U.S. stocks advanced in early trade on Friday, following stronger-than-expected earnings from major companies including Caterpillar and Merck.
The companies whose shares are declining in pre-market trade on Friday are: Research In Motion, PDF Solutions, Deckers Outdoor, Manitowoc Co, Oncothyreon, Microsoft, Infinera, Jds Uniphase and Gap.
Barclays Capital expects Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) to announce both new product -- OS6 and possibly QNX -- and software / application at RIM’s Capital Markets Day on May 2 in Orlando. In addition, the PlayBook sales should be the highlight of the analyst day.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: PDF Solutions, Oclaro, Research In Motion, Ensign Group, Deckers Outdoor, Internap Network Services, CoStar Group, CROCS, Oncothyreon, TeleCommunication Systems, and Microsoft.
Jefferies & Co. said Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIM) Blackberry Playbook sales are far exceeding Motorola's Xoom sales. The brokerage said its checks indicate first-day sales skewed toward pre-orders and the 32GB and 64GB models.
AT&T is blocking PlayBook subscribers from downloading one of the PlayBook's key applications, BlackBerry Bridge, according to subscribers.
The United Arab Emirates reportedly plans to stop individuals and small businesses from using certain BlackBerry messaging services, but the government says that no customers will be affected.
Here are five reasons to stay away from the premature PlayBook - at least until RIM plugs the tablet's holes.
Research In Motion launched the Playbook last night in New York, but questions about who the device is aimed at still linger.
The playbook launch party in New York was designed to show off Research In Motions' latest device, but questions still linger about who it is for.
PlayBook carries RIM's hopes that the device will vault it over Android and Apple's iPad, to position it as a tablet of choice. However, RIM's answer to Apple's iPad and Motorola Xoom and hundreds of other tablets comes in bit late.
Research In Motion's new Playbook received mixed reviews ahead of launch on April 19.
Shares of RIM dropped one percent today on the news that early reviewers have not greeted RIM’s latest device with much enthusiasm.
The unfinished feel of the BlackBerry Playbook is shared with many of its competitors.
Launching April 19, PlayBook is expected to stake its own ground in the Tablet market - after a modest start.
California-based Ubermedia, which has made several apps for the Twitter platform, is said to be working on a competitor to the micro blogging website, which recently rejected two of its apps.
Ubermedia, which has made several apps for Twitter, is said to be planning a competitor to the micro blogging website.
The BlackBerry PlayBook is to hit stores by April 19. While the new gadget is smaller than most other tablets, especially the iPad 2, it might just remain a good attempt from RIM to get into the tablet war. But the question remains whether it will be a capable player in the market.
The chief executive of Research In Motion, walked out of an interview with the BBC after a reporter asked him about whether the company had resolved its issues over security with several governments.
Nokia announced Tuesday a pair of new smartphones as well as an update to its Symbian operating system as the company looks to soothe fears that its recent deal with Microsoft will cannibalize its own product offerings.
Gartner estimates point to Apple's iOS grabbing nearly seventy percent of the market in 2011, a command that won't noticeably decrease until 2015, when it will drop to 47 percent.
In Pulse, a Y Combinator-backed startup, has introduced a wrist watch that has computing and phone operations. The bluetooth-enabled watch can also display all email alerts, SMS messages.
