Network Effects: In 2019 IoT And 5G Will Push AI To The Very Edge
Almost thirty years ago, when the internet was launched onto an unsuspecting world, even inventor Tim Berners-Lee and colleagues at CERN could not have predicted the upheaval that would follow. It has been the greatest technology revolution since the industrial original. And now it’s happening all over again. The combination of Cloud, IoT and AI […]
Google Has the All-Important AI Edge Over Microsoft
Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL) are eerily similar equities, having slumped exactly the same amount this year, having similar growth profiles, and identical market capitalizations and valuations. Which do you choose? Both are excellent companies, and a credible case can be made for either. When one strips away the differences in their lines of revenue […]
Netflix will no longer allow new customers to pay with in-app subscriptions on iOS
Whether you’re joining Netflix for the first time or returning after some time away, you will no longer be able to pay for a subscription to the streaming service through an in-app purchase on iOS. After experimenting with this big change earlier in the year by giving iOS users a way to bypass iTunes when […]
The Essential Phone is effectively discontinued
An already rough year for smartphone startup Essential appears to be ending on a sour note. Droid Life spotted that the company’s flagship Essential Phone, also known as the PH-1, is out of stock and won’t be coming back. The company has confirmed the handset won’t be restocked, effectively discontinuing the device. Essential says it […]
Seaboard Corporation (SEB) Moves Higher on Volume Spike for December 28
Seaboard Corporation (SEB) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 28, as the stock gained 1.14% to close at $3,558.96. On the day, Seaboard Corporation saw 1,086 shares trade hands on 412 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 439 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty […]
Endologix Inc. (ELGX) Soars 7.9% on December 28
Endologix Inc. (ELGX) had a good day on the market for Friday December 28 as shares jumped 7.9% to close at $0.74. About 814,538 shares traded hands on 3,648 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 103.45 million. After opening the trading day […]
Energous Corporation (WATT) Plunges 16.62% on December 28
Energous Corporation (WATT) had a rough trading day for Friday December 28 as shares tumbled 16.62%, or a loss of $-1.17 per share, to close at $5.87. After opening the day at $6.90, shares of Energous Corporation traded as high as $7.25 and as low as $5.76. Volume was 7.15 million shares over 24,901 trades, […]
Volatile day on markets
U.S. stocks wavered between small gains and losses Friday, struggling to maintain the momentum from a two-day winning streak following a week of volatile trading. Energy companies led a broad, late-afternoon slide. Smaller company stocks were outgaining the rest of the market. The S&P 500 index fell 4 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,484 […]
Oracle’s Ellison to Tesla
Tesla named Oracle’s Larry Ellison and an executive from Walgreens to its board Friday as part of a settlement with U.S. regulators who demanded more oversight of CEO Elon Musk. Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, an executive vice-president at Walgreens Boots Alliance, join the board as independent directors, effective immediately. Musk got into trouble with the […]
One and done for NDP?
The year 2019 will decide whether Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP gets to finish the job of getting more oil to market or become the first party in provincial history to be one and done. “I know that the opposition wants to sort of revel in what they insist on hoping is defeat, but we’ve made […]