Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)
Apple Looks to British Architect Norman Foster to Redesign Retail Stores (IBTimes UK)
The iPhone maker has previously used 8 Inc for the design of its stores, including the iconic glass cube on New York’s 5th Avenue and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Regent Street shop in London, but is now working with Foster+Partners, which is also responsible for the enormous ‘spaceship’ Campus 2 headquarters Apple is planning in California. Foster+Partners has previously designed the McLaren Technology Centre in Surrey as well as Wembley Stadium. The news that it is to work on future Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stores comes from UK publication Marketing Magazine.
Equities research analysts at Citigroup decreased their earnings per share estimates on shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, StocKRatingsNetwork.com reports. The firm currently has a $35.00 price target on the company’s shares. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on MSFT. Analysts at BGC Financial downgraded shares of Microsoft Corp from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note to investors on Wednesday. They now have a $31.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $30.21. Separately, analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in a research note to investors on Wednesday. They now have a $28.00 price target on the stock.
BlackBerry Q10 U.S. Release Date Still Unknown, Device to Debut in Canada on April 30 (Eagle’s Rant)
Waterloo, Ont. company Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) announced yesterday that its Q10, a more “traditional” BlackBerry device with a smaller screen and physical keyboard, will be released in its native Canada on April 30. This release date will take place exactly three months after the official BlackBerry 10 launch event, and close to three months after the all-touch Z10 was released initially in Canada and the U.K.
Apple Inc. (AAPL): This Supply Chain Bombshell May Kill Shares Today (Insider Monkey)
There is no denying the fact that many companies all over the world rely on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to survive. This is particularly true for manufacturers that work closely with the Cupertino-based company to produce its products. Unfortunately, some of these companies often times find out the hard way that “putting all their eggs in one basket” is never a good idea. Reuters is reporting that (emphasis added) “Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, the main manufacturer of Apple Inc products, posted a 19 percent decline in sales in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, hurt by disappointing demand for the iPhone.”
Path Finders wins Microsoft’s Imagine Cup (Hindu Business Line)
Team Path Finders from MRCE, Faridabad, has won the Imagine Cup 2013 for their project Swasthya Sanjivani that provides affordable, quick and automised healthcare services to people in remote areas. They are among the 10 finalists that made it to the annual competition conducted by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to identify and promote entrepreneurship. The winning team would represent in India at the global finals scheduled to be held at St Petersburg in Russia. The winners will be given mentorship to hone their app at the global event.
More doom n’ gloom for BlackBerry 10: Lots of people have no idea it launched (VentureBeat)
Blackberry 10, no matter how you slice it, is Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s last chance to save itself from complete irrelevance. But what if the age of Research In Motion’s complete irrelevance is already here? That seems to be the case judging by a poll commissioned by research firm MKM Partners, which confirms one thing above all:…
…Lots of people have no idea BlackBerry 10 exists. According to the poll, eighty-three percent of the 1,500 Americans asked said that they were not aware that BlackBerry 10 had launched.
Apple Inc. and Windows to employ Scayl the next generation HDemail (Guardian Express)
Scayl introduces the beta releases of its next generation HDemail software for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Windows computers. The new application can be downloaded for free at the National Association of Broadcasting – NAB Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday, April 8-10, 2013. Media and NAB attendees interested in easily sending very large files are cordially invited to see a demo of large HD videos being sent quickly at Scayl’s booth in the Cloud Computing Pavilion at N5012.
Tech wars: Microsoft attacks Google again (Times of India)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry’s competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals. The ads that began Tuesday mark the third phase in a five-month-old marketing campaign that Microsoft Corp derisively calls “Scroogled.”The ads, which have appeared online, on television and in print, depict Google as a duplicitous company more interested in increasing profits and power than protecting people’s privacy and providing unbiased search results.
Will Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY) Follow Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK) Downhill in this Emerging Market? (Insider Monkey)
These two companies share one thing in common: they were both at the top of the industry at some point in time. It was not too long ago that BBRY and NOK were leading the way, with everybody else in the rearview mirror. However, things have changed quite a bit and now these two companies are fighting for market share at the bottom of the industry. With all this in mind, Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) and Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) are struggling to break into new markets. For example, Deutsche Bank believes that Research In Motion could be going down the same path as Nokia in India – and that is not a good thing.
Apple licenses $10M in patents originally created by Palm, others (Apple Insider)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reached an agreement to license intellectual property from a Japanese company that owns patents originally created by Palm and PalmSource, creator of the Palm OS PDA operating system. The licensing agreement for 1 billion yen, or about $10 million U.S., was announced by ACCESS Co., Ltd. and was first noted on Wednesday by Macotakara. Other patents included in the deal were created by Bell Communications Research and Geoworks.
