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By Jon D. Markman On August 25, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Something amazing has happened to consumer electronics.
Companies can update their product software and enhance its features for many years after you take your new purchase home.
You might...
By Jon D. Markman On August 7, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Big Blue. It’s supposed to be the best of blue-chip stocks. It’s not.
The latest financial results for International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) have arrived. And they are dismal, again. Mark...
By Jon D. Markman On May 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Computers are moving way past simply, well, computing. Now, they are starting to truly see.
That means, they are starting to put images into context. And this represents a huge step forward for...
By Jon D. Markman On April 28, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Amazon wants you to take wardrobe advice from a connected gadget.
It brought personal digital assistants into our kitchens with Echo, a connected speaker. Now it can see, so Amazon wants to come...
By Gavin Magor On April 27, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week, I wrote about the health insurance industry, outlining how safety and investment ratings can differ. Today, I would like to focus on the entire insurance industry and the top rated,...
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week British doctors injected lab modified DNA into the eyes of a blind man to restore his sight. The groundbreaking surgery would not have been possible just a few years ago.
The...
By Mike Larson On March 17, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The Federal Reserve did exactly what I predicted it would: Raise interest rates for the third time in this rate-hiking cycle. Wednesday’s move boosted the benchmark federal funds rate to a range...
By Jon D. Markman On February 9, 201704:00 PM Eastern
The auto industry is doing well. Profits are up, sales are surging. And yet everyone is on edge. Disruption is coming. Autonomous vehicles are coming.
This week, Fortune reported Cruise...
By Jon D. Markman On January 17, 201707:30 AM Eastern
Amazon (AMZN) set out to change the world in 1994. Three years later, its IPO valued the company at just $461 million. Today it’s worth $360 billion, a gain of roughly 50,375%.
Is it possible,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 27, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Now that the rush of Christmas shopping is over, imagine a store without lines or checkouts. You walk in, tap your smartphone, pick up the items you want. Then you leave. You know, like in the...