Barnes & Noble Black Friday 2014 Sale announced


Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest retail bookseller, announced the B&N Black Friday 2014 Sale. Barnes & Noble Black Friday sale will include largest-of-its-kind signed edition book...

Carlos Slim Close To Retaking World’s Richest Man Title From Bill Gates


Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helú is close to taking the world’s richest man title back from Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) cofounder Bill Gates. In May of 2013, Gates bumped Slim from his perch as...

Tesla and Elon Musk Make Headlines in China


I have to give my congratulations to new energy car maker Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) for creating the kind of buzz and excitement this week that only names like Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and smartphone...

Imagination Technologies Says Wearable Boom Will Vindicate Its Risky Expansion


It’s over a year since Imagination Technologies (LON:IMG) trespassed into ARM’s territory, through the bullish $100 million acquisition of the mobile CPU designer MIPS. Back then I argued that...

Tencent Ties Up With Korean Gamer, Eyes Youku Tudou


Internet leader Tencent (HKEx: 700) has just announced a major purchase involving a Korean game maker, in what would normally be leading news on the Chinese Internet. But instead, the company is...

Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks March 3rd to March 7th And Year-to-Date


The six highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), Fusion-IO (NYSE: FIO), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV),   ...

February Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks


The six highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Workday (NYSE:WDAY), Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Riverbed...

How Geothermal Heat Pumps Can Soar Like Solar


Geothermal Heat Pumps (GHP) are a niche market.  They shouldn’t be. A Better Mousetrap? Ralph Waldo Emerson never said “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”...

Is WhatsApp Facebook’s Key to China?


I haven’t written about Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) in a while, mostly because the company hasn’t made any concrete moves into China lately despite previous assertions that it would like to enter...

Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Feb. 14 to Feb. 21 And Year-to-Date


The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM),  Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), F5 Networks (NASDAQ:...