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Did Media Moguls Hint At Apple TV In Earnings Calls?

No, CBS (CBS) chief executive Les Moonves and 21st Century Fox (FOXA) CEO James Murdoch did not say Apple (AAPL) by name, but management commentary on media company earnings calls hinted that an Apple Web TV service launch could be on the way, says an R.W. Baird analyst. William Power, an analyst at R.W. Baird, says Q3 media comments suggest that live, OTT (over-the-top) offers from Apple or perhaps Amazon.com (AMZN) may be coming, though timing,

Top 5 Tech Stocks By Market Cap: Which Are Surging?

Earnings season has proved beneficial for some of the hottest stocks in the market, with Facebook (FB) the most recent tech company to rise on a better-than-expected performance. The late Wednesday beat has propelled the social media giant to a new all-time high, with Facebook now crossing the $300 billion market cap mark. Let’s look at the charts of the top five tech stocks by market cap: Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook

Zuckerberg Stays Focused On Quest To Connect Globe

Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making good progress on his goal to connect everyone in the world to the Internet. Nearly half of the global Internet population log onto Facebook at least one time a month. Facebook ended the third quarter with 1.55 billion users. There are 3.3 billion Internet users worldwide, or 45% of the global population, reports Internet World Stats. More than 1 billion people log onto Facebook every day. In his quest to