What’s going on with Unicorn Start Ups?

Square (SQ), which is the mobile payments processing firm run by Twitter (TWTRT) CEO Jack Dorsey, opened at $11.20 and then quickly rose as high as $14.78 before finishing the day just a bit above $13. But Square priced its initial public offering Wednesday night at $9 a share which…

Time Warner Cable, Charter expect deal closing in 2016

In an article from Reuters, it has noted that Charter Communications Inc., said its acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc., which is awaiting clearance from U.S. regulators, is now expected to close in the first quarter 2016, and not by the end of 2015 as planned. In this $56 billion deal which…

Two apps to help you get started investing

Are you looking to take the plunge into investing? There are some great new tools out right now to help you start off and get your feet wet. Although most basic investment accounts today have minimum requirements that are generally at least $500 that doesn’t have to stop you. There is a…

Apple results to lag behind

Shares of three technology giants soared Friday after earnings, but one analyst believes Apple lacks what it needs for a similar spike when it reports next week. Amazon, Google (parent Alphabet) and Microsoft all beat quarterly expectations after the bell Thursday. This was in part on strength with growth segments like…

Facebook looks to make shopping easier

Facebook has taken another step toward its goal of making it easier for brands who use their network to reach consumers and drive sales on mobile devices. The number of people accessing the site via mobile devices is continuing to increase. Facebook has already tested a “buy now” button in articles…

Apple bans data gathering apps

Did you know that 256 affected apps were made in China that were gathering data from your phone? These apps were available worldwide on the app store and were downloaded over 1 million times, according to app analytics service SourceDNA, which first discovered the problem. And now Apple bans data gathering apps….

Samsung tries to match the hype of the rose gold phone

It’s been released that Samsung will launch a “pink gold” version of its Note 5 “phablet” in South Korea, in a an effort to tempt customers to buy its new device over Apple’s own rose gold iPhone 6 which has been getting tons of buzz. The new color will launch on…

Michael Dell has sealed the biggest deal in tech history

  If you haven’t heard, Michael Dell has sealed the biggest deal in tech history. After his privately run PC maker agreed to acquire data storage maker EMC in a transaction. This Monday, Dell announced with MSD Partners and Silver Lake to buy cloud computing company EMC for roughly $67 billion…