Week in review: Ancestry.com, Netflix disappoint investors with their outlook

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

Monotype Imaging shares up 5% after quarter beats; CEO says creative professionals key. (July 29, 2011)

Online genealogy service Ancestry.com beats Wall Street views in Q2, but stock falls on slowing subscriber growth. (July 28, 2011)

iRobot beats and raises, but stock down with overall market. Demand strong for military and home robots. (July 27, 2011)

Analyst says ARM, which beat with Q2 results, is a “great story” but lacks big mo at the moment. (July 26, 2011)

Netflix could lose 2.5 million subscribers over its rate changes. (July 25, 2011)

Netflix shares dive on weak Q3 outlook related to subscription plan changes. (July 25, 2011)

Week in review: Almost all about Apple

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

Polycom CEO says Q2 results prove investors erred in grouping his firm with Riverbed and F5 Networks. (July 22, 2011)

Microsoft had a nice Q4 on Office and enterprise spending, but needs to overcome investor concerns about tablets and consumer PCs. (July 21, 2011)

Apple makes big push for enterprise sales of iPads and iPhones. It hopes to turn trials into full-scale deployments. (July 20, 2011)

Apple delivers another blowout quarter on better-than-expected iPhone and iPad sales. (July 19, 2011)

Competitors haven’t been able to slow Apple’s momentum, but maybe the fragile economy can. Q3 earnings out Tues. (July 18, 2011)

Week in review: Netflix upsets customers with subscription changes

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

Netflix is fostering a “high performance” corporate culture. (July 15, 2011)

Take-Two Interactive Software nabs top two best-selling video games in June, both M-rated. (July 14, 2011)

Wall Street and Main Street don’t see eye to eye on Netflix’s pricing plan changes. (July 13, 2011)

Q2 PC shipments lag views on weak economy and tablet competition, but Apple gains market share vs. HP and Dell. (July 13, 2011)

Polycom links with Microsoft’s Lync unified communications system. (July 12, 2011)

Chip gear maker Novellus kicked off the tech industry’s Q2 earnings season with a decided thud. CEO says customers are cautious. (July 12, 2011)

LED lighting is poised to capitalize on the phase-out of traditional incandescent light bulbs. But it could take years. (July 8, 2011)

Netflix shares jump more than 5% on news of the company’s rapid expansion into Latin America and the Caribbean later this year. (July 5, 2011)

Week in review: First Amendment victory

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

HP begins selling its TouchPad tablet in a bid to take sales from Apple’s iPad. (June 30, 2011)

Microsoft puts Office in the cloud, which elevates competition with Google (June 28, 2011)

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales sees no Internet bubble part 2, he says in IBD Q&A. (June 28, 2011)

U.S. Supreme Court shoots down California law prohibiting sale of violent video games to minors. A victory for free speech and the First Amendment. (June 27, 2011)

Photo: Promotional art for violent video game "Grand Theft Auto IV."

Week in review: Robots from iRobot and others aid in Japanese nuclear crisis

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

Tibco Software’s Q2 profit and sales handily beat views, but Q3 profit outlook cause for a bit of concern. (June 23, 2011)

Tibco Software makes push for cyber security business. (June 23, 2011)

Robots from iRobot and QinetiQ prove their mettle at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima. (June 23, 2011)

Mobile device accessories maker Zagg sees its shares jump on iFrogz acquisition. (June 22, 2011)

Photo: PackBot robots from iRobot inspect a damaged nuclear reactor at Fukushima in Japan.

Week in review: Top 10 tech rivalries

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

IBD ranks the Top 10 tech rivalries today. Find out where Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple and more rank. (June 17, 2011)

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales credits his “pathological optimism” for his success. (June 14, 2011)

Anthony Weiner has a lot of company in sexting. A new survey finds that 19% of U.S. online adults have sexted or sent naked pictures of themselves online. (June 14, 2011)

Best Buy’s Q1 results beat Wall Street’s forecast thanks to strong sales online and overseas, especially China. The retailer has big plans for tablets. (June 14, 2011)

Take-Two Interactive Software’s “L.A. Noire” and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 were big winners in video game sales in May. But overall sales slumped 14% from a year ago. (June 13, 2011)

Photo: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt gestures toward Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 

Week in review: Apple’s iCloud, new campus

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

New generation of leaders emerging in the video game industry: FarmVille’s Zynga, Angry Birds’ Rovio Mobile, etc. (June 8, 2011)

Should the Wii U be renamed the P.U.? Investors dump Nintendo shares on doubts about prospects for the company’s new video game console. (June 8, 2011)

Research firm Gartner cuts its 2011 global PC shipment forecast, following IDC’s similar move. (June 8, 2011)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs won’t take his medical leave lying down.
Jobs makes his second big presentation in two days, this time touting Apple’s planned corporate campus (June 8, 2011)

Apple makes its long-awaited push into cloud computing with iCloud. (June 7, 2011)

Research firm IDC slashes 2011 PC shipment forecast on weak economy, competition from tablets. (June 6, 2011)

Photo: Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs introduces iCloud at the company's 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.