Week in review: Apple hits $1 trillion market cap

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

Home security camera leader Arlo jumps in stock market debut. (Aug. 3, 2018)

Smart home company Control4 leaps on results, Amazon hire. (Aug. 3, 2018)

Video game publisher Take-Two soars on June-quarter beat. (Aug. 3, 2018)

Video game stocks Activision, Take-Two head in different directions. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Apple becomes first company to hit $1 trillion market cap. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Apple HomePod grabs small, but meaningful, share of smart speaker market. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Tech reseller CDW tops second-quarter sales, profit targets. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Chipmaker Qorvo crushes quarterly views, gets Apple lift. (Aug. 1, 2018)

Apple Watch sales fuel wearables business for iPhone maker. (Aug. 1, 2018)

IBD Stock of the Day: Apple hits record high, nears $1 trillion milestone. (Aug. 1, 2018)

Apple easily beats June-quarter views, guides sales targets higher. (July 31, 2018)

Logitech beats quarterly views, buys microphone maker. (July 31, 2018)

IBD 50 chip stock Integrated Device Technology rises after beating quarterly targets. (July 30, 2018)

Advanced Energy Industries misses Q2 targets, guides lower. (July 30, 2018)

Chip gear maker KLA-Tencor tops fiscal Q4 views. (July 30, 2018)

Apple earnings: What to look for in its fiscal third-quarter report. (July 30, 2018)

ON Semiconductor fails to impress with slight beat-and-raise. (July 30, 2018)

FANG stocks: Investors look for next alpha wolf to lead pack. (July 30, 2018)

Photo: Apple’s new store in Milan, Italy. (Apple)

Week in review: Activision, Nvidia, Netgear, Take-Two earnings

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

Activision Blizzard outguns Wall Street views for holiday-sales quarter. (Feb. 9, 2018)

Home automation firm Control4 sinks despite solid quarterly results. (Feb. 9, 2018)

Nvidia cheers investors; Qualcomm rejects sweetened takeover bid. (Feb. 9, 2018)

Networking gear firms ride cloud computing, AI growth trends. (Feb. 8, 2018)

Nvidia crushes fourth-quarter sales, earnings targets, guides higher. (Feb. 8, 2018)

Coherent tumbles as laser maker points to disappointing outlook. (Feb. 8, 2018)

Video game maker Take-Two slides on sales miss, guidance. (Feb. 8, 2018)

Chip-gear maker Ichor edges fourth-quarter earnings target. (Feb. 7, 2018)

Netgear plunges on earnings, IPO plans for security-camera business. (Feb. 7, 2018)

Skyworks beats views, Cirrus Logic disappoints, Micron guides up. (Feb. 6, 2018)

Broadcom, Qualcomm seen losing content in next iPhones. (Feb. 5, 2018)

ON Semiconductor stock falls despite upbeat fourth-quarter report. (Feb. 5, 2018)

Broadcom raises bid for Qualcomm, calls it “best and final offer.” (Feb. 5, 2018)

Photo: Netgear Arlo home security camera.

Week in review: Apple foreign cash repatriation plans; ASML, Taiwan Semi earnings

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

Netflix stock gets price-target hikes ahead of earnings report. (Jan. 19, 2018)

Apple iPhone X “end of life” predicted, production cuts seen. (Jan. 19, 2018)

Microsoft gets bullish report on cloud computing, cash return prospects. (Jan. 19, 2018)

Netgear stock continues winning streak, gets price-target hike. (Jan. 18, 2018)

Will 2018 be the year Netflix turns on the earnings spigot? (Jan. 18, 2018)

Chip-gear makers rise on Taiwan Semi earnings read-through. (Jan. 18, 2018)

Apple cash repatriation could spur acquisitions, investor returns. (Jan. 18, 2018)

Taiwan Semiconductor sees strong 2018 sales from cryptocurrency mining boom. (Jan. 18, 2018)

Qualcomm details go-it-alone strategy as Broadcom pursues buyout. (Jan. 17, 2018)

Apple to use foreign profits to fund U.S. jobs, manufacturing. (Jan. 17, 2018)

Apple stock downgraded on “lukewarm” iPhone sales; Shares rise. (Jan. 17, 2018)

Chip-gear stocks rock on upbeat ASML, Ichor reports. (Jan. 17, 2018)

Chip-gear maker ASML breaks out on earnings beat; Group jumps. (Jan. 17, 2018)

Apple stock notches record high, but can’t hold gains. (Jan. 16, 2018)

Netgear, Nvidia, Universal Display get post-CES bounce. (Jan. 16, 2018)

Applied Materials, Lam Research boosted by upgrades; ASML breaks out. (Jan. 16, 2018)

Photo: Apple Park visitors center. (Apple)

Week in review: CES 2018 dominated by smart home tech

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

Universal Electronics shifts to smart home from TV remotes. (Jan. 14, 2018)

Control4 not worried about do-it-yourself smart home gadgets. (Jan. 14, 2018)

Netgear stock jumps on strong CES 2018 showing. (Jan. 14, 2018)

GoPro drone demise offers opportunity for Mota Group. (Jan. 13, 2018)

Ride-hailing services could fuel dash cam sales in U.S. (Jan. 13, 2018)

Roomba maker iRobot wants to map homes for connected devices. (Jan. 13, 2018)

AR glasses: Coming soon to a face near you. (Jan. 12, 2018)

Google conquers CES with ubiquitous marketing for its voice assistant. (Jan. 12, 2018)

CES 2018 boosted these chip and technology suppliers. (Jan. 12, 2018)

Artificial intelligence, 5G wireless seen heralding new data age. (Jan. 11, 2018)

Companion robots, mechanical dogs grabbing attention at CES show. (Jan. 11, 2018)

Camera makers converge at CES to combat “porch pirates.” (Jan. 10, 2018)

Amazon seeks “Star Trek” level conversations for Alexa assistant. (Jan. 10, 2018)

Roku’s chief wants to keep the momentum rolling in 2018. (Jan. 9, 2018)

Intel CEO confronts chip security flaws as AMD fixes raise issues. (Jan. 9, 2018)

Nvidia shares break out on autonomous car deals, can they stay up? (Jan. 8, 2018)

Amazon, Google jockey for spotlight at CES tech trade show. (Jan. 8, 2018)

Photo: Netgear Arlo home security camera. (Netgear)

Week in review: Tablet holiday season

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

Analysts have cut their Apple iPad 2 sales forecasts for the holiday shopping season. Reasons: Diminished expectations, saturated market for early adopters, competition from Amazon’s Kindle Fire and consumers waiting for iPad 3 in early 2012. (Dec. 9, 2011)

The success of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is boosting the fortunes of Monotype Imaging. (Dec. 7, 2011)

Wireless router maker Netgear is benefiting from the popularity of tablets, especially Apple’s iPad. (Dec. 5, 2011)

Worldwide semiconductor sales are forecast to accelerate over the next two years. (Dec. 5, 2011)

Photo: Apple’s iPad 2.

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.