OK, Facebook's Q2 report was more or less a bust. But the earnings call provided insight about the potentially bright future for its mobile ads business.
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Let the 'mess fall out', then it's time to buy Apple shares ahead of the iPhone 5 launch, says manager Ben Dickey of the Growth Plus Income model.
The next-generation iPhone will use in-cell technology and have a thinner screen, the WSJ reports, helping it to play catch-up to Samsung.
The hiring of Marissa Mayer as Yahoo's CEO comes as the biggest executive announcement of 2012. Here are three reasons to think she can meet the challenge:
Amazon will take a big step forward in its platform strategy with the release of its own branded smartphone. Google remains behind.
Apple to $1000? Cody Willard at MarketWatch thinks so. But it's the two fundamental arguments he makes that offer more value than any price target.
It's way too early to call Google's Nexus 7 tablet an iPad threat. But Google Play is indeed a potential threat to Apple, Microsoft and Amazon platforms.
Google could follow Microsoft this week in announcing its would-be Apple iPad killer. An industry analyst tells us that the tablet is already in production.
Facebook could disappear in five years, says Ironfire Capital's Eric Jackson. If that happens, another company must take its place in terms of Web relevancy.