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Will 'Jurassic World' Beat 'Inside Out' And End Pixar's 18-Year Streak?
Saturday, June 20, 2015 - 10:57am | 580Pixar, the leading animation studio within Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), has had an 18-year streak of No. 1 hits. The company has produced a cornucopia of successful movies, starting with the original "Toy Story" in 1995. "Inside Out" is expected to be another winner, but its...
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Why Your Strongest Password Is Still Vulnerable
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 12:24pm | 518Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently revealed that consumers aren't very good at selecting a password security question. According to ABC News, users frequently select the "What's your favorite food?" option. The answers were as predictable as one would expect. This may not...
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Should Apple Release An iPhone 6C?
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 9:01am | 615Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to be developing three separate iPhones this year, all of which are expected to be released this fall. The Mac maker is all but guaranteed to release an upgraded version of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but the company may also introduce a new plastic...
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Pachter: GoPro Has 'Great Urgency' To Become 'Device Of Choice' For Real-Time Video
Friday, May 22, 2015 - 11:11am | 476GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) hopes to become a stronger content company with improved sharing and editing tools. But will it be enough to solidify the company's position as the number-one action cam manufacturer? "I think that they can improve the interface a ton, and think that GoPro...
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6 Fintech Apps NOT Coming To Apple Watch
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 1:22pm | 481Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has successfully attracted a number of top-tier companies in the fintech space. Many of them were very excited about the Apple Watch, the iPhone maker's first wearable device. Not every company is on board, however. There are a few that have not built an app for...
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Will Facebook And Twitter Take Over Google's Ad Business?
Sunday, February 8, 2015 - 12:33pm | 630Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) are rising stars on Wall Street, but are they really capable of taking the ad revenue that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) once dominated? "They definitely have the potential, right?" Niles Lawrence, president of stock analysis site Vuru,...
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Apple Watch Vs. iWatch: Does The Name Matter?
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 8:56am | 634Everyone expected Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to add another familiar lowercase "i" to its smartwatch branding, but the company went in another direction. Unlike the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, the newest Apple product will lead with the company name. This is an interesting turn of...
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Which Startup Was Born on Twitter?
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 2:03pm | 501In just a few tweets, this company was born. Yoseph West was 17 when he started investing. At that time, he says that he realized that the “black box of the stock market wasn't so much of a black box.” “There was a better way than guessing and ‘trading' market fluctuations,” West, the co-founder...