Technology & Communications

2020 may see Apple (AAPL) in a completely new arena. On December 23, Patently Apple reported that this year the iPhone marker might venture into eSports.

Netflix is ramping up its original content slate for 2020 and rapidly expanding overseas. That said, it will have to address certain challenges in 2020.

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei, which has continued to haunt Apple, has just launched the 10.8-inch MatePad Pro tablet to compete with Apple’s iPad Pro.

Recently, a jury decided that a California entrepreneur, Kevin Halpern, filed a timely trade secrets lawsuit against Uber.

Jeff Bezos declared this year’s Juneteenth as a day for Amazon employees to learn about the history of slavery and apply the lessons to help end racism.

If SoftBank wants to sell $14 billion in Alibaba shares, it would still be heavily invested in the stock. Softbank isn’t trying to distance itself from Alibaba.

Wall Street thinks Microsoft stock is up for a dream run in 2020. Bank of America raised its price target for the stock to $200 from $162 on Thursday.

Apple’s iPhone SE wants to take advantage of the shift to low-cost purchases amid the pandemic. So far, the strategy seems to be working.

Facebook stock jumped about 3.0% on July 6 after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about banning TikTok in the US.

Japan Display has completed the sale of a stake in its Hakusan plant. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the customer that bought Japan Display’s LCD equipment.

On Tuesday, Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) stock rose nearly 4% in after-hours trading following its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020.

EdgeConneX offers connections to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute, solving performance challenges by bringing cloud access to Munich’s enterprises.

Nvidia stock generated stellar returns in 2019. The stock rose more than 76.6% last year. Nvidia stock touched a new high of $241.81 on December 23.

On April 1, T-Mobile announced that it closed its long-awaited merger agreement with Sprint. The merger deal still needs official approval from the CPUC.

Square and PayPal want the government to use their platforms to deliver direct payments to Americans under the $2.0 trillion stimulus package.

Apple stock has taken a beating as the company struggles with the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. However, there are rays of hope for investors.

Kanye West has an eye for picking great stocks. In December 2017, he bought a few stocks as a Christmas present for his wife, Kim Kardashian.

So far, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the global supply chain. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has resorted to curbing bulk purchases of iPhones.

Ericsson stock is an option for investors seeking to capitalize on the shift to the 5G network. Ericsson is a leading 5G network equipment vendor.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is in talks to acquire Warner Bros’ gaming unit. Microsoft hopes that the gaming unit will supercharge its Xbox business.

In recent months, investors have piled into Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock. The stock reached new post-pandemic sell-off highs.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock rose by 3.36% to $1,963.95 on Monday. The stock has gained 4.26% over the past month.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) doesn’t own Snap (NYSE:SNAP) shares anymore. Comcast sold off its entire stake in Snap last year and made a profit of $293 million.

Reinvent Technology Partners, a new SPAC, filed for a $600 million IPO on Sept. 1. Has the Reinvent Technology IPO date been set?

U.S. investors can purchase Samsung stock through ETFs that have exposure to the South Korean company.

Information technology researcher Gartner expects the smartphone market to grow at an average rate of 10% in the next five years. And, the PC market will continue to decline during that period.

Samsung is expected to initiate manufacturing of DRAM wafers by the end of 2014, with a focus on PC DRAM. In the second half of 2015, its maximum S3 DRAM capacity is expected to reach 60,000 per month.

Since 2010, SAP AG (SAP) spent more than ~$12 billion on acquisitions. Concur Technologies is the largest acquisition in SAP’s 42-year history. In its 2Q14 results, most of SAP’s growth was from its cloud business—approximately $1 billion annually. Concur’s management mentioned that they expect to end fiscal year 2014 with ~$690 million.

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t uncommon. In fact, they play an integral role in the growth of the video gaming industry.

After the acquisition, LogFire’s WMS (warehouse management applications) solutions will be integrated into Oracle’s SCM (supply chain management) cloud.

SoftBank Group plans to sell shares of its Japan telecommunications unit worth about $12.5 billion to increase its cash reserves.

Elon Musk is set to update us on his Neuralink brain-machine interface today. Here's what to know about the potentially revolutionary technology.

Corsair Gaming will go public and has filed for a $100 million initial public offering. Has Corsair Gaming IPO date been set?

Cash App Investing allows you to set up a free stock trading account and start investing with as little as $1.

More Personal Computing revenue flat Previously, we discussed Microsoft’s (MSFT) Intelligent Cloud segment’s performance. In this part, we’ll look at how its MPC (More Personal Computing) segment performed in fiscal 1Q18. Microsoft’s MPC segment, as the name suggests, is highly dependent on the PC (personal computer) market, drawing close to ~50% of its total revenue […]

FireEye has frequently been considered as a potential takeover target, and its transition toward a subscription business model makes it an attractive option.

In its most recent quarter, FireEye strengthened its HX with Exploit Guard to facilitate behavioral analysis. HX protects network end points from malware.

On April 30, Oracle (ORCL) announced its acquisition of cloud-based financial aid solution Vocado.

Oracle is not expected to face major competition from domestic players.

Amazon (AMZN) once again topped the list of US companies’ spending on research and development last year.