Week in review: Record-setting Oscar tweet; GameFly to offer DVDs by mail, taking on Netflix

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Cloud, Big Data firms causing “big-time disruption” in IT. (March 7, 2014)

Apple iPhone 6 orders could hit 90 million units this year. (March 7, 2014)

Tablet market seen hitting the brakes this year. (March 6, 2014)

Staples follows RadioShack with big store-closure plans. (March 6, 2014)

Emerging markets shunning PCs more than developed world. (March 5, 2014)

RadioShack plans to close 26% of its U.S. stores. (March 4, 2014)

GameFly goes after Netflix’s orphaned DVD business. (March 4, 2014)

Windows 8 not getting boost from end of XP support. (March 3, 2014)

Apple iPhone 5S shows “staying power” in buyer survey. (March 3, 2014)

Android vendors pass Apple to bring tablets to the masses. (March 3, 2014)

Twitter basks in Oscar glow, sidelines Samsung. (March 3, 2014)

Photos: Ellen DeGeneres selfie photo with celebs at this year’s Academy Awards (top); Screenshot of GameFly movie DVD-by-mail service; GameFly girls at September 2011 company event. 

Week in review: Tech nerd Barbie; earnings reports from Activision, EA, Coinstar

The corporate earnings season is in full swing.
Investors this week cheered quarterly reports from Activision Blizzard and Harman International, but booed results from Coinstar, Electronic Arts and Nuance Communications.
On a lighter note, Mattel announced that online voters had chosen a new career for its Barbie doll. Computer engineer Barbie will debut this fall.
The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com and Click, IBD’s Tech Blog.

Nintendo’s sales show the power of evergreen video games. (Feb. 12, 2010)

Redbox struggles with movie studio restrictions. (Feb. 12, 2010)

Sign of the times: Barbie is a tech geek. Mattel introduces Computer Engineer Barbie. (Feb. 12, 2010)

Coinstar raising fees for its coin-counting machines. (Feb. 11, 2010)

Activision beats forecasts, starts paying dividend. (Feb. 10, 2010)

GameFly files for IPO. GameFly is the Netflix of video games. (Feb. 10, 2010)

Apple, other Silicon Valley tech firms looking to hire. (Feb. 9, 2010)

Electronic Arts takes a beating on diminished outlook (Feb. 9, 2010)

Audio electronics firm Harman tunes operations, boosts profits. (Feb. 8, 2010)

Speech recognition tech company Nuance Communications beats earnings views, but sales lag. (Feb. 8, 2010)