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Altria Group (NYSE: MO), Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) Shares Jump On Supreme Court Appeal Rejection
Shares of Altria Group (NYSE: MO), parent of Phillip Morris USA, and Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) both jumped more than 3 percent on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected appeals by the government on a suit that sought out upward... More of this article »
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 Sales Exceed 1.7 Million
Apple Inc. (NSDQ: AAPL) announced Monday that it sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first three days after putting the device up for sale, easily topping the record set by previous version of the device. The iPhone 4, which... More of this article »
Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C) Hires Private Bank Executive
Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C)’s private banking division has named Thomas Petrone, a long time official in Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C)’s investment banking division, to oversee the company’s management of a number of complex... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) to Invest In African and Asian Export Hubs
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is making two multi-million dollar investments in major export hubs in Africa and Asia as part of an ongoing effort to boost its presence in quickly-growing emerging markets, according to a WSJ report this... More of this article »
Audible Podcast Deals: Get a Free or Discounted Audio Book form Audible.com
Audible.com is an advertiser on a number of popular podcasts, such as those on the TWIT.TV network including This Week in Tech. Audible offers a number of free trial options and discounts available to new users that hear about Audible... More of this article »
How to Get an Audible.com Free Trial and Get a Free Audio Book
Audible.com is currently offering a free trial to its monthly audio-book subscription service to any and all new users. The company offers two subscription plans, a “gold” membership, which normally retails for $14.95 which... More of this article »
App Store is Still Not a Major Profit Center for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
More than four billion free applications have been downloaded from Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store and paid for applications sell for an average price of $1.49, according to data from an analyst at Piper Jaffray. Analyst Gene... More of this article »
Apple Sells 3 Million iPads In Less Than 3 Months
Apple (NSDQ: APPL) announced Tuesday that it has sold 3 million iPads as of June 21, just 80 days after the product was introduced in the United States. The iPad allows users to browse the web, watch videos, listen to music, read... More of this article »
Sprint (NYSE: S) Denies Rumors of Smart Phone Data Throttling
Rumors have surfaced that Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) will begin throttling data for smart phone users later in the summer based on a leak from an internal company handbook, however, further investigation has shown that the alleged throttling... More of this article »
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) to Release Controller-Free games for the Xbox 360
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to announce a new set of video games this week which do not require players to make use of a controller to navigate through a series of menus to begin game play. The Redmond-based technology... More of this article »
Google Expands Turn By Turn Navigation to 11 New Countries (NASDAQ: GOOG)
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has launched its free navigation service as part of its Google maps package, which includes free turn-by-turn directions to 11 new countries, which now allow for French, German, Italian, and Spanish speakers to... More of this article »
FDRA Warns Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) For Failing to Report Drug Side Effects
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a 12-page warning letter to Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) for failing to report certain serious potential side effects from its drugs, including Viagra, Lipitor and Lyrica, which are already on the market. The... More of this article »
Hewlett-Packard Announces Email Printing Platform (NYSE: HP)
Hewlett-Packard announced its new ePrint platform on Monday and a new line of printers which will have the capability of printing documents that are emailed to the device. Users of the printers can simple send a web page or document... More of this article »
Privacy Group to Report Google Accidental Wi-Fi Data Collection to Police (NASDAQ: GOOG)
Privacy International said that it plans on approaching the Police regarding Google’s recent admission that it had accidentally collected data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks during the last three years. The error came to light... More of this article »
Sprint Can’t Keep HTC Evo in Stock (NYSE: S)
Demand for the new HTC EVO 4G smartphone is continuing to exceed the available supply. The new Android-based smart-phone debuted last Friday, but Sprint’s (NYSE: S) website has been out of stock of the phone since just a couple... More of this article »
Trade Commission to Hear Petition from HTC to Block iPhone Imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission will be reviewing HTC’s petition to block the imports of Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPhone because of alleged patent infringement, the agency said on Friday. The ITC said on its website... More of this article »
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Set to Launch Free Version of Office
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is readying a launch of a free cloud-based version of its widely-used Office product next week which will compete with Google Docs and other online word processing services. The news comes more than five... More of this article »
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Recalls 181,000 Washing Machines
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) will be recalling about 181,000 front-loading washing machines because of hazards due to fire and shock, according to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC said that a... More of this article »
Ford Sync to Integrate Google Maps with “Send to Sync” Service (F, GOOG)
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) said that it would integrate Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maps service into its Sync system so that drivers can receive directions in their vehicles for no additional cost. The Detroit automaker plans to release... More of this article »
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Sold $1.15 Billion in Debt
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced that it sold $1.15 billion worth of convertible senior notes due in 2013 as it seeks to replace it short-term debt with longer-dated debt. The bonds, which do not pay interest, can be traded... More of this article »
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Announces Expression Studio 4
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the immediate availability of its new Expression Studio 4 suite to kick off the Internet Week New York 2010 conference. The new version of Microsoft’s professional design suite aims to... More of this article »
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Focuses on Mobile Devices, Placing Less Emphasis on Mac
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs placed its iPhone OS, now called iOS, and related mobile devices including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at the center of the focus of his keynote on Monday, while ignoring the company’s Macintosh... More of this article »
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Defends Security Record after Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Drops Windows from Internal Use
Search-giant Google (NSADAQ: GOOG) recently made the decision to move away from using Windows on the company’s computers over security concerns and began moving company employees over to Mac and Linux OSes. Microsoft did not... More of this article »