Week in review: Chip stock meltdown; Spotify, Cadence, Impinj, TI earnings

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investors.com.

Microsoft’s earnings report puts spotlight on cloud, AI. (July 26, 2024)

Low smartphone upgrades at AT&T signal headwind for Apple. (July 25, 2024)

Nvidia, semiconductor stocks seesaw after Wednesday’s meltdown. (July 25, 2024)

Tracking-chip maker Impinj locates better-than-expected Q2 results. (July 24, 2024)

Chip gear supplier KLA delivers beat-and-raise report, sending shares higher. (July 24, 2024)

Apple stock seen rising on AI replacement cycle. (July 24, 2024)

Texas Instruments stock rises after chipmaker posts earnings beat. (July 23, 2024)

What Verizon’s low smartphone upgrades mean for Apple. (July 23, 2024)

Streaming music giant Spotify beats Q2 subscriber, profit targets. (July 23, 2024)

Cadence Design Systems beats Q2 targets, but guides below views. (July 22, 2024)

Netflix’s advertising business is taking longer to scale than expected. (July 22, 2024)

Nvidia stock gets price-target hikes as shares test key support level. (July 22, 2024)

Photo: Blake Shelton and Post Malone perform onstage at Spotify House during CMA Fest 2024 in June. (Spotify)

Week in review: GoPro stock rises; Apple iPhone 7 goes on sale

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investors.com.

GoPro stock on the go after bullish analyst report. (Sept. 16, 2016)

Adobe Systems looks to continue streak with Q3 earnings. (Sept. 16, 2016)

Intel inside iPhone 7; Chipmaker wins Apple business. (Sept. 16, 2016)

Apple stock gets price-target hikes as iPhone 7 goes on sale. (Sept. 16, 2016)

GoPro offers brief glimpse of new Karma drone in video. (Sept. 15, 2016)

Broadcom, Cirrus Logic get lift from iPhone 7 preorders. (Sept. 15, 2016)

Lower-priced Apple Watch 1 might outsell new Apple Watch 2 this holiday. (Sept. 15, 2016)

Apple discloses iPhone 7 Plus, jet black model shortages. (Sept. 15, 2016)

Verizon throws cold water on hot iPhone 7 sales reports. (Sept. 14, 2016)

Netflix playing long game with Liberty Global, cable deals. (Sept. 14, 2016)

GoPro might price itself out of drone market; Karma unveiling Monday. (Sept. 14, 2016)

Exploding Samsung phones could push people to iPhone 7. (Sept. 14, 2016)

NetEase stock spikes as Chinese firm seeks to shed online news unit. (Sept. 13, 2016)

Netflix likely to drop in near term, but “Stranger Things” could happen (Sept. 13, 2016)

Sprint, T-Mobile say Apple iPhone 7 preorders strong. (Sept. 13, 2016)

IPhone 7 demand lackluster, except for jet-black model. (Sept. 12, 2016)

Apple’s mythical car stalls, stripped for parts. (Sept. 12, 2016)

NetEase surges to record high; Baidu, Alibaba, Momo, YY also up. (Sept. 12, 2016)

HP hopes to disrupt copier market with Samsung printer purchase. (Sept. 12, 2016)

Photo: GoPro enthusiast photo (GoPro)

Week in review: Amazon Echo sales, Netflix price hike

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

Apple iPhone encryption fight with feds enters new phase. (April 8, 2016)

Disney buying Netflix would solve problems, Greenfield suggests. (April 8, 2016)

Apple price target cut on lengthening iPhone replacement times. (April 7, 2016)

Netflix rate hike to be key test of its pricing power. (April 7, 2016)

Virtual reality headset sales seen reaching $895 million this year. (April 7, 2016)

Verizon buying stake in AwesomenessTV to reach young consumers. (April 6, 2016)

Amazon.com has likely sold 3 million Echo speakers to date. (April 6, 2016)

Apple should be valued like Internet, not hardware, company. (April 5, 2016)

Netflix original shows to keep subscribers in place after price hike. (April 5, 2016)

HP ghosts Apple with Spectre, world’s thinnest notebook PC. (April 5, 2016)

Apple Music, other streamers to drive rare music industry gain. (April 4, 2016)

Apple stock rises on upbeat analyst reports, video services upside. (April 4, 2016)

Netflix investors too focused on U.S., missing global opportunity. (April 4, 2016)

Photo: Amazon Echo smart speaker with Alexa voice-response technology.

Week in review: New ‘Guitar Hero’ game, Verizon skinny TV bundle announced

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

Verizon “skinny bundle” TV option may please few. (April 17, 2015)

Verizon offers skinny TV bundles for thrifty consumers. (April 17, 2015)

Sprint’s “Cut Your Bill in Half” promotion cuts both ways. (April 17, 2015)

Video game business a “Battlefield” in March. (April 17, 2015)

Apple Watch has a female problem. (April 16, 2015)

Apple, SunPower partner on China solar power projects. (April 16, 2015)

Netflix stock hits record high; could it reach 900? (April 16, 2015)

Netflix Q1 subscriber gains enchant investors. (April 15, 2015)

Netflix surges on subscriber gains, but profit falls. (April 15, 2015)

New “Guitar Hero” game rocks Activision stock. (April 15, 2015)

GoPro stock gets lift from fifth bullish report. (April 15, 2015)

Teens love iPhones, Netflix, but not hot for Apple Watch. (April 15, 2015)

Advertisers look to invade smartwatches. (April 14, 2015)

Netflix stock gets price target hikes ahead of Q1 earnings. (April 14, 2015)

Apple Car rumors jump-started by new report. (April 14, 2015)

Apple silent after first weekend of Apple Watch pre-orders. (April 13, 2015)

Garmin takes on GoPro with sensor-laden action cameras. (April 13, 2015)

Netflix Q1 earnings, possible stock split excite investors. (April 13, 2015)

Photo: Activision’s upcoming “Guitar Hero Live” video game.

Week in review: HBO streaming video service revealed; new Apple iPad tablets debut

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

Apple faces ballooning iPad tablet lineup. (Oct. 17, 2014)

Apple ready to quantify “electrifying” iPhone 6 sales. (Oct. 17, 2014)

“Destiny” drives U.S. retail video game sales. (Oct. 17, 2014)

Apple marches out royally thin iPad Air 2, new Macs. (Oct. 16, 2014)

CBS streaming video shows cable bundles are fraying. (Oct. 16, 2014)

5 key takeaways from Netflix’s shocking Q3 earnings report. (Oct. 16, 2014)

Netflix tanks on weak subscriber growth, EPS outlook. (Oct. 15, 2014)

Apple goof-up reveals new iPad tablets a day early. (Oct. 15, 2014)

Verizon, T-Mobile gain wireless market share in Q3. (Oct. 15, 2014)

HBO to combat Netflix with rival streaming video service. (Oct. 15, 2014)

GoPro stock has little upside at current price, report says. (Oct. 15, 2014)

Apple iPhone 6 sales outpace last year’s iPhone launch numbers. (Oct. 14, 2014)

Netflix skeptic turns bullish on Internet TV service. (Oct. 14, 2014)

Tesla Motors Model S car teardown reveals Nvidia as winner. (Oct. 14, 2014)

Photos: Scene from HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (top); Apple’s new iPad Mini 3. 

Week in review: Netflix signs production deals for ‘Crouching Tiger’ sequel, Adam Sandler movies

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

From software to hardwood, Steve Ballmer joins elite club. (Oct. 3, 2014)

Tablets top holiday wish lists as Apple iPad event nears. (Oct. 3, 2014)

Apple Watch production said delayed until January. (Oct. 3, 2014)

Sony tops Apple, Samsung in connected TV devices. (Oct. 2, 2014)

Netflix sinks from “Crouching Tiger” to “Billy Madison.” (Oct. 2, 2014)

China iPhone 6 pre-orders off to brisk start. (Oct. 2, 2014)

PC sales could stall as buyers await Microsoft’s Windows 10. (Oct. 2, 2014)

Redbox Instant joint venture rumored near end. (Oct. 1, 2014)

Consumers taking wait-and-watch approach to Apple Watch. (Oct. 1, 2014)

Windows 8 usage falls to lowest level in five months. (Oct. 1, 2014)

South Korea’s Internet speed over twice that of U.S. (Sept. 30, 2014)

Microsoft says “nein” to Windows 9, skips right to 10. (Sept. 30, 2014)

Netflix enters movie business with “Crouching Tiger” sequel. (Sept. 30, 2014)

Photos: Scene from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend” (top); poster for Adam Sandler’s “Billy Madison” (1995). 

Week in review: Apple Watch, Apple Pay, iPhone 6 launched

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

Comedians make fun of Apple Watch, Apple Pay and iPhone 6. (Sept. 12, 2014)

Cool or not, Apple still popular with students. (Sept. 12, 2014)

Cisco, Check Point gain security appliance share. (Sept. 12, 2014)

EA’s “Madden NFL 15” sacks competition in August. (Sept. 12, 2014)

iPhone 6 Plus scarce as pre-orders begin. (Sept. 12, 2014)

Activision game “Destiny” comes out with guns blazing. (Sept. 11, 2014)

AT&T, Verizon called “U.S. investment heroes.” (Sept. 10, 2014)

Apple product launch raises big unanswered questions. (Sept. 10, 2014)

Apple Watch, Apple Pay show innovation has returned. (Sept. 9, 2014)

Apple Watch seeks to redefine wearable devices. (Sept. 9, 2014)

Netflix, “most hated” Internet stock, hits record high. (Sept. 9, 2014)

Apple iWatch seen as catalyst for wearable device market. (Sept. 8, 2014)

Apple stock performance tied to launch event surprises. (Sept. 8, 2014)

GoPro cameras outpace the competition in video quality. (Sept. 8, 2014)

Photos: Apple Watch (top); professional surfer Lakey Peterson captures surf footage with a GoPro camera and 3-way mount.

Week in review: 3D printers at Staples, ‘Iron Man 3’, Intel’s new CEO

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

Apple’s Siri and Google Now caught in comic catfight. (May 3, 2013)

Iron Man swoops in to help Verizon, Audi, Subway and TCL. (May 3, 2013)

3D printers being sold at Staples will gauge consumer market. (May 3, 2013)

Intel breaks glass ceiling, selects woman as president. (May 2, 2013)

Intel picks new CEO from its ranks, taps COO Brian Krzanich. (May 2, 2013)

Apple losing steam in tablet market, but retains lead. (May 1, 2013)

Mobile chip designer ARM Holdings climbs to a 13-year high on bullish report. (May 1, 2013)

Slow Windows 8 adoption continues to haunt Microsoft. (May 1, 2013)

Mom wants an iPad or Kindle Fire for Mother’s Day. (April 30, 2013)

Apple selling $17 billion in bonds in historic offering. (April 30, 2013)

France blocking Yahoo deal latest insult to U.S. tech sector. (April 30, 2013)

Facebook hitting the accelerator on mobile ads. (April 29, 2013)

Apple developer conference holds promise of software surprises. (April 29, 2013)

Photos: The Cube 3D printer (top) and Iron Man on the New York Stock Exchange floor. 

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

Equinix, Rackspace riding the cloud computing wave. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple’s iPhone 5 grabs the lion’s share of media attention. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple mea culpa over maps flap praised as “classic, good apology.” (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook admits the company’s new maps app sucks, suggests alternatives. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple’s iPhone 5 hampered by component shortages, especially new displays. (Sept. 25, 2012)

Adobe Systems partners with Monotype Imaging to beautify the Web with fonts. (Sept. 25, 2012)

A tear-down analysis of Apple’s iPhone 5 reveals that SanDisk, Elpida and Sony have scored component wins in the new smartphone. (Sept. 25, 2012)

Apple’s iPhone 5 smartphone has been on the market only a few days, but it’s already been shot by a high-powered rifle, slam-dunked like a basketball and fried in a microwave oven. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Google stock hits an all-time high, as the search giant’s traditional Web advertising business regains favor on Wall Street. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Google Maps app is coming to the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, analyst says. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Verizon Communications cleared up two patent infringement lawsuits involving video technology by agreeing to pay more than $500 million to TiVo and ActiveVideo Networks. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Apple stock falls on lower-than-expected first weekend iPhone 5 sales. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Photo: Apple’s iPhone 5.

Week in review: Redbox, Verizon, Amazon take on Netflix

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

Cadence Design Systems is benefiting from the semiconductor industry’s increased spending on research and development. (Feb. 10, 2012)

Apple is expected to announce iPad 3 in early March. Its latest tablet is predicted to have a faster processor, improved display and bigger battery. (Feb. 9, 2012)

IRobot stock short-circuits as 2012 outlook disappoints. (Feb. 8, 2012)

Amazon.com strikes content deal with Viacom for its streaming video service to take on Netflix. (Feb. 8, 2012)

Medical-records software firm Cerner posts strong fourth-quarter earnings, sales and bookings. (Feb. 8, 2012)

Harman CEO sees opportunity to grow car infotainment systems business. (Feb. 8, 2012)

Redbox movie rental kiosk operator Coinstar announces plans to buy NCR’s DVD kiosk business. (Feb. 6, 2012)

Verizon and Coinstar’s Redbox are teaming up to take on Netflix; Details of their competing offer are skimpy though. (Feb. 6, 2012)

Photo: Netflix on Nintendo’s Wii video game console.

Week in review: Verizon getting the iPhone will impact RIM as well as AT&T

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

AT&T subscribers aren’t the only ones switching to get the Verizon iPhone. Verizon’s RIM BlackBerry and Android users are switching devices too, poll shows. (Feb. 4, 2011)

Redbox parent Coinstar’s latest results stink like an Ashton Kutcher movie. (Feb. 3, 2011)

Amazon.com is poised to give Netflix its first major competition in subscription online video. (Feb. 2, 2011)

Microsoft beats Wall Street’s sales and EPS estimates for Q2 thanks to Kinect sales and stock buybacks.
(Jan. 27, 2011)

Microsoft hopes to revolutionize the living room with its popular Kinect sensor for the Xbox 360 game console. (Jan. 27, 2011)

Netflix sees DVD shipments declining in the coming quarters. (Jan. 27, 2011)

Netflix plans deep integration with Facebook, hoping to shift over time from household accounts to personal accounts. (Jan. 26, 2011)

Netflix posts big subscriber gains in Q4. But some see red flags for its business. Its lack of full-year guidance worries some analysts. (Jan. 26, 2011)

Apple is No. 3 in PCs worldwide, if you count iPads. (Jan. 26, 2011)

MIPS sees dip in chip licensing revenue as a blip. (Jan. 25, 2011)

CES 2011: Tablets, smart TVs and Reese’s Minis

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show is over, but my feet are still aching.
The ginormous tech trade show in Las Vegas attracted more than 140,000 attendees, including more than 5,000 media and analysts.
Vendors shows off scores of tablet computers, 3-D TVs and Internet-connected devices.
My personal favorites included iRobot’s new pint-sized Scooba 230 floor-washing robot, the Tivizen mobile digital TV receiver from Valups, and notebook PCs running Intel’s new second-generation Core processors. Those are three things I want to buy.
The 2011 CES had its share of oddities.
For instance, Reese’s launched a new candy at the show, Reese’s Minis, which are basically small chocolate peanut butter cups. They’re pitched as snacking candies because they’re unwrapped candies in a bag. Reese’s is part of the Hershey Company.

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

No surprise to anyone at CES this year, but attendance was way up. Tops 140,000. (Jan. 10, 2011)

Netflix is looking to go global. (Jan. 8, 2011)

Hollywood’s UltraViolet is a play for more download movie sales. (Jan. 8, 2011)

At CES 2011, “smart” is in and “green” is out with tech marketers. (Jan. 7, 2011)

Verizon uses CES to ballyhoo first phones and tablets expressly to run on its super-fast 4G wireless network. (Jan. 7, 2011)

Microsoft insists Windows is still in the smart phone race, and shows off some nifty features. (Jan. 6, 2011)

Netgear says this year is tipping point: Home networks will connect more consumer electronics than PCs, for first time. (Jan. 6, 2011)

Speedy new Core chips from Intel unveiled at CES. A big advance for personal computers. (Jan. 6, 2011)

LG Electronics is making TV remote controls that operate like Nintendo’s Wii video game remote. (Jan. 6, 2011)

Consumer Electronics Show gets under way with press events. Big themes include Internet TV, tablet computers to rival Apple’s iPad, 3-D TV and broadband mobile. (Jan. 4, 2011)

New floor-washing robot from iRobot is small enough to clean around toilets and other tight spaces.
(Jan. 4, 2011)

Photos:
Samsung's booth at CES 2011 (top) and Reese's employees hand out candy samples.