Applied Materials Stock Is a Cheap Bet on Big Data (Barron’s Features)

Barron's FeaturesApplied Materials Stock Is a Cheap Bet on Big Data - Worries about U.S.-Chinese trade relations and the state of the semiconductor business have taken the shares down sharply since March.... Read more »

Michael Dells Latest Deal Could Yield a Cheap New Stock (Barron’s Features)

Barron's FeaturesMichael Dells Latest Deal Could Yield a Cheap New Stock - The encore to Dell Technologies contentious buyout of Dells VMware tracking stock could be worth waiting for. ... Read more »

Facebook and Apple Embody New Tech Divide (Barron’s Cover Story)

Barron's Cover StoryFacebook and Apple Embody New Tech Divide - Investors talk about the FAANG stocks, but their business models are fundamentally different. Why ad-driven data companies face challenges ... Read more »

Apple Store Employees Arent Allowed To Say Crash, Bug, or Problem (Slashdot)

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Save up to $750 with the best smartphone deals for December 2018 (Lucas Coll/Digital Trends)

Lucas Coll / Digital TrendsSave up to $750 with the best smartphone deals for December 2018 - Need a better phone but dont want to spend a fortune? Its never a bad... Read more »

Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu Are Down, Not Out (Barron’s Features)

Barron's FeaturesAlibaba, Tencent, and Baidu Are Down, Not Out - Our emerging-markets roundtable assess the prospects for Chinas three internet giants. ... Read more »

Dells Tracker Deal Heads for an Investor Showdown (Barron’s Features)

Barron's FeaturesDells Tracker Deal Heads for an Investor Showdown - Prominent investors like Carl Icahn and Paul Singers Elliott Management are unhappy with the terms of the proposed $21.7 billion buyout. ...... Read more »

Apples App Store Under Fire in Supreme Court Case (WSJ.com: WSJD)

WSJ.com: WSJDApples App Store Under Fire in Supreme Court Case - The tech giants exclusive market for selling iPhone apps came under fire at the Supreme Court, as justices considered whether consumers... Read more »

Amazon, With Little Fanfare, Emerges as Advertising Giant (WSJ.com: WSJD)

WSJ.com: WSJDAmazon, With Little Fanfare, Emerges as Advertising Giant - Its push is happening online, on devices such as FireTV and on delivery boxes, challenging the big ad sellers, including Facebook, Google... Read more »

Microsoft on Verge of Retaking Apples Market Cap Crown (WSJ.com: WSJD)

WSJ.com: WSJDMicrosoft on Verge of Retaking Apples Market Cap Crown - The software giant is on the verge of retaking Apples market cap crown. ... Read more »