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: Samsung turns up the heat, Microsoft barks, Apple keeps its cash

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

Tumblr, Google Glass targeted by humorists. (March 1, 2013)

Best Buy not going private, but Q4 results are upbeat. (March 1, 2013)

Microsoft’s Windows 8 looking like a dog. (March 1, 2013)

IDC has looked at clouds from “both sides now” and sees big bucks. (Feb. 28, 2013)

Jack Benny would have admired Apple’s Tim Cook. (Feb. 27, 2013)

Apple dividend increase likely soon, analysts say. (Feb. 27, 2013)

Apple plans to hold on to its cash pile for now, CEO Tim Cook says. (Feb. 27, 2013)

Apple executives face investor concerns about cash and innovation at annual shareholders meeting. (Feb. 27, 2013)

Is Yahoo’s work-from-home ban a stealth layoff? (Feb. 26, 2013)

Google Store could join the Jerk Store and Scotch Boutique. (Feb. 26, 2013)



French likeliest to have dirty photos on their smartphones. (Feb. 26, 2013)

Yahoo move to bar home-office workers seen as rookie mistake. (Feb. 25, 2013)

Samsung is turning up the heat on Apple, announcing a direct competitor to the iPad Mini (the Galaxy Note 8.0) and making plans to debut its next-generation smartphone (the Galaxy S4) on Apple’s home turf. (Feb. 25, 2013)

Photo: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0. 

Week in review: Coinstar's Redbox DVD rental kiosks to invade Canada

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

Coinstar’s Redbox DVD rental kiosks to invade Canada this quarter. (April 27, 2012)

Chip designer Silicon Motion Technology falls on Q1 report, but Cirrus Logic climbs on its Q1 results. (April 27, 2012)

Facebook dominates social networking field, but upstarts like Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr are growing faster. (April 27, 2012)

Coinstar shares fall on disappointing full-year guidance. (April 26, 2012)

Apple executives see continued momentum behind the company’s iPhone and iPad devices, after those two key products delivered blowout second-quarter results for the consumer electronics giant. (April 25, 2012)

Redbox DVD rental kiosk operator Coinstar is benefiting from Netflix’s declining DVD business. (April 25, 2012)

Top 5 key takeaways from Apple’s blow-out Q2 report. (April 25, 2012)

Apple defied the skeptics by posting fiscal second quarter results that crushed Wall Street’s estimates on mighty iPhone and iPad sales. (April 24, 2012)

ARM Holdings stock down on full-year sales outlook. (April 24, 2012)

Netflix stock falls on subscriber growth worries. (April 24, 2012)

Netflix surprised Wall Street with a much smaller loss than expected for the first quarter and news that it would return to profitability in the current quarter – two quarters earlier than anticipated. (April 23, 2012)

Apple shares fall below key support level – its 50-day moving average price line. (April 23, 2012)

Microsoft sells big chunk of recently acquired AOL patents to Facebook. (April 23, 2012)

Companies like Zynga and Electronic Arts that offer free versions of online or downloadable games convert 40% of players to paying customers, a new study shows. (April 23, 2012)

Adobe Systems puts its Creative Suite software in the Internet cloud. (April 23, 2012)

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies tumbled after the Internet security software maker posted better-than-expected first-quarter results but offered mixed guidance. (April 23, 2012)

Photo: Mother and daughter use Redbox DVD rental kiosk (Coinstar photo).