Articles in Technology
First Solar Helps Industry Skyrocket
5/24/2013, 2:00 pm from Minyanville in Investing, Commodities, Technology
Solar energy has been an investing nightmare
since the financial crisis. Due to the failure of Solyndra, and the
lack of subsidies as the government instead focuses on the failing
economy,... Read >>
'Pitches Are Like Blind Dates': The 11 Things Top Investors Want Startup CEOs to Know
5/24/2013, 1:55 pm from Minyanville in Investing, Stocks, Technology
An investor pitch meeting is similar to a blind date, argues Jay
Samit , an investor, president of ooVoo, and a renowned digital
innovator who pioneered CD-ROM technology and... Read >>
Cloning in the Game Market Has Become a Potentially Dangerous Norm
5/24/2013, 1:00 pm from Minyanville in Investing, Stocks, Technology
Words With Friends, Scramble With Friends and
Hanging With Friends are all Zynga ( ZNGA ) creations that
have spent a fair share of time atop Apple's ( AAPL ) App Stores'
bestsellers... Read >>
Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter: Web Giants Make Unexpected Announcements
5/24/2013, 9:09 am from Minyanville in Investing, Technology
Considering that this is May, a surprising number of new
initiatives and unpredicted announcements have just been dropped by
several Tech companies. Google ( GOOG ) and Twitter
both have... Read >>
Google and NASA Make Quantum Leap With New Computer
5/23/2013, 3:50 pm from Minyanville in Investing, Technology
The standard computer works with a series of basic units called
bits that can be either 1s or 0s: They signify on and off, yes and
no. It is binary code, and until now it has been the basic... Read >>
Pre-Market Primer: Fed Triggers a Stock Bloodbath; Initial Claims Fall
5/23/2013, 8:50 am from Minyanville in Investing, Earnings, Stocks, Technology
Stocks fell off a cliff since the Fed confirmed fears that it
will taper off quantitative easing soon.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that the Fed
could begin to scale... Read >>
Xbox One and PS4: New Consoles Are Nice, but New Gamers Would Be Even Better
5/22/2013, 12:22 pm from Minyanville in Investing, Stocks, Technology
For investors, the video game sector has been mostly full of
doldrums since late 2007/early 2008.
During those glory days, consumers were carpet-bombed with an
astonishing quantity of... Read >>
Apple: Stock Charts Show It May Be Ready for a Reaction Rally
5/22/2013, 8:55 am from Minyanville in Investing, Stocks, Technology
In reading "The History of Nations," we find that, like
individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their
seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not... Read >>
The New Microsoft Xbox One: Key Takeaways (and Red Flags) From Today's Announcement
5/21/2013, 4:26 pm from Minyanville in Investing, Technology
Microsoft ( MSFT ) unveiled its new generation console Xbox One in a brief yet
densely "wow-packed" presentation today. Right now the new
Microsoft toy looks far more appealing... Read >>