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Apple Blamed For Amazon, Microsoft, And HTC's Smartphone Flops In DOJ's Latest Lawsuit Against iPhone-Maker
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 9:49pm | 784On Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) blaming iPhone-maker for the lack of success of major companies like Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and HTC Corporation. What Happened: On Thursday, Bloomberg columnist Mark...
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Walmart Is Now Getting Into Streaming Hardware: How Will The Move Impact Roku Partnership?
Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 10:45am | 540One of the largest retailers in the world is launching new products for the streaming market, offering lower price points than competitors and a partner. What Happened: New products are launching from Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) next week, the company told TechCrunch after the company listed the...
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Roku Leads In Subscriber Battle With Apple, Amazon
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 4:09pm | 573Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) is in the lead ahead of rival streaming players Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), according to the latest research from eMarketer. Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon Fire all aim to simplify the viewer transition from...
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Cramer On Roku's IPO
Monday, October 2, 2017 - 1:18pm | 477Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU)'s stock soared immediately after its initial public offering, which had many investors wondering if they missed out on a golden opportunity. Roku, a maker of technologies that allow users to stream video directly to a TV, happens to be growing at a strong rate and is in fact...
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Is Roku's Speculated IPO A Viable Option Right Now?
Sunday, July 30, 2017 - 10:10am | 748Video and audio streaming device maker Roku is reportedly prepping for an IPO, which could materialize before the end of the year. Even as news trickled in, there were musings over the legitimacy and viability of the public offering. The IPO rumors aren't new, as Dow Jones reported back...
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Jeff Bezos Isn't Afraid Of Failing
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 12:43pm | 471Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s decision to make its intentions in the grocery business clear is part of CEO Jeff Bezos' history of embracing risk and thinking it knows what consumers want before they even know it. The New York Times noted how Bezos has even earned himself a reputation of...
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NBC Expands Streaming Comedy Service Seeso To Roku And Amazon Devices
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 10:13am | 271NBC (Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA))'s dive into the world of online media continued on Monday with the expanded launch of "Seeso," the subscription comedy service that houses over 2,000 hours of content. Priced at $3.99 a month, the service originally debuted in January, but presented limited...
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Amazon's Black Friday Footprint Was Enormous, Data Reveals
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 1:46pm | 386Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) hit a new all-time high of $684.82 on Wednesday after data showed the online retailer dominated Black Friday sales. Slice Intelligence told TechCrunch that Amazon won Black Friday as its platform accounted for 35.7 percent of e-commerce spending....
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Home Shopping Stocks Fall Amid Speculation Of Amazon Fire's Entrance Into E-Commerce
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 2:11pm | 414GeekWire reported that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has "quietly" rolled out an e-commerce functionality on its Fire TV devices, which may lead to a full scale shopping channel. The report added that a "source with knowledge of the situation" confirmed the experiment has been performing above...
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Tuesday Tech Highlights: Apple Event, Amazon's New Tablet & The Netflix Tumble
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 4:37pm | 315Julie Hyman spoke on Bloomberg Markets as markets rallied broadly. She highlighted the fact that tech stocks were helping drive the surge, and thus looked into some of the most relevant events in the space. Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), which had been falling recently, were up roughly 1....
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Why Is The Street So Optimistic About Amazon?
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 3:38pm | 389Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock is up almost 40 percent year-to-date and the Street is getting even more optimistic about the company. R.J. Hottovy, Morningstar analyst, was on CNBC Friday to explain the reason for this optimism. Getting Back To Basics “The company has gotten back...
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Amazon's Lust For RadioShack's Physical Assets; SunTrust Analyst Dishes
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 3:45pm | 442While the New York Stock Exchange has begun the process of de-listing the stock of RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH), companies are looking to prey on the assets held by the now bankrupt company. Among these stock predators is Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), as Bloomberg recently reported....
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Amazon Prime Reports Record-Breaking Holiday Season, Shares Rise
Friday, December 26, 2014 - 10:50am | 177Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced Friday morning that its 20th holiday season was its most successful to date with record growth seen in Amazon Prime. According to a company press release, more than 10 million new members worldwide tried Prime for the first time. Amazon stated that its...
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SunTrust's Bob Peck Comments On Amazon Fire
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 11:05am | 251In a note released Thursday, SunTrust analyst Bob Peck provided insight into how he anticipates the launch of Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Fire phone will impact the company. Looking to the first year, Peck is forecasting a potential $2.9 billion lift to revenues and a bump of about $550 million...
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Market Wrap For June 18: Markets Rally On Fed Comments And Tapering
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 4:34pm | 2069U.S. stocks rose as investors and traders digested comments from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve Open Committee announced that it will further taper its asset purchases by another $10 billion. The Fed is now committing towards purchasing $35 billion of assets per month. The Fed also...