Week in review: Celebrities working for tech companies as creative directors

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

BlackBerry hiring Alicia Keys is latest in celebrity creative director trend. (Feb. 1, 2013)

Microsoft Windows 8 uptake badly lags predecessor Windows 7. (Feb. 1, 2013)

Apple, Amazon trail Samsung, Asus in tablet growth. (Jan. 31, 2013)

Apple stock slide has hurt some suppliers, but not others. (Jan. 31, 2013)

Ultratech beats Wall Street’s Q4 views; Stock near 17-year high. (Jan. 31, 2013)

Netflix debt offering raises red flags for investors. (Jan. 30, 2013)

Apple request to further punish Samsung denied by judge. (Jan. 30, 2013)

Hollywood is jonesing for true tech industry stories like Apple, Google and WikiLeaks. (Jan. 30, 2013)

Apple aims to shore up iPad average selling prices with 128 GB model. (Jan. 29, 2013)

Netflix takes on debt to pay for expensive streaming video content. (Jan. 29, 2013)

Photos: BlackBerry’s new global creative director, singer Alicia Keys (top); and actors Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad portraying Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the movie “jOBS.”