Jeff Kagan

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is shaking things up by forming a holding company (officially known as Alphabet) that will contain all of the firm's divisions. Google CEO Larry Page referred to it as a collection of companies. That collection could prove to be the most effective...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced Monday that it plans to form a new company called Alphabet. The news has been met with a lot of praise, a little skepticism and a number of questions, but there may be a few key reasons why Google moved in this direction. 1. Liability Rob...

Earnings season may be slowing down, but there were still a number of tech companies reporting over the last week. However, the big winner of the week might have been Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), which finally announced some official numbers for its music service. Apple Music Has 11 Million Trial...

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK) famously sold its handset business to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) for $7.52 billion. This week the company sold its mapping business to BMW Group, AUDI AG VORMALS AUDI (OTC: AUDVF) and Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF). The three automakers reportedly paid $3....

There were concerns that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) might slow down the Internet when it released Windows 10, which is available as a free upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, has not seen any...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly developing a new voicemail service that will use Siri to transcribe messages. Analysts had positive reactions to the unconfirmed tidbit, but they also had a number of concerns. "I like it, but to be honest I thought they already had a tool like that...

Earnings season kicked into full gear this week with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other tech giants reporting their quarterly results. Some set new records, but not all was well in the land of earnings. Apple Set More Records Apple set a...

Shares of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) declined more than 2 percent in after-hours trading after the company announced its restructuring plan. This announcement overshadowed the firm's upbeat earnings results. "I wouldn't necessarily call this good news," Sean Udall, CIO of...

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has unveiled a new streaming video service called Stream. Available to Xfinity Internet customers for $15 per month, Stream offers live content from HBO and all of the major broadcast networks. This allows subscribers to watch Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is still rumored to be up for sale, and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is still rumored to be the company most interested in a merger. Social media chatter suggests that Twitter could be worth up to $100 billion to Google. That might end up being nothing more...

Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) announced that PlayStation Vue will be the first online pay-TV service to offer a la carte channel subscriptions. The initial lineup is limited to three channels (Showtime, Machinima and Fox Soccer), but many more are on the way. This could be seen as a huge blow to...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) officially launched Instant Articles this week, allowing publishers to create interactive articles for the social network. The company is also testing a search function that allows users to find and share links without using a secondary platform, such as Google Inc (...

Investors might be too focused on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s rumored automobile to realize that the company might be more interested in developing high-end batteries for consumer electronics. Earlier this year A123 Systems sued Apple and five former employees who allegedly violated an...

Many Apple Watch customers are still waiting for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to ship its long-awaited device, but that that may not have any impact on its long-term success. Vladimir Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, told Benzinga that the watch is "pretty much guaranteed to sell a lot of...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) started as a manufacturer of electric automobiles. Co-founder Elon Musk started the company knowing that it was risky, but he had a very specific goal in mind. "It was very important for there to be an example of an electric car that was great," Musk...