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Home Prime: How Alexa Catapults Amazon Into The Pinnacle Of The Smart Home Market
Sunday, July 16, 2017 - 1:17pm | 1161Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has always been a versatile company, be it innovating new ideas and concepts or being open to adopting successful models and ventures. So, news of the online retail behemoth aping one of the tried-and-tested successful formulae of electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc...
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Brian White Reiterates Apple As Top Pick Ahead Of WWDC, Previews Event
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 2:39pm | 325Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place next week in San Francisco. Ahead of the event, Drexel Hamilton’s Brian J. White reiterated a Buy rating and $185 price target on shares of the tech behemoth, and shared the firm’s expectations for the...
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Negative Reviews Aside, Apple Did A 'Commendable' Job With HomeKit
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 4:24pm | 358Unlike other products from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), HomeKit has not been getting the kind of positive reviews the company is used to. Wall Street Journal recently published a review on the HomeKit titled, "Apple HomeKit Review: Siri’s New Smart Home Already Needs Renovation,"...
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2 Apple Stories JPMorgan's Rod Hall Is Watching
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 9:53am | 265In a report published Friday, JPMorgan analyst Rod Hall commented on two Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) related stories he is following. HomeKit Gets New Features In iOS 9 Apple's HomeKit will be getting some "great" new abilities in iOS 9, including new features that developers can use to improve their...
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Report: Google Adds Home Security Camera To Nest Labs Lineup
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 11:04am | 228According to leaked photos acquired by Droid Life, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Nest Labs is preparing to launch a wireless home security camera to its range of "Internet of Things" (IoT) lineup. Google acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion last year. The company manufactures and...
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Stifel Discusses Apple's Potential OTT Video Subscription Bundle Ahead of WWDC
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 3:03pm | 274In a report published Sunday, Stifel analyst Benjamin Mogil discussed Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s potential Over The Top (OTT) video product which may introduced as soon as the company's June 8 through 12 WWDC conference. According to Mogil, a potential Apple product will offer users a lower...
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Gene Munster Admits Defeat On Apple TV
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 10:16am | 368In a report published Tuesday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster discussed various media reports that suggested Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has shelved a program to make a television. "Given how adamant we have been about the reality of an Apple television, it's hard to accept the...
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Apple's Entire Tech Ecosystem Poised For Growth, Says Carl Icahn
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 11:58am | 451In an open letter to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) management, Carl Icahn suggested the company will earn $12.00 per share in fiscal 2016 – a figure that is above Wall Street's consensus estimates. According to Icahn, Apple's entire ecosystem improvements (Apple Watch, Apple Pay,...
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Why Apple's HomeKit Is Not Making Much Noise
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 12:37pm | 317Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last year announced HomeKit, a system that will allow users to control lighting, heat and devices at their homes. The company recently announced that it will be launching HomeKit devices in June. Abigail Elise, International Business Times tech reporter, was on CNBC...
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Apple's True Secret Weapon? Differentiated 'Ethos,' Brean Capital's Ananda Baruah Says
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 8:06am | 348In a report published Monday, Brean Capital analyst Ananda Baruah initiated coverage of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with a Buy rating and $160 price target. According to Baruah, Apple is in a position to generate 15 to 20 percent earnings per share upside to Street estimates through 2017 for...
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Google's Next Step To Control Your Smart Home
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 10:03am | 723Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has manufactured its own smartphones for the past seven years while Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), its chief competitor, chose to let other suppliers build Android devices. These differing strategies have defined the two firms, one as a manufacturer and the other as more...
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Apple Inc.'s Refresh Cycle Should Be 'Vigorous' At September 9 Event
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 4:10pm | 520From the iPhone 6 and the iWatch to any number of surprises, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is gearing up for a big event this week. "My understanding is that the Apple refresh cycle should be quite vigorous compared to where it was a year ago," Argus Research analyst James Kelleher told...
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Weekly Highlights: iWatch In October, Apple's Smart Home Platform And More
Sunday, June 8, 2014 - 9:30am | 181Investors weren't surprised by the plethora of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) news that came out this week. After all, this was one of the company's biggest weeks of the year -- the week of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. During the event, investors learned about Apple's health and home...
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Will ARM Benefit From Apple's HealthKit, HomeKit And Other Initiatives?
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 9:35am | 421Earlier this week, some analysts suggested that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) recent announcements could be a signal to invest in semiconductor and software design company ARM (NASDAQ: ARMH). But will ARM really benefit from HomeKit, HealthKit and other Apple projects? "Absolutely," Gary Atkinson,...
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Apple's HomeKit Will Provide A 'Simple And Easy' Experience For Consumers
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 4:28pm | 477Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) smart home concept turned out to be more than another false rumor. The platform -- which was officially announced as HomeKit -- creates a common protocol for home accessory developers to utilize. Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is among the manufacturers that have partnered...