Technology: Trends
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A few months ago, the blogosphere was filled with amazing comparisons of Apple's size to not just other companies — including the combined market caps of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon at one point — but entire countries and industries as the Things Apple Is Worth More Than tumblr details.
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Apple stores are the most productive shops in the US according to new research that suggests the most effective use of retail space is selling expensive products that are occasional purchases for well-off consumers, the FT reports.
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Microsoft’s "Halo 4" sold $220 million worth of games in the first 24 hours. That beats the record "Halo 3" set in 2007.
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Now that Apple has updated most of its computing devices, new rumors are already beginning to circulate that the tech giant will soon begin trial production of an "iPhone 5S."
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Apple is expected to start a"trial" production of its next iPhone, the iPhone 5S, in December, reports Steve Shen of DigiTimes, citing a Chinese business newspaper.
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Apple has had a a brutal two-week stretch that began with a worse than expected earnings report, and sent its stock swan-diving into bear market territory.
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The North American launch of "Skyfall," the latest James Bond flick, is "off to an amazing start," according to Sony. Find out who stands to cash in from its success.
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SecondMarket made a name for itself as a destination for trading shares of private companies like Facebook and Zynga before their IPOs. So it’s no surprise that in the past quarter — with all those once-high flying companies public — SecondMarket’s trading has fallen dramatically.
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Priceline.com’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Kayak Software may be its last for a while, Jeffery Boyd, Priceline.com CEO, told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Friday.
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After making a big bet on mobile several years ago, eBay CEO John Donahoe told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the gamble is paying off with the company able to monetize the same on mobile as it does on the Web.
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Shortly before 10:00pm ET on Thursday, Twitter users began complaining of unusual photos appearing in their timelines
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On the heels of an earnings report that was right in line with expectations, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger says he has “great confidence in Disney’s availability to sustain growth” from its biggest business, the media networks.
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If you've ever lost or had a smartphone stolen, you're not alone. In the United States, about 113 smartphones go missing each minute (that's 160,000 a day and about 30 million a year). When an iPhone costs over $800, this becomes a very pricey problem.
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Mobility has changed computing and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the company continues to invest to take advantage of the proliferation of smartphones and mobile-enabled tablets.
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The use of personal data could boost innovation, create savings and unleash value of 1 trillion euros ($1.27 billion) annually for Europe’s economy by 2020, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group.
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen could hardly be more positive about value in the technology sector and in one its most battered giants, Facebook.
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After 54 minutes, the post generated more than 318,000 retweets (shares of the original post) – the most retweets in Twitter’s history.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC the company is optimistic the fiscal cliff gets sorted out and the economy rides a wave of strong growth.
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Despite some tough comparisons to a year ago, Time Warner reported it beat analyst expectations on cable network gains on Thursday.
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President Barack Obama took to Reddit one more time before polls close to ask members of the Reddit community to cast their vote.
Contact Trends
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Email: tech@cnbc.com
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Working from Los Angeles, Boorstin is CNBC's media and entertainment reporter and author of CNBC.com's "Media Money" blog.
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Fortt is CNBC's technology correspondent, working from CNBC's Silicon Valley bureau and contributes to "Tech Check" on CNBC.com.
