after the iPod, iPhone, iPad and Mac makers announced its earnings after the bell Monday (18-Oct-2010) in extended trading hour. The stock is now recovering and is trading above $310 a share. The Dow is down more than 3-digit points […]
... written on Oct 20 2010