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Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Claims Samsung Already has iPhone 6 Like Products

As the “Internet of Things,” a societal revolution that will connect smart household appliances with cars, cell phones and a master home operating system, becomes more reality than fantasy, a fight to rule this world could emerge between two major players: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL). In a recent interview on Bloomberg TV with Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker, Google Chairman … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Claims Samsung Already has iPhone 6 Like Products

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Focus: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) confirms Windows 9 Event on Sept 30

Microsoft is headed to the backyard of Apple and other tech giants with a San Francisco event to close the month. Since 1995, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) has unveiled eight new versions of its Windows operating system. Oddly, they have followed a pattern of roughly “good,” “awful,” “good” and so forth. As most would agree that 2012’s Windows 8 was rubbish there are high hopes … Continue reading Stock Focus: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) confirms Windows 9 Event on Sept 30

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) & EU Reach Another Impasse

European Union privacy regulators are once again pressing Google to make its policies easier to understand. The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) is a group that essentially makes the privacy concerns of every European union member its concerns when with comes to data protection. Unfortunately, for countries concerned with Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) its a toothless organization that has no power to bring sanctions against … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) & EU Reach Another Impasse

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Review: An Update on the Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Buy Button

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is entering into an alliance with Stripe to power its “Buy” button, which the company started testing with the News Feed in July, according to Re/code. Through the “Buy” button, users can buy goods that are displayed in ads or posts on Facebook. The partnership between Facebook and Stripe will be beneficial for the social networking site. Although the feature is … Continue reading Stock Review: An Update on the Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Buy Button

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Completely Ditching Windows and Nokia

As per a leaked internal document, Microsoft plans to drop words ‘Nokia’ and ‘Phone’ soon from the branding. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) would abandon Nokia name and would no longer use for its mobile products, according to a leaked internal document. While the sale has been indicated by the company previously, the document obtained by tech blog GeeksOnGadgets just confirmed that. The document notes that … Continue reading Active Stock: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Completely Ditching Windows and Nokia

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: FBI Unhappy with the Strict Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Security

As Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) use customer privacy and data security as a method to differentiate their products, recent moves that would essentially lock out the prying eyes of the U.S. Department of Justice and National Security Agency are coming under scrutiny. FBI are in talks with Google and Apple about new security features that don’t even allow the cell … Continue reading Stock in News: FBI Unhappy with the Strict Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Security

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