Week in review: Microsoft launches Surface Pro 3 tablet; Best Buy reports earnings

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

Amazon offers 30-day free trials of Fire TV set-top box. (May 23, 2014)

GameStop Q1 gives investors “all clear” sign. (May 23, 2014)

Google, IBM software likely to rev up self-driving cars. (May 22, 2014)

Best Buy blames slow sales on device manufacturers. (May 22, 2014)

Best Buy beats views on Q1 earnings, but misses on sales. (May 22, 2014)

Apple might buy Beats Electronics with foreign cash. (May 22, 2014)

Autodesk, Google, HP, Apple eye consumer 3D printer market. (May 21, 2014)

Best Buy investors looking for signs of stabilization. (May 21, 2014)

Netflix planning 6-country European invasion this fall. (May 21, 2014)

Phone financing rapidly replacing subsidized handsets. (May 20, 2014)

Microsoft hopes third try at tablets the charm. (May 20, 2014)

Microsoft’s new Surface tablet pitched as laptop replacement. (May 20, 2014)

Samsung tops Apple in smartphone user satisfaction. (May 20, 2014)

Samsung’s latest marketing stunt “pushes boundaries.” (May 19, 2014)

Google’s YouTube likely as profitable as Netflix. (May 19, 2014)

Micron, Nvidia get lift from bullish chip report. (May 19, 2014)

Google in talks to buy Twitch video-game service. (May 19, 2014)

Facebook, spurned by Snapchat, makes competing app. (May 19, 2014)

Photos: Microsoft Corporate Vice President Panos Panay introduces the Surface Pro 3 tablet (Microsoft photo); Amazon Fire TV set-top box.