Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s new patent for a waterproof, remote-controlled sports camera sent shivers to GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) stocks, which fell as much as 12 percent, down $6.91 to $49.87 per share on Tuesday as news of the new Apple patent circulated in blogs and news sites. Patently Apple reported the news first, describing the new…
Amazon.com, Inc (AMZN) Opens 6,000 Full-Time Positions in Europe
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) created 6,000 new full-time jobs in Europe last year as a response to growing demands. The internet retailing giant reported that the new jobs opened covers 50 different locations in the fields of logistics, customer service, software development, as well as supply chain management and design. The company now counts a total…
Ford Motor Company (F) Reveals New GT Supercar
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) revealed the latest version of its GT supercar on Monday at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, showing car aficionados the successor to the Ford GT that the U.S. automaker made way back in 2005 to 2006. The new supercar shows the company’s confidence in the reviving auto…
Burger King Worldwide Inc (BKW) Opens Fire at McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) in Chicken Nuggets War
Burger King Worldwide Inc (NYSE:BKW) is again selling its chicken nuggets for 15 cents a piece, in a sales promo where customers can buy 10 nuggets for the price of only $1.49, about 50 percent off the regular price of $2.99 The promo, which the Ontario, Canada-based burger restaurant chain has initially rolled out earlier…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Considering $923 Million Joint Investment With a South Korean City: Report
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is supposedly in the process of holding talks with the South Korean city of Incheon over a planned investment project worth about 1 trillion won, or $923 million, according to local media reports. The local daily Dong-A Ilbo initially reported the story on Monday, dubbing the proposed project as “Alibaba…
Facebook Inc (FB) and QuickFire Join Forces to Deliver Premium Video Experience
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is set on acquiring start-up QuickFire Video Networks Corp., intending to use its video technology to improve the social network’s platform for delivering video content to its users, and in the process making it more viable to monetize such platform. Announcing the deal in its own website, QuickFire said that it will…
Google Inc. (GOOGL) Overtaken by Yahoo! Inc (YHOO) in U.S. Search Market
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s dominance as the default search engine of choice in the U.S. search market is now in danger, in a report released by StatCounter, an analytics company. The report, cited by Bloomberg, indicates that Yahoo’s share of the U.S. search market climbed from 7.4 percent to 10.4 percent, while that of Google fell…
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Aims to Entice Customer Spending with Instant Refund
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is not only highly popular with the wide array of its product offerings and quick delivery service, it is also now getting known for its customer-friendly return policies as well. E-commerce data company StellaServiceInc., whose research is cited by Bloomberg, has recently found out it takes only an average of 1.3 days for…
The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX) Senior Executive Takes Post as New York Governor’s Top Aide
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) senior managing director William Mulrow was appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to be his top aide, in an announcements made on Sunday. The governor, about to start his second term, has also made 18 other new administrative appointments apart from naming the senior Wall Street executive to the…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Tweaks App Prices Worldwide Relative to New Tax Rules and Fluctuating Currencies
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is implementing price hikes in apps offered in its App Store for customers in Canada, the European Union, Norway, and Russia, in a move that seeks “adjustments in value-added tax (VAT) rates and foreign exchange rates.” App store customers from Iceland, however, will benefit from a price decrease. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) have notified…