Apple (AAPL) has had the best selling smartphone for years with the iPhone, but Google (GOOG) still claims the top spot in terms of phones that operate on its Android operating system. It is easy to understand why Google has been able to stay on top since so many manufacturers are able to use Android on their phones, but since the new iPhone 4S has hit the market Apple has been ...

Shares of tech giant Netflix (NFLX) are tumbling in premarket trading this morning after the company reported last night that it lost a massive 800,000 subscribers last period, due to price changes and a decision to split its streaming and DVD rental business. Netflix reported its third quarter results last night, which were actually above analyst estimates, but shares are tradign down over 35% in premarket trading as investors react to ...

Google (GOOG) isn't exactly known for its flash television ad campaigns. The company has historically grown mostly through word of mouth, but Google is taking a new approach to advertising its Google Chrome browser. Google sees a potential market in users that buy a new computer and are just content to use the browser that comes with their new computer, unaware that they can download a new browser for free. The similarities ...

It was not that long ago that Apple (AAPL) appeared to be bullet-proof in its control of the mobile market, but that is no longer the case, and Android powered devices are slowly but surely chipping away at Apple's dominance. When Google (GOOG) released Android there had been several other mobile operating systems that had tried and failed to compete against Apple's popular iPhone, but Google has a hit on their ...

Twitter has become a major player in the world of on-line social networking, and this week it took another big step into the world of the big players, hosting its first ever developer conference in San Fransisco. As widespread as twitter has become, it is hard to remember that the twitter was lost just 4 years ago. It has come a long way in the past 4 years, and now twitter ...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) got the earnings season under way last night by reported weaker than expected earnings, but the company was able to top Wall Street's estimates for overall revenue. For its first quarter the company showed that earnings were $0.37 EPS on $7.4 Billion in revenues. This fell short of the $0.48 EPS that analysts had been expecting, but it did surpass the $7.2 Billion revenue figure that Wall Street ...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the search engine giant, relies heavily on its paid advertising... but just how good are things going for this part of the company's business? That question is at the heart of the current debate of the future value of the California based search engine company. The reason for the current controversy comes from a recent report from comScore Inc. which states that Google's click through rates have slowed ...

Oil giant Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) announced that it is going to be lifting its spending this year in order to find and capitalize on additional oil reserves around the globe. The company is fighting against rising drilling costs and costs of engineering in its battle to locate new oil reserves. Last year the company spent $21 billion on exploration and development, and this year it plans to boost that investment up ...

As we looked at last week, disgruntled eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) users decided to get together and boycott eBay in reaction to a couple of key changes that were made on the site. These changes were (in summary): Increased final selling fees Allowing PayPal to hold certain payments up to 21 days Removing the option for for sellers to leave negative feedback on sellers The eBay boycott was supposed to last a week, but was extended ...

Ford Motor (NYSE: F), already troubled, is set to get off to a weak start this morning after the auto maker was downgraded this morning by broker Citigroup. The broker downgraded the stock this morning from a "hold" to a "sell" rating. Citigroup cited several reasons for the downgrade, and in addition lowered its price target on the stock from $7.00 down to $5.50. Here a few of the reasons for the ...