Archive for the ‘FORR’ Category:

Growth of Online Retailers Makes Internet the New Shopping Battleground

{ Posted on Nov 29 2011 by David Zeiler }
While online retailers have celebrated the growth of online shopping, conventional retailers determined not to lose customers have been ramping up their Internet efforts. Forrester Research Inc. (NYSE: FORR) estimates that online shopping will increase by 15% to ...Read More »

Cyber Warfare Growing on a Global Scale – And We Have the Best Way to Profit

{ Posted on Oct 19 2011 by Jason Simpkins }
In the Internet era, cyber warfare is growing on a global scale. Corporations, governments, armies, and anonymous groups of thrill-seeking hackers are playing a perpetual game of cat and mouse. For that reason, worldwide spending on network and ...Read More »

Amazon Kindle Tablet Will Plump Revenue and Disrupt Market

{ Posted on Sep 13 2011 by David Zeiler }
A rumored Amazon Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle Tablet will deliver billions of dollars in fresh revenue next year. In addition to its hardware sales, the tablet will provide a quick and convenient way for Amazon to capture ...Read More »

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Loses its Magic Touch with Steve Jobs’ Departure

{ Posted on Aug 26 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
To say Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) won't be the same company without Steve Jobs is an understatement. Jobs helped Apple's share price climb to $373 - a 9,020% gain since 1997 when he was named interim CEO. ...Read More »

Hot Stocks: Don’t Let Groupon Inc. Play You For a Fool

{ Posted on Jun 14 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Groupon Inc. will try to get you to jump on its initial public offering (IPO) by touting its extreme growth and its profit potential - but don't believe it. Even though Chicago-based Groupon, an e-commerce player that ...Read More »

Are We in the Middle of a New Tech Bubble?

{ Posted on Jun 07 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
When career-networking site LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) started its first day of trading May 19, its shares zoomed 109% from its initial public offering (IPO) price of $45 a share to close at $94.25, and reached a market ...Read More »

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) to Unveil New iCloud Service With Special Appearance by CEO Steve Jobs

{ Posted on Jun 02 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) plans to unveil its new iCloud service at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Monday - and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs will make an appearance to headline the event. In an extremely unusual ...Read More »

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) to Unveil New iCloud Service With Special Appearance by CEO Steve Jobs

{ Posted on Jun 02 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) plans to unveil its new iCloud service at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Monday - and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs will make an appearance to headline the event. In an extremely unusual ...Read More »

After a Decade of Miscues, Can Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) Hook Up With the Mobile Revolution?

{ Posted on May 26 2011 by David Zeiler }
There are monopolies. And then there's Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT). With its Windows operating system installed on virtually all of the world's PCs - the market share peaked at about 95% - Microsoft became synonymous ...Read More »

Music Streaming First Salvo in Battle to Dominate Cloud-Based Computing

{ Posted on Apr 10 2011 by David Zeiler }
Cloud-based computing is shaping up to be a major battleground in the U.S. high-tech sector for the rest of this year, as companies compete to deliver such services as music streaming to consumer-based mobile devices. And it ...Read More »