Week in review: Round smartwatches, TiVo cord-cutter box, Samsung ice bucket challenge

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

Tech blogger shows off iPhone 6, and it’s delicious. (Aug. 29, 2014)

Zero tablet growth forecast for U.S., Western Europe. (Aug. 29, 2014)

Activision could make a play for Take-Two Interactive. (Aug. 29, 2014)

NXP cashes in on Apple digital wallet in iPhone 6. (Aug. 29, 2014)

Silicon Image, Inphi seen as potential takeover targets. (Aug. 28, 2014)

Dyson mystery product could be Roomba killer. (Aug. 28, 2014)

Round smartwatches a trend with LG, Motorola, Samsung on board. (Aug. 28, 2014)

Apple tablets losing ground in education; Jumbo iPad planned. (Aug. 27, 2014)

Hewlett-Packard gains server share; IBM, Dell decline. (Aug. 27, 2014)

Amazon Fire phone doused by report of weak sales. (Aug. 27, 2014)

TiVo posts big subscriber gains, plans $350 million stock buyback. (Aug. 26, 2014)

Netflix down on Emmy whiff and rival Canada service. (Aug. 26, 2014)

Best Buy sees soft holiday sales, no big iPhone 6 lift. (Aug. 26, 2014)

Samsung goads Apple iPhone 5S to take ice bucket test. (Aug. 25, 2014)

TiVo debuts set-top TV box for cord cutters to fill Aereo gap. (Aug. 25, 2014)

Photos: Motorola’s Moto 360 smartwatch (top); TiVo’s over-the-air TV DVR. 

Week in review: Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google

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

Lenovo aims to return Motorola phone brand to prominence. (Jan. 30, 2014)

Microsoft close to picking new CEO; Satya Nadella in the lead. (Jan. 30, 2014)

Bad news for Google: Android’s future looks forked. (Jan. 29, 2014)

Apple, Amazon losing steam in global tablet sales. (Jan. 29, 2014)

Big-screen iPhone 6 could spark “mother of all upgrade cycles.” (Jan. 28, 2014)

Apple no longer seen as a growth company; stock tumbles. (Jan. 28, 2014)

Apple iPhone sales disappoint, supply issues blamed. (Jan. 27, 2014)

Basketball great and tech investor Shaquille O’Neal looks to bring a different kind of ring to mobile app maker TIP Solutions. (Jan. 27, 2014)

Big Brother means big business for video surveillance firms. (Jan. 27, 2014)

Photos: Motorola Moto X smartphone. (Motorola photo); Panasonic security camera (Panasonic photo).

Week in review: Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs movie opens; Moto X launch set

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

10 Steve Jobs videos even funnier than Ashton Kutcher’s movie. (Aug. 16, 2013)

Icahn attempt to delay Dell vote scuttled by judge. (Aug. 16, 2013)

Moto X will test the market for custom-made smartphones. (Aug. 16, 2013)

Semtech called best-in-breed by analyst; Stock rises. (Aug. 16, 2013)

Applied Materials appoints CEO; Stock up on outlook. (Aug. 16, 2013)

Dell aggressiveness in PC pricing hurts Q2 earnings. (Aug. 16, 2013)

Cisco CEO smoother than AOL’s chief in firing workers. (Aug. 15, 2013)

Samsung hopes to trump iPhone 5S with Galaxy Gear smartwatch. (Aug. 15, 2013)

Tumblr content takedowns show its not-so-user friendly side. (Aug. 14, 2013)

Microsoft’s bet on touch-screen PCs looks like boneheaded move. (Aug. 13, 2013)

Oracle CEO sees bleak future for Apple. (Aug. 13, 2013)

Apple up on news it’s finally ready to show next iPhone. (Aug. 12, 2013)

Discovery fesses up, admits “Megalodon” documentary was fake. (Aug. 12, 2013)

Photos: Poster from movie “Jobs” (top); Google’s Moto X smartphone. 

Week in review: Online video premieres include ‘iSteve’ and ‘Hemlock Grove’

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

Apple’s Steve Jobs parodied in mockumentary “iSteve.” (April 19, 2013)

Netflix seen returning to earnings growth in Q1. Streaming video service likely to get a boost from original series, like “House of Cards” and “Hemlock Grove.” (April 19, 2013)

Apple iWatch demand “exceptionally strong,” survey shows. (April 19, 2013)

5 key takeaways from Microsoft’s Q3 earnings report. (April 19, 2013)

Blackstone Group drops competing bid for PC maker Dell. (April 19, 2013)

Microsoft clears “low bar” with Q3 results; stock up late. (April 18, 2013)

Apple stock faces heavy selling for second straight day. (April 18, 2013)

Intel’s PC forecast looks like wishful thinking. (April 17, 2013)

Cirrus Logic stock tumbles and brings Apple down with it. (April 17, 2013)

Microsoft seen returning to EPS growth in fiscal Q3. (April 17, 2013)

Intel stock dips on continued sales and profit declines. (April 17, 2013)

Microsoft matches cloud computing prices with Amazon Web Services. (April 16, 2013)

Apple iPhone is becoming the next Motorola Razr. (April 16, 2013)

Intel sees PC recovery in second half of year. (April 16, 2013)

Microsoft looking to join smartwatch party with Apple, Samsung and others. (April 15, 2013)

Apple iPhone 5S could feature fingerprint reader and different screen sizes. (April 15, 2013)

Intel earnings, sales slide seen continuing in Q1. (April 15, 2013)

Photos: Promotional art for “iSteve” and “Hemlock Grove.” 

Week in review: Amazon launches new Kindle Fire tablets with Dolby audio

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

Dolby Labs gets first tablet win with new Amazon Kindle Fire tablets. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: Using Panasonic technology at their national conventions. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Video game sales at U.S. retail fell for a ninth consecutive month in August. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Audience shares collapse after audio chip company loses Apple iPhone business. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Pandora Media shares fall on reports that Apple is planning a competing streaming music service. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Microsoft bucks up hiring and R&D spending in China. (Sept.6, 2012)

Digital Innovations launches made-in-USA product to solve tangled headset cord problem. (Sept. 5, 2012)

VeriFone Systems stock falls on weak sales guidance. (Sept.5, 2012)

The centerpiece of Apple’s iPhone 5 handset announcement is likely to be a new display-screen technology that can allow for a thinner-profile phone and longer battery life. (Sept. 5, 2012)

Google’s recently acquired Motorola Mobility division unveils new lineup of Razr-branded Android smartphones. (Sept. 5, 2012)

Nokia stock falls as its Windows 8 smartphones underwhelm. (Sept. 5, 2012)

U.S. video game market loses 12 million players in last year. (Sept. 5, 2012)

Apple teases iPhone 5 launch with media event invitation, while Samsung grabs the U.S. smartphone sales lead. (Sept. 4, 2012)

Computer hackers reportedly have stolen 12 million Apple IDs from an FBI agent’s laptop computer, sparking consumer concerns about cybersecurity and government snooping. (Sept. 4, 2012)

Photo: Amazon.com’s new Kindle Fire HD tablet.

Week in review: Apple faces antitrust lawsuit over e-book price-fixing scheme

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

Coinstar results show that customers have accepted Redbox DVD price increase. (April 13, 2012)

Apple shares fall on legal setback in patent infringement case against Motorola Mobility. (April 13, 2012)

Texas Instruments, Semtech and Monolithic Power Systems rated top stock picks in recovering chip sector. (April 13, 2012)

Online daily deals service Groupon saw its stock fall to new lows on concerns about the health of its business, heightened competition and class-action lawsuits. (April 13, 2012)

Apple denies violating antitrust laws; says it broke up Amazon’s e-book monopoly. (April 13, 2012)

Indian tech services firm Infosys forecasts a “challenging” year ahead for the information technology services sector, prompting investors to dump shares. (April 13, 2012)

A consumer survey provides positive news for Netflix, bad news for Nintendo and GameStop, and a mixed bag for Amazon. (April 12, 2012)

Apple investors shrug off e-book antitrust lawsuit; Trade groups, legal scholars come to the company’s defense. (April 12, 2012)

Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs and vice president Eddy Cue are accused of coordinating e-book price-fixing conspiracy with publishers. (April 11, 2012)

The U.S. Department of Justice accuses Apple and five publishers of e-book price fixing. (April 11, 2012)

Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone is rumored to have a bigger display and be out in October. (April 10, 2012)

Best Buy is done with Dunn. CEO Brian Dunn quits as the consumer electronics retailer struggles to compete with Amazon, Wal-Mart and Costco. (April 10, 2012)

AOL sells patents to Microsoft; Deal seen as a win for Facebook. (April 9, 2012)

Apple shares downgraded by analyst, yet stock hits new high. (April 9, 2012)

Photo: Apple’s iBooks app

Week in review: Intel launches huge ultrabook advertising blitz

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

Chipmaker Intel plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote a new class of thin and light notebook PCs, a market now dominated by Apple and its MacBook Air. (April 5, 2012)

E-book popularity is rising. Meanwhile, U.S. and EU regulators are seeking an e-book price-fixing settlement with Apple and publishers. (April 5, 2012)

Dell acquires Make Technologies in buying spree. The purchase is Dell’s third this week. (April 5, 2012)

Flash memory chip maker SanDisk warns on Q1 sales and profits and its stock tumbles. The overall chip sector is struggling. (April 4, 2012)

New iPhone case for Romeos has a hidden compartment for storing condoms. (April 3, 2012)

Facebook strikes back at Yahoo in patent infringement case. (April 3, 2012)

European Union opens antitrust cases against Motorola Mobility, which is soon to be owned by Google. (April 3, 2012)

Dell buys its third company in three weeks with Clerity Solutions. (April 3, 2012)

Apple’s rumored iTV is unlikely to have a major impact on the company’s overall sales. (April 3, 2012)

Dell’s purchase of thin-client computing firm Wyse “makes strategic sense.” (April 2, 2012)

Apple continues to gain smartphone market share with iPhone 4S. (April 2, 2012)

Photo: Intel ultrabook TV commercial.

Week in review: Apple’s new iPad, Netflix cable plans, ‘Walking Dead’ lessons

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

Apple might be sacrificing profit margins to maintain its tablet leadership with the new iPad. (March 9, 2012)

Top 5 leadership lessons from the mistakes of Rick Grimes, hero of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” (March 9, 2012)

Apple’s high-resolution iPad display has rival tablet makers playing catch-up. (March 8, 2012)

Five key takeaways for investors from Apple’s iPad event. (March 8, 2012)

Apple’s new iPad boasts 4G wireless, voice dictation and a “stunning” ultra-high resolution display. (March 7, 2012)

Apple changes product naming rules with “the new iPad.” (March 7, 2012)

Netflix shares rise on possible cable partnerships. (March 7, 2012)

Top 5 things to expect from Apple’s iPad event on Wednesday. (March 6, 2012)

Apple scores major legal victory in patent infringement case against Motorola Mobility and Google. (March 6, 2012)

Apple could have a cheap iPad up its sleeve. (March 5, 2012)

Apple iPhone 4S is crushing the smartphone competition and gaining market share. (March 5, 2012)

Week in review: Netflix not dancing with Starz

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com and Click, IBD’s tech blog.

Starz ending its contract renewal talks with Netflix could be a negotiating ploy. (Sept. 2, 2011)

Apple’s iCloud could be Steve Jobs’ last hurrah. (Aug. 25, 2011)

Tree huggers embrace Apple iPads, Amazon Kindles and other tablets and e-readers as paper-saving devices. (Aug. 22, 2011)

Stock market volatility is not hurting StockTwits. (Aug. 17, 2011)

Dell lowers its sales outlook because of an “uncertain demand environment” and the stock tumbles. (Aug. 16, 2011) 

Microsoft could benefit from Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility. Samsung and other hardware makers could move toward Windows for mobile phones and tablets. (Aug. 15, 2011)