Technology

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made an interesting announcement this week: It is bringing a veteran automotive and aerospace industry executive on to its board of directors.   Alan Mulally was CEO of Ford (NYSE: F) from 2006 until just weeks ago. He was also a top executive at...

Earnings season in the technology space received a welcome surprise from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) this week, which reported better-than-expected revenue and gross profit.  The semiconductor behemoth pays a healthy three-percent yield and just recently hit new 52-week highs on the...

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was gearing up for another round of job cuts, a reduction that could exceed the 5,800 positions cut in 2009. According to Bloomberg sources, the cuts could be announced as soon as this week and would likely involve Nokia and...

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) upcoming smartphone has been heavily criticized by leery analysts, but its primary feature could help the company persevere. "With the Fire Phone, the most interesting thing for me was the Firefly button," Juniper Research analyst Steffen Sorrell told...

The technology sector has been on a roll during the first half of 2014, and semiconductor stocks in particular have been on fire.  The high demand for advanced computing power has led to strong earnings and rocketing share prices for a variety of well-known companies including Intel Corp (...

This past week has been action-packed for those following bitcoin. But instead of analysts and investors prognosticating about bitcoin's potential, there has been action by Fortune 500 companies. And actions do indeed speak louder than words. The past seven days have brought bitcoin...

You may have heard of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) so-called ‘Silver’ program. Reportedly, Silver is intended to improve customer support for Android devices. And according to the technology business news website The Information (subscription required), there’s more. A lot more. Google’s master...

Companies and inventors are always trying to stay on the cutting edge of technology, ready to create the next big thing. But holograms and self-healing materials are things of the far-off future, right? Not necessarily. Here are some interesting technologies you had no idea people are working on...

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (NYSE: MTUM) Momentum stocks were some of the hardest-hit areas of the market last week -- as high flying biotech, consumer discretionary and technology names fell precipitously.  MTUM is designed to choose a subset of large and mid-cap stocks that have the...

In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Tibco Software (NASDAQ: TIBX) Chairman and CEO Vivek Ranadivé  discussed Spotfire’s weakness in the first quarter and how the company plans to resolve issues. In the first quarter conference call, Ranadivé described weakness in Spotfire and the need to...

For those who have ever watched Star Trek, the replicator is a familiar machine -- capable of creating and recycling objects. The technology may seem futuristic, but 3D printing has actually been around for more than 25 years, according to an infographic from The Best Computer Science Schools...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the largest companies developing in-car technology, but Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) might be hatching a plan to overtake its competitor. According to The Wall Street Journal, Google and Audi (OTC: AUDVF) will announce a new partnership next week at the Consumer...

The hype continues as another dot-com heads west. Rob Gough, President of CouponChad.com and DefinitiveDeals.com, recently moved his websites from Indianapolis, Ind. to Los Angeles, Calif. Known by many as "Silicon Beach," Los Angeles has been referred to as an emerging hotbed for technology...

While investors wait for Twitter's impending IPO, expected as early as next month, a new survey suggests the microblogging and social networking site may be facing a consumer plateau. A recently-released Reuters/Ipsos online survey of nearly 1,100 people who have joined Twitter (NYSE: TWTR)...

According to CNNMoney, more than 11 million Americans are unemployed. At the same time, there are enough jobs available (4 million) to reduce that number by more than a third. The problem is one of matching up qualified applicants with the right positions – or of would-be applicants getting the...