Jeff Kagan

There has been a lot of talk about Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 and the radio frequency (RF) radiation dangers of storing it in a pocket. Apple has been warning consumers about the risks of RF exposure for at least a few years years. One document, iPhone 5 RF Exposure Information,...

When eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) and PayPal officially split in 2015, the latter company will become a separate publicly traded entity. The announcement was applauded by investors, experts and analysts, but is it everything PayPal needs to compete against Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new mobile...

Investors, experts and industry analysts have applauded eBay Inc's (NASDAQ: EBAY) decision to part ways with PayPal. "I think they had to do it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told Benzinga. "I think it has to be free to be able to compete with what Apple...

Marissa Mayer has been trying to transform Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) ever since she became the company's CEO more than two years ago. Now that Starboard's Jeffrey Smith is pushing for Yahoo to acquire AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), some analysts are questioning Mayer's turnaround plans....

SunTrust analyst Bob Peck intrigued investors when he recommended that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) acquire some RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) locations if the retailer files for bankruptcy. This is merely one analyst's opinion, but the topic has sparked enough interest to get...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has agreed to acquire Mojang, the company behind the popular "Minecraft" franchise, for $2.5 billion. The deal was confirmed when Mojang published a blog entitled, "Yes, we're being bought by Microsoft." "I think it makes sense...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) surprised investors Mondauy morning when the company announced that it had pre-sold more than four million new iPhones. "[It's] double the number of pre-orders the iPhone 5 generated, so that's clearly a good sign for sales that are going to help the...

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is rumored to be interested in purchasing a 40 percent stake in eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) for $85 billion at $68 per share. Is this possible, crazy or likely to be false? "I heard the rumor and it just went in one ear and out the other,"...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often in the spotlight, especially when the company is getting ready to launch a new iPhone. Recently the company has made headlines for a much less positive reason: numerous celebrity accounts were hacked. After investigating the situation, Apple determined that...

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are ready to change the world with various drone initiatives. Can they do it -- and if so, who will come out on top? "I would almost always bet [on Google] on almost everything if it's versus Amazon,"...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been loosely associated with video games ever since the company unveiled Pippin, its first TV entertainment device. It was, in many ways, a precursor to Apple TV that focused heavily on its Internet connectivity features. Pippin could also play games....

Moviegoers are hungry for The Hunger Games, but not everyone is willing to pay for a legal download. Tru Optik, a startup that provides real-time and predictive audience intelligence for the media, entertainment and advertising industries, estimates that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has an...

Cable companies for years have been denying the existence of viable competition. Former Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) CEO Glenn Britt even admitted this denial in a Q3 2013 conference call. “When I first got this job 12 years ago, I think the cable industry as a whole, including our company,...

Cable television is losing steam to Internet streaming services. A new report from Experian Marketing Services says there is a growing number of people who have high-speed Internet, but no cable or satellite television subscription. These “cord-cutters” have jumped in number from 5....

PlayStation 3 users rejoiced earlier this month as they were finally able to watch their favorite HBO shows on the gaming console. Sony is the parent of the HBO Go app, which allows members to instantly stream shows and movies on certain devices, depending on their cable provider. But one big...