Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s much speculated iPhone 6 might come with a better modem chip than its predecessors. MacRumors, a website dedicated to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s devices came out with a post today, revealing the rumored iPhone 6 will sport QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s MDM9625 LTE modem With LTE-Advanced Support. According to the website, GeekBar released the pictures of a logic board, which the rumored iPhone 6 is supposed to come with. The Logic board pictures clearly reveal that the phone will have QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s MDM9625 LTE modem. This Modem was announced in 2012, QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s MDM9625 LTE modem boasts of…
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s stock has seen a tremendous rise since its April Lows. Even after the the company’s exceptional second quarter results, TheStreet in a post maintained a ‘Hold’ on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s stock. TheStreet acknowledged that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has demonstrated strength in multiple areas, but the company’s stock, according to them trades at ‘premium’ valuation. The post enumerated that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) had an impressive revenue growth in the second quarter of 60.5% year over year, while the industry average growth for the same period amounted to 19.9%. Another metric where Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) excelled was its debt to equity ratio, which is at 0.02…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Fire Phones couldn’t get the kind of reception other devices from tech ‘majors’ get. One of the main reasons for it could be Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) not packing its phones with features that smartphone users nowadays take for granted. But the company seems to have learnt from its experience and launched an update providing all those features, as a recent article on Engadget pointed out. One important thing to note before we progress to the newly launched features is that all these features were previously present in the Fire Phones that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) had sent to reviewers, we wonder…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s CEO, Elon Musk wrote a blog post last Friday announcing the extension of infinite mile coverage to drive units of all Model S cars. Though this sudden increase of warranty gave some jitters to analysts and investors, not all of them seem to be worried, Rod Lache of Deutsche Bank being one of them, as Barron’s mentioned in a blog post. According to Lache and the Deutsche Bank team, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s decision of extending its warranty to drive units might be influenced by the recent reviews, which, though not too harsh with the Model S, pointed out issues in…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) recently came out with a blog authored by its CEO, Elon Musk. In the blog Musk revealed that the company is going to extend its infinite mile eight year warranty to the drive unit of the Model S. Though Musk acknowledged that this would have an effect on the company’s earnings, Herb Greenberg, CNBC’s contributing editor isn’t satisfied. He discussed how the extension of the warranty will impact Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) earnings along with Phil LeBeau on CNBC recently. Greenberg feels that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is very aggressive with its finances, while it could have been a lot more conservative…
On August 15, Elon Musk wrote a post on Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s blog, extending the eight years infinite mile warranty on the drive unit of the Model S. The extension was not only for new cars, but will apply retroactively to all Model S cars previously sold. Chuck Jones, a Forbes contributor, wrote an article recently, elaborating how much will the eight years infinite mile warranty is going to cost Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA). In his post, Jones mentioned that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) accrued $2,900 and $2,850 as warranty costs for Model S vehicles built in 2012 and 2013, respectively. He also noted that the company previously charged $4,000…
While Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) makes great games for PC and gaming consoles, the company has been a slow starter in the mobile world. Whereas its rival Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) has launched many games over the years for smartphones and tablets, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) never took mobile gaming that seriously and only launched a handful of games in the same period. But as a recent article on re/code pointed out, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) is now taking mobile gaming seriously by launching the new versions of its two bestselling games on mobile and adopting different strategy for both of them. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) will launch its game ‘Skylanders: Trap Team’ for…
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) is the target of a price war unfolding between Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree, Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR). Just a few weeks ago, Dollar Tree, Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) had made a bid to acquire Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) at $74.50, which had surprised the street as most people were expecting the bigger rival, Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) to make a bid. It seems Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) has finally woken up to the fact that Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) and Dollar Tree, Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) as a combined entity would pose a serious threat to its business and has made a counter bid for Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) at $78.50…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) will finally sell its X86-based server business to Lenovo. The deal finally will soon be closed since the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) successfully concluded its review of the transaction, as International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) revealed in a recent press release. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) added that the $2.3 billion sale of x86-based server business to Lenovo will enable the company to engage more in the system and software innovations, especially in segments related to cognitive computing, Big Data and cloud. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) also mentioned that by selling the x86-based server business to…
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) recently announced on its Inside Blackberry Blog that it has launched an update for its BBM for Windows Phones. The BBM for Windows beta version was launched only a few weeks ago and BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) seems to be marching ahead with bug fixes and performance improvements, in no time. Blackberry Messenger, or BBM from BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) used to be a coveted tool back in the days when internet based messaging was in its infancy and it used to come exclusively along with BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s devices. With players like WhatsApp coming into dominance along with Android and BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) losing considerable market share in…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) was there long before the internet behemoths that rule today, even existed. The company had everything going for it even after the tech bubble boost, it had the recognition, and more importantly, it had the user base, but it could never succeed the way others did. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has been lagging on a lot of fronts, when compare to peers and a major reason for it is the company never seriously explored other territories to fuel its growth. So, it comes as a surprise to many that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has revamped its e-commerce arm and is making a fresh…
‘Expensive’ smartphone brands like Samsung have always got a subsidy in China from the major carriers, which played a crucial role in these companies gaining significant market share, even Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) managed to convince Chinese carriers and get subsidies on its phones around six months ago. But with China Mobile, the nation’s biggest carrier, announcing a cut in subsidies, all that is about to change. China Mobile was facing pressure from investors for a long time to improve its profitability by reducing these subsidies and recently authorities from the Chinese government have also asked China’s three mobile carriers to reduce their costs by cutting…