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Netflix (NFLX) is Beating Venerable Rival HBO on Many Fronts
April 7, 2014 3:10 PM EDTFBR sees Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) as a peer or better to HBO following a recent survey of consumer attitudes. The firm has Netflix at Market Perform with a price target of $356.
Analyst Barton Crockett noted that FBR and ClearVoice Research conducted the survey. Over 2,000 people were queried for the results. Key takeaways include:Netflix is topping HBO in frequency of usage and expectations for growth. By now it's well known that Netflix's domestic streaming subscriber tally of 33.4 million tops HBO's 29.3 million subscriber base (as reported by SNL Kagan). Our survey... More
Microsoft's (MSFT) Swype-Like WP 8.1 Keyboard Breaks Guinness Record for Speed (GOOG) (AAPL)
April 7, 2014 7:36 AM EDTWhile Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) have long dominated the mobile environment, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) might become a serious contender as the rest of 2014 plays out.
Microsoft unveiled... More
WP8, Android, iOS Make U.S. Mobile Share Gains in March as BlackBerry (BBRY) Slips - comScore (MSFT) (AAPL)
April 4, 2014 12:31 PM EDTcomScore, Inc. (NasdaqGoogle, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)
: SCOR) released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for February 2014. Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 41.3 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 52.1 percent platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook was the top individual app.
Smartphone OEM Market Share
163.2 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (68.2 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in... More
Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
April 4, 2014 9:20 AM EDTThe following was posted on Mozilla's official blog Thursday:
Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didnt live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: its because we havent stayed true to ourselves.
We didnt act like youd expect Mozilla to act. We didnt move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy... More
