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Will Comcast Stream Fulfill The Dream Of Cable-Free TV?
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 11:26am | 571Comcast 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...
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6 Rumored iPhone 6S Features
Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 3:06pm | 854Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not expected to reveal its plans for the next iPhone before September, but analysts are already predicting key new features and selling points. Apple enthusiasts likely remember that the company used Siri to sell the iPhone 4S and Touch ID to sell the iPhone 5S. How...
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Weekly Tech Highlights: Tesla's Big Results, Apple's Next Service And More
Saturday, July 4, 2015 - 9:50am | 778June came to a close with better-than-expected results from Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), as well as a new streaming music service and additional financing for a rising security startup. Tesla Delivered More Cars Than Expected Tesla closed up 4.04% on Thursday after the company announced that it...
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Facebook Could Be Huge For Music Sharing And Discoverability
Friday, July 3, 2015 - 9:39am | 590Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is reportedly talking to a number of record labels, including Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. Little is known about the talks, but it sounds an awful lot like the hype that preceded the debut of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) music service....
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Chicago's 'Cloud Tax' Could Help Netflix, Drive Others Out Of City
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 3:47pm | 781Chicago's so-called 'cloud tax,' which took effect this week and could charge consumers and/or businesses as much as 9 percent, is the first tax that specifically targets cloud-based companies. Any service -- from Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Spotify to AWS from Amazon.com, Inc...
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Did Tesla Lower Guidance To Impress Wall Street?
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 1:07pm | 933Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is up more than 2 percent today after the company announced that its Model S deliveries were higher than expected. Analysts were thrilled by the news, but Citron Research got some attention after tweeting a contrarian view: "time to re-enter $TSLA short...
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Want To Play The GoPro And Action Cam Craze? Look At Facebook
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 7:10am | 785GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) is the hottest name in the action camera space, but investors may not have to own the stock to take advantage of its success. "You know who action cameras help the most? Facebook," Tigress Financial Partners analyst Ivan Feinseth told Benzinga. "The whole...
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'Inside Out' Delivered An Incredible Performance Against 'Jurassic World,' But Dinosaurs Still Won
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 2:54pm | 740"Jurassic World" officially ended Pixar's 18-year streak of No. 1 hits. It wasn't for lack of trying -- or for lack of success. "Inside Out," the latest original movie from Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s Pixar , was promoted with several trailers and TV spots....
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Tesla Model 3 Still On Schedule; Analysts Weigh In
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 12:22pm | 441Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) still plans to sell its mainstream automobile in 2017. There were concerns that the company may postpone its release after Inside EVs published a slide (presented by Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel at the EIA Conference) that said the Model 3 was coming in...
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Sony Took A Big Bite Out Of Apple This Week
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 1:53pm | 883Sony 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...
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How Apple's WWDC Presentation Could Ignite Apple Watch Sales
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 8:00am | 658Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicked off the 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference with a lengthy presentation regarding OS X, iOS, Swift and the firm's new music service. It was everything a developer could hope for, but some investors wanted more. "I, like most of Wall Street, was...
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Is Tim Cook The New Steve Ballmer?
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 1:44pm | 538Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is often held in high regard, especially when compared to other executives. This includes former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer, who was heavily criticized when he led the Windows maker. After Monday's presentation at the...
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Can Microsoft Prevent Embarrassing Tweets From Being Shared?
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 11:34am | 629Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has become the quickest way for someone to ruin a career. Celebrities, politicians, corporate executives and numerous others have all tweeted things they later regretted but failed to delete before others copied the message. Complex compiled a lengthy list of...
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Is Google's New Photo Service The Final Nail In Google+'s Coffin?
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 7:57am | 474Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is rumored to be developing a new service that will make it easier to share photos online. According to Bloomberg, the new service will not be part of the Google+ social network. Instead, search engine giant will allow users to post images to the world...
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Why Spotify's New Features Pose A Threat To Apple, But Not To Netflix
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 7:15am | 785Spotify has achieved a lot since it came to America roughly four years ago. The company has successfully shifted from being the new guy that hoped to compete with Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) to the very thing that threatens Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s future in music. Apple was rumored...