Strategic Imperatives unit could lift IBM earnings in Q3
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on October 16 before the opening bell. The...
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Facebook and Google: Profit-making at the cost of accountability?
Two companies have been making news this year on the sensitive issue of privacy. Leading technology firms Facebook (FB) and...
eBay stock plunges to yearly low on competition worries
eBay Inc. (EBAY) stock hit the yearly low of $30.75 on Thursday as the online retail company is struggling against...
Lockheed Martin’s feature-rich F-35 jet is probably a flight of fancy
There was a fair amount of skepticism when Lockheed Martin (LMT) struck a deal with the US government to develop...
Apple invests $600 million in UK-based Dialog Semiconductor
Apple (AAPL) strengthens its in-house making capabilities of iPhones and iPads by investing $600 million in buying UK-based firm Dialog...
FAANG group stocks find some footing after Wednesday’s slump
Technology stocks got horribly pounded on Wednesday. The S&P 500 fell over 3% and the Nasdaq 100 fell over 4%,...
Sarah Friar to bid adieu as Square CFO
Square Inc.’s (SQ) CFO Sarah Friar will exit from her position at the end of this year and is set...
Get ready for movies-on-demand, HBO shows and much more from AT&T
For telecom giant AT&T (T), the acquisition of entertainment network HBO and its parent Time Warner earlier this year came...
Microsoft is the battle-scarred veteran of the tech world
Security is important. Microsoft (MSFT) appears to have learned it the hard way several years ago and has not put...
TransDigm inks $4-billion deal to acquire Esterline Technologies
Aerospace component supplier TransDigm Group (TDG) has agreed to acquire its rival Esterline Technologies (ESL) in a deal worth $4...
All those instances when A.I. tools created a mess for Amazon
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is one of the largest investors in artificial intelligence capabilities. Despite their immense benefits, AI tools are...
Taxi race turns to Wall Street as Lyft, Uber shift to IPO mode
If everything goes as planned, some long-awaited IPOs from the ride-hailing sector will become a reality by next year. Though...
Huawei sets the chip war alight with new AI based launch
Fresh out after beating Apple (AAPL) in global smartphone sales, Huawei Technologies has now revealed two new artificial intelligence chips...
eBay leads S&P 500 index on Tuesday
By around 11 AM ET on Tuesday, eBay (EBAY) shares were trading up as much as 6.2%, leading the S&P...
After drone program, Google opts out of Pentagon’s cloud service contract
Google (GOOGL) has turned down an offer to compete for the $10 billion cloud-computing contracts of the Pentagon as the...
Microsoft makes a strategic investment in Grab; becomes the cloud partner
Microsoft (MSFT) and Southeast Asia’s online platform Grab enters into a strategic partnership in which the former will invest an...
#MadeByGoogle: Google’s reply to Apple and Amazon
After Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), it’s the showtime for Google (GOOGL). Even though marred by recurrent leaks, the #MadeByGoogle...
Made by Google hardware event: Time to welcome new Pixel 3, Chrome-equipped Pixel Slate tablet and Home Hub
Live updates from the Google hardware event on October 09, 2018. Coverage began at 11:00 AM ET 12:10 PM –...
Data breach drives final nail in coffin for Google +
Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL) subsidiary Google revealed that the personal data of around 500,000 Google + users might have been exposed...
Streaming partnership with MGM kicks off a new era for Walmart
Walmart (WMT) might not have ever considered diversifying its business to video-on-demand service unless arch-rival Amazon (AMZN) had successfully proved...
Will Snap be able to bounce back?
Snap’s (SNAP) CEO Evan Spiegel has confidence it will. In a memo sent to employees that was obtained by Cheddar,...