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As Mobile Device Management (MDM) Becomes Commoditized, What's Next for MDM?

By Tom Kemp, Contributor

(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)   With over 100 vendors delivering Mobile Device Management(MDM) and with the underlying mobile operating system and hardware vendors providing a uniform set of APIs to manage their OSes/devices that MDM vendors can take advantage of, clearly a good deal of commoditization is happening within the MDM market.  In this blog post I want to discuss where analysts see MDM vendors heading and discuss where the battle lines are being drawn in this soon to be $1 billion market. …read more
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SEC Charges Georgia Man With Insider Trading in AirTran/Southwest Airlines Merger

By Jordan Maglich, Contributor (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced it had charged a Georgia man with insider trading, alleging he made nearly $160,000 in illicit profits after learning of non-public information concerning the 2010 merger of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (“Airtran”) and Southwest Airlines Company […]
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Rashard Mendenhall Settles Lawsuit with Hanesbrands over Morals Clause

By Marc Edelman, Contributor (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Morals clauses in endorsement contracts are common. Lawsuits seeking to enforce them are not. So, when on May 5, 2011 Hanesbrands attempted to terminate its endorsement contract with Rashard Mendenhall based on the NFL player’s controversial tweets about 9/11, the lawsuit that followed received careful media […]
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Apple's Stock Retakes $500, Is The Sell-Off Over?

By Panos Mourdoukoutas, Contributor Image via CrunchBase After dipping below $500 on Tuesday, shares of Apple rebounded on Wednesday, retaking the $500 mark, still trading close to 30 percent below its all-time high. Does this rebound signal the end of the four-month sell-off? I cannot read the mind of the market, as Apple’s stock has become […]
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New Centralized Nuclear Plants: Still an Investment Worth Making?

By Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor (Image credit: Getty Images Europe via @daylife) Just a few years ago, the US nuclear renaissance seemed at hand. It probably shouldn’t have been. Cost overruns from Finland to France to the US were already becoming manifest, government guarantees were in doubt, and shale gas drillers were beginning to punch holes […]
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Apple's Stock Tests $500, Time To Change Strategy?

By Panos Mourdoukoutas, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Apple’s stock continued its descent on Monday morning, dipping below $500 for the second time in the last three months, trading close to 30 percent below its all-time highs of $705. Monday’s correction in Apple’s stock has been fueled by a Nikkei report claiming that Liquid-Chrystal Display Panel makers […]
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Apple Falls Below $500, It's The Gift That Keeps On Giving

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase When it comes to Apple, it continues to amaze me how grossly uninformed some investors chose to remain. But it’s not their fault. Warren Buffett said it best, “The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is.” Unfortunately, many journalists have shown that they should be reading […]
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2 Network Stocks: 1 Buy and 1 Sell

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Due to poor enterprise spending, 2012 was not a great year for network companies. With industry experts anticipating a rebound IT expenditures this year, here are two companies to consider that are heading in opposite directions – one stock to buy, with a sell recommendation for the other. The […]
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How HBO's Girls Gets Everything About Millennial Life, Like, So Totally Wrong

By J. Maureen Henderson, Contributor Image credit: WireImage via @daylife I soldiered through every episode of the inaugural season of Girls. I felt watching it was my Millennial duty. I will not be making the same mistake when season two premieres on HBO tonight. My blood pressure can’t take it. Sure, a show focused on the […]
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3 Tech Dividends To Buy Now

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Wall Street presents many battles. Investors argue the merits of long versus short positions. There’s also the constant fight over valuation, price versus “potential” and what is cheap versus expensive. However, no other debate brings the intensity and vile of dividend paying stocks. Granted, there’s an insatiable appetite for […]
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Is Nokia A Legitimate Threat To Apple Or A Perfect Short Play

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Shares of Nokia have traded as high as 20% today after the beleaguered phone giant announced preliminary fourth quarter results. Nokia said it sold 4.4 million units in the quarter, which represents a 50% sequential improvement. Investors rejoiced. The better than expected numbers were helped by strong sales of […]
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The Game Is Changing In The Smartphone Market

By Panos Mourdoukoutas, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Anyone following the action in the stocks of three major smartphone companies on Thursday morning, Apple, Nokia (NYSE:NOK), and Research in Motion, will probably have noticed something unusual: All three stocks rallied in the opening, though the momentum faded two hours later together with the rest of the market. What makes this rally unusual […]
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Apple Is Still Apple, But Street Sees Orange

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase It never ceases to amaze me to see how childish Wall Street can be sometimes. Analysts are quick to plant absurd expectations on certain stocks, only to whine and complain about it when it is unmet. Apple serves as the perfect example. The degree to which analysts have […]
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Why the Flu Is So Dangerous This Year, and Why It Could Get Worse

By David DiSalvo, Contributor Image credit: Wikipedia The flu is taking the nation by storm, with major cities declaring public health emergencies and cases of confirmed infections soaring above last season’s relatively average numbers. The bad news is that it could get worse. The vaccine for this year’s flu appears to be matching up relatively well […]
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Facebook Paid Me To Be Dumb

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Sometimes it pays to be dumb. Although I don’t encourage stupidity as a sound investment premise, but every once in a while you get some pretty interesting results by doing the exact opposite of what the so-called “smart money” suggests. This is where I’ve arrived with Facebook. Despite what […]
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Sirius XM: Karmazin's Ghost Still Haunts

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase When Sirius XM (essentially) pre- announced earnings on Wednesday, I was left with a few thoughts. The first of which being that although former CEO, Mel karmazin was no longer running the ship, the company’s conservative approach as it relates to guidance remains. Then again, as evident by […]
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SiriusXM Nets 2 Million Subscribers In 2012, Sets New 52-Week High

By Richard Saintvilus, Contributor Image via CrunchBase Despite a year filled with chronic headwinds and uncertainty, SiriusXM declared today that 2012 was actually a breeze. The satellite radio giant just announced that it ended 2013 with 23.9 million subscribers. Not only is this a 9% improvement year-over-year, but the subscriber total is 3% above the […]
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The Link Between Global Warming, Sea Levels And Volcanoes

By John McQuaid, Contributor (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Rising seas pose some of the biggest emerging challenges to the world, as coastal urban areas find themselves beset by the combination of higher water and dangerous storms, with only weak, sometimes crumbling 20th-century flood protections. But it turns out sea level rise, largely the […]
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