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Will Apple's iPhone Replace GoPro?
Sunday, May 31, 2015 - 10:47am | 552GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) is the leading maker of action cameras, but some fear that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPhone will at least partially replace secondary cameras. Smartphones quickly eliminated the need for Flip Video, a niche camera brand that was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc...
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Apple Could Destroy This Startup In One Move
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 10:24am | 726Contrary to popular belief, potato salad isn't the only popular crowdfunding campaign. There are numerous ideas that are getting the attention of individuals from all over the world. One of them is JIBO, a startup that is developing a family robot with the same name. The concept sounds...
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Grilled Cheese Sandwich Nabs $10 Million Investment, Snubbing Hamburgers and Chicken Fingers Everywhere
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 12:24pm | 259The inventor of the ill-fated Flip camcorder could be on the verge of another brilliant invention: a five-dollar grilled cheese sandwich. What makes it brilliant, you ask? That remains to be seen. But if Flip's main man, Jonathan Kaplan, has what it takes to convince a venture firm to invest more...
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Was Flip Video Really A Flop? (CSCO)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 4:02pm | 392Earlier this week, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced that it would close the division that makes Flip Video camcorders. This news was quite surprising considering the initial success of the Flip Video. The handheld device proved to be a formidable foe in the camcorder industry, garnering 13% of the...
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Cisco Scraps Flip Video, Restructures Consumer Business (CSCO)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 9:40am | 305For all its hype on TV, YouTube (NASDAQ: GOOG), and the occasional award show, Flip Video is no more. As a part of the restructuring of its consumers business, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that it will close down the division that makes Flip video. Developed by Pure Digital Technologies (...