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What Hot New Tech Gadgets Mean for the Companies That Make Them
With the holidays rolling in, new gadgets from companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nintendo are more popular than ever with consumers. In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Tech,....
Is Apple Ready for Another Stock Split in 2018?
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest publicly traded company in the U.S. stock market, and the tech giant is well-known for its emphasis on superlatives. From product releases to stock buybacks,....
Apple Might Acquire Popular Music Recognition Service Shazam
As Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues to ramp up its competition with Spotify, the company is now reportedly considering acquiring Shazam, the popular music recognition service that allows people to....
Are Intel's Growth Days Over?
Between 2012 and 2015, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was growth challenged. After achieving record revenue and earnings per share in 2011, the company saw its sales dip in 2012 and then drop....
2 Top Stocks With Facebook-Like Returns
Despite Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) apology this year for serving up Russian ads that were meant to incite division in the 2016 U.S. election, Facebook has had a pretty great 2017. The company has....
If You're in Your 50s, Consider Buying These 2 Stocks
As investors start heading toward the finish line in terms of their working years, some become overly cautious. But if you're in your 50s, you still have some time ahead of you to conservatively....
Should You Believe This iPhone Rumor?
Next year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to launch a relatively low-cost iPhone with a 6.1-inch full-face display similar to the one found on today's premium iPhone X, but with a key catch:....
Apple Inc.'s Upcoming 6.1-Inch iPhone Might Not Support This Big Feature
When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X smartphones earlier this year, one of the features that the company highlighted during its product launch keynote was....
These Are the Top 20 Emerging Jobs in the U.S.
While the job market undergoes massive technology-driven changes, the focus generally falls on all the positions that will be eliminated by automation. What gets less attention is that while some....
Will Intel Raise Its Dividend in 2018?
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has stood out from its technology peers for decades because of its willingness to pay dividends to its shareholders. The semiconductor giant started with a small dividend in....
As Expected, Apple, Inc. Would Be Among the Biggest Beneficiaries of the Republican Tax Bill
Republicans are hard at work at tax reform, passing two different bills in the House and Senate earlier this month. Tax reform has been a hot topic of debate for the past year, with the issue of....
Here's How Intel Corp. Can Refresh Its Gaming Desktop Processors in 2018
Back on Oct. 5, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) released a set of computer processors targeted at the gaming desktop PC market based on its Coffee Lake processor architecture. The Coffee Lake....
Intel Corp. Exec Seems to Admit to "Gaps" in Data Center Portfolio
Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is the dominant player in the market for processors that go into the server market. This includes processors for traditional enterprise servers as well as for chips....
3 Dividend Stocks That Thrive in Both Bull and Bear Markets
With just a few trading days left, 2017 is on track to be a banner stock-market year as indexes rise by more than 15%. Of course, many individual stocks have performed well in the context of that....
Are These Cheap Tech Laggards Worth a Buy?
Technology led the stock market out of the Great Recession. Since it officially ended in June 2009, the Nasdaq 100 -- widely considered the broadest technology-focused index -- has increased by....
Apple's Smartphone Market Share Dipped Ahead of iPhone X Launch
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech released its latest estimates on the smartphone market yesterday, and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) registered notable dips in market share in a handful of important regions ahead....
Intel Corp. Exec Addresses Tough Question About Modem Biz
In 2016, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) adopted cellular modems -- chips that handle data transmission between devices and cellular networks -- from chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to power a portion of the....
4 Reasons Intel Is a Better Dividend Stock Than Qualcomm
Chipmakers Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) are often mentioned as sound income-generating plays on the semiconductor sector. Intel pays a forward dividend yield of 2.5%, and has....
Apple Inc.'s 2019 iPhone Problem
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fiscal 2018 -- that's the year that began on Oct. 1, 2017 -- is poised to be a big one for the company. Thanks to the introduction of the iPhone X, which represents the....
3 Risks Microsoft's Management Wants You to Know
It's a new era for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Under prior CEO Steve Ballmer, the company experienced a lost decade for failing to adjust to the shift to mobile and falling behind various....
Apple Inc.'s $259 iPad: What You Need to Know
On Dec. 1, DigiTimes published a report in which it says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the world's largest vendor of tablet computers by unit sales, is thinking about releasing a new, low-cost iPad in the....
IBM Bets on Artificial Intelligence With Its POWER9 Chip
After years of being overwhelmingly dominated by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the market for server processors is becoming a lot more competitive. Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its EPYC server chips....
2 Things Apple Does Wrong
There's no doubt that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, companies of our generation. Apple generates huge amounts of cash and profits each year and is the most....
Are Apple's Growth Days Over?
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of the most impressive growth stories in a generation. Over the past decade, the company fundamentally redefined the smartphone, reinvented the tablet PC, and....
3 Things Apple Does Right
Like any organization, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has strengths and weaknesses. A successful organization doesn't need to be perfect -- by that standard, every organization on the planet is doomed to....