Do not write-off Tesla yet; Beijing loves it
While customers were busy cribbing about Tesla’s (TSLA) safety features and investors were chastising CEO Elon Musk for not meeting...
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Google ups the ante in email war, takes on Outlook with revamped Gmail
Ever since it dethroned Microsoft’s (MSFT) email service more than a decade ago, Gmail had a phenomenally successful journey just...
Sky welcomes Comcast, drops support for Fox
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) formalized its $31 billion bid for Sky plc, thereby pushing ahead of 21st Century Fox (FOXA) and...
Alphabet is on splurge-mode, and investors are worried
Alphabet (GOOGL) reported better-than-expected first quarter results on Monday and, on prima facie, the results looked impressive. But Wall Street...
Twitter revenue jumps in the first quarter, stocks rally
Microblogging site Twitter Inc. (TWTR) posted a 21% increase in total revenues to $665 million for the first quarter of...
Texas Instruments profit jumps 37%
Semiconductor company Texas Instruments (TXN) reported top and bottom line results that topped consensus estimates for the first quarter of...
Is your data ever safe? Guess who’s more dangerous than Facebook!
“Last weekend I was at the hospital to get my blood pressure checked when a close friend, who had just...
Verizon reports strong first quarter 2018 results
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) reported a 6.6% growth in consolidated operating revenues to $31.8 billion for the first quarter of...
European Commission presses the pause button for Apple-Shazam deal
The European Commission (Commission) has launched a probe on the impending Apple’s acquisition of Shazam. The regulator is wary that...
Tencent Music gets ready for IPO; valuation could cross $25 billion
After Spotify (SPOT) went public this year, its rival Tencent Music, the music streaming division of China’s largest company Tencent,...
Facebook faces yet another lawsuit for showing fake ads
Hardly a month since the Cambridge Analytica saga blew up, Facebook (FB) is facing yet another lawsuit. UK-based Martin Lewis,...
After much reckoning, Apple may nix iPhone X by mid-year
The general response to iPhone X, which was launched with much fanfare last year, indicates the latest version of Apple’s...
Qualcomm opts for mass layoffs as part of cost-cutting plan
Chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM), which is trapped in the middle of the trade war between China and the US, is slashing...
This year will be a litmus test for Netflix
Netflix (NFLX) shares are like its shows: full-on action. The stock received a significant boost after it reported earnings results...
Facebook scandal: How far does it go?
There appears to be no end to the Facebook mess. The whole saga that started with Cambridge Analytica has now...
Twitter outage is trending on Facebook!
Earlier on Tuesday, Twitter (TWTR) went offline for some time. Many users reported that the website and smartphone apps of...
Trade war: The US hands ZTE Corp an export ban
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse between the U.S. and China, it appears to have done so. The...
Ad giant WPP at a crossroad after CEO Martin Sorrell’s abrupt exit
The dramatic rise of Sir Martin Sorrell in the corporate world has been an inspiration for many aspiring industrialists across...
Apple could have given you a gold iPhone X
It appears Apple (AAPL) had plans for a gold-colored iPhone X but decided against it. A document containing details of...
All eyes on IBM’s cloud, cognitive solutions ahead of earnings
When IBM (IBM) reported its fourth-quarter results in January this year, the company had topped both the revenue and earnings...
Qualcomm-NXP deal getting delayed, thanks to China-US spat
We had last month listed the companies that would be affected in the event of a trade war between the...