Small-cap companies like Synaptics (SYNA) and Blucora (BCOR) generally move and grow faster than their larger peers, positioning them to thrive in the quickly changing tech world. Today’s Screen Of The Day is Small-Cap Leaders, with a focus on tech companies Synaptics, Blucora, OpenTable (OPEN) and Arris Group (ARRS). Synaptics, a provider of touch-screen technology used in smartphones and tablets, said Wednesday that Google (GOOG) selected its
Google is the latest consumer tech company to use Best Buy stores as an official vendor showcase for its products. The Web search leader has set up display tables and endcaps staffed with Google employees in 750 large-format Best Buy stores, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly said Tuesday on a conference call with analysts. Google (GOOG) will operate the displays during the holiday season to show off its Android tablets, Chromebook notebooks and Chromecast streaming video players. “Google’s hardware business is expanding and there’s a lot of interesting product innovation with the Chromebook, Chromecast and Nexus tablets,” Joly said. “Strategically what we’ve all seen is how meaningful Best Buy (BBY) is as a platform for these vendor partners, because we’re the only place of scale that can showcase the fruit of their billions of dollars in technology investment. And the ability of the customers to touch and feel these products …
Google’s (GOOG) Shopping Express service on Monday added Costco Wholesale (COST) to the growing list of retailers whose products are available for same-day delivery to San Francisco and the S.F. Peninsula area. Google launched the same-day delivery service for that market on Sept. 25., following a six-month test period. Google launched its program with such retailers as Walgreen (WAG), Whole Foods (WFM) and local retailers. Users order through