A Look At MagicJack VocalTec's Current Valuation And Future Prospects [View article]
They would do a lot better if they would hire someone to rewrite their software for Windows and Android to be more friendly.
Their website hasn't been updated in years and continues to play the same annoying video over and over and over.....
On android you have to uninstall it to keep if from running. What's so hard about putting in an 'Exit' button and 'Load on startup' option like NORMAL software products do?
On Windows it puts a shortcut on the desktop no matter how many times you remove it and it's impossible to turn off the obnoxious annoying ads in the dialer.
What on earth is the point of making your apps ANNOYING. It's idiotic.
The person responsible should be fired and a replaced with someone with some sensibility. It's NOT hard to do.
It's a good product and a great value but it could grow a lot faster with some revamping that treats the customer with a little more respect.
"Our number one thing is supplying products to consumers," says Steve Ballmer (MSFT) in his latest interview. To justify his stance, Ballmer notes 65% of PC sales and 75% of Office usage involves consumers. BI's Jay Yarow doesn't like what he's hearing, given the pace at which consumer PC sales are being cannibalized. One could also point out Windows/Office ASPs are higher for enterprises, and that Microsoft's Server & Tools unit is enterprise-focused. Asked whether he's pleased with Surface sales, Ballmer would only say he's "super-glad [Microsoft] did Surface." [View news story]
there is no reason for consumers to pay for office
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to read Tesla Motors (TSLA) test ride data correctly or do you? The latest salvo in the Elon Musk vs. New York Times battle comes from The Atlantic which claims the Space X founder's passionate defense of the Tesla Model S and his accusations of journalistic impropriety at the NYT are off-base. The sideshow is taking attention off what matters: Are Tesla production numbers keeping pace with the brisk demand for the EV model? [View news story]
Apple (AAPL +2%) roundup: 1) A Chinese site reports an iPhone 6 sporting a 5" display is in the pipeline to go with a 4" iPhone 5S, and that the device could launch this year. 2) Macmillan has joined other publishers in settling with the DOJ over e-book price-fixing (previous). This leaves Apple fighting the DOJ by itself. 3) Apple's Indian sales, long a fraction of its Chinese sales, are starting to pick up with the help of aggressive marketing. 4) Former top Apple UI designer Bruce Tognazzini thinks an iWatch is just a matter of time. (iLounge rumors) [View news story]
wow magical amazing new idea next thing ya know they'll even invent a way to customize the home screen.
Reviewers (I, II, III) of Microsoft's (MSFT) Surface Pro often like the device more in theory than in practice. While praising its display and performance, and admitting the value of a tablet that can morph into a fully-fledged Windows notebook, the Pro's battery life (when used as a tablet), thickness (ditto), and storage (when used as a notebook) lead to generally muted reviews. Walt Mossberg: "Like many products that try to be two things at once, the new Surface Windows 8 Pro does neither as well as those designed for one function." Paging Tim Cook... (Surface RT) [View news story]
HBO (TWX +4.7%) vs. Netflix (NFLX +4.1%): Is streaming killing the pay-TV business model? Last year, HBO added 1.9M subscribers - just slightly below the 2M streaming customers Netflix brought into the fold. All told, several years into the Netflix threat, HBO still has 114M global subscribers, a mark that "dwarfs" its rival. (H/T media reporter Julia Boorstin) [View news story]
having to pay for 200 channels of crap to earn the "privelidge" of subscribing to HBO or Showtime is a business model that is going to go away. and the sooner the better.
A Nokia (NOK) Windows Phone with a 41MP image sensor (similar to that of the Symbian-based 808 PureView) will launch this summer in the U.S., sources tell The Guardian. A January report from The Verge claimed the phone will have an aluminum body and be sold by AT&T. If the report pans out, the phone should arrive around the same time as Samsung's Galaxy S IV, and just maybe an iPhone 5S. [View news story]
Apple's (AAPL +3.4%) sell-side fans are beginning to insist the company needs a bigger iPhone. Barclays' Ben Reitzes sees the market for smartphones with 5"+ displays growing to 230M units in 2015 from 27M in 2012, and thinks a large iPhone could boost ASPs by ~5% and 2014 EPS by $7. Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu offers a similar take. "We believe AAPL is leaving money on the table by not participating in larger touchscreen form factors." Wu adds he's seeing evidence of a strategy change in supplier checks. (Blodget) (Wozniak) [View news story]
a 4" phone is apple's idea of "innovation" in 2013? hilarious
"Apple absolutely has to make an iPhone with a bigger screen," iPhone 5 owner Henry Blodget declares. While Apple (AAPL +0.1%) insists on using relatively small display sizes to guarantee effective one-handed iPhone use, devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S III (4.8" display) make the iPhone 5 look "puny and sad in comparison." The iPhone 5's display size doesn't seem to be affecting its U.S. position much, as Strategy Analytics' numbers demonstrate, but international markets appear to be a different story. [View news story]
because mommy tim won't allow it
same reason you can't customize your home screen like you can on android.
"Office is friendlier and more economical than at any point in its history," writes Gizmodo's Sam Biddle, taking a positive view of Office 2013's (MSFT) feature-rich subscription options. Reviews of the productivity suite (I, II, III) are generally more positive than negative - its cloud services, touch support, and collaboration tools receive praise - but not everyone is convinced consumers should opt for a $100/year subscription instead of a $140 license, in spite of the extra features that come with the former. [View news story]
redmond... we have a problem the same sort of delusional thinking that brought you Surface
SALES OF WINDOWS RT DEVICES SAID TO BE LESS THAN 1 MILLION UNITS ("...Sales are now estimated to be around 400,000 units") http://bit.ly/XKa5MK
Caterpillar (CAT) says it’s considering “all options” to recover losses from the $580M false accounting fiasco at Siwei. In its conference call earlier today, Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman said CAT's aggressively looking into how it can hold those responsible to account for the “multiyear, coordinated accounting misconduct.” “We are not done,” Oberhelman says. CFO Brad Halverson adds: “When we put our own team in place, the way we operate, we get to the bottom of it.” Review the rest of the call here: CATEarnings Call Transcript. [View news story]
Misconduct is when you're dumb enough to be conned. Fire him.
"Apple's (AAPL) glory days are now behind it," said FBN's Shebly Seyrafi on Thursday morning with the stock at $450. On Sept. 13 - the day after the iPhone 5 launch and the shares at $680 - Seyrafi reiterated a Buy rating and boosted his price target to $1,000. (FBN now maintains an Outperform on Apple with a lowered target of $650.) [View news story]
because of the launch of the iphone5 OBVIOUSLY. wake up
Changewave's December North American smartphone survey is a little less favorable to Apple (AAPL) than usual. 50% of respondents planning on buying a smartphone over the next 90 days say they'll get an iPhone, down from 71% in September (the time of the iPhone 5 launch). A year ago, that number fell to 54% from 65%. 21% say they'll get a Samsung (SSNLF.PK) phone, up from 13% in September. Also, 27% want a phone with a 5" or larger screen. The iPhone's U.S. share is easily higher than its share in most international markets. (previous) [View news story]
why does anybody buy that silly small outdated thing?
Apple (AAPL) has cut iPhone 5 component orders for calendar Q1 due to weaker-than-expected demand, sources tell the WSJ; display orders are said to be cut by ~50%. The Nikkeialso claims display orders have been halved, albeit from an elevated level of 65M. The articles back up analyst reports of iPhone production and component order cuts, and raise the question of whether Apple needs a cheaper iPhone and/or one with a larger display to bolster its international share. Suppliers on watch: LPL, CRUS, OVTI, QCOM, BRCM, SWKS, TQNT, AVGO. [View news story]
iphone5 = too little too late too boring too expensive
OF COURSE they need a bigger phone but they're too busy with idiotic lawsuits over bogus patents to deal with it.
A Look At MagicJack VocalTec's Current Valuation And Future Prospects [View article]
Their website hasn't been updated in years and continues to play the same annoying video over and over and over.....
On android you have to uninstall it to keep if from running. What's so hard about putting in an 'Exit' button and 'Load on startup' option like NORMAL software products do?
On Windows it puts a shortcut on the desktop no matter how many times you remove it and it's impossible to turn off the obnoxious annoying ads in the dialer.
What on earth is the point of making your apps ANNOYING.
It's idiotic.
The person responsible should be fired and a replaced with someone with some sensibility. It's NOT hard to do.
It's a good product and a great value but it could grow a lot faster with some revamping that treats the customer with a little more respect.
"Our number one thing is supplying products to consumers," says Steve Ballmer (MSFT) in his latest interview. To justify his stance, Ballmer notes 65% of PC sales and 75% of Office usage involves consumers. BI's Jay Yarow doesn't like what he's hearing, given the pace at which consumer PC sales are being cannibalized. One could also point out Windows/Office ASPs are higher for enterprises, and that Microsoft's Server & Tools unit is enterprise-focused. Asked whether he's pleased with Surface sales, Ballmer would only say he's "super-glad [Microsoft] did Surface." [View news story]
This Is Why Microsoft Needs Nokia [View article]
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to read Tesla Motors (TSLA) test ride data correctly or do you? The latest salvo in the Elon Musk vs. New York Times battle comes from The Atlantic which claims the Space X founder's passionate defense of the Tesla Model S and his accusations of journalistic impropriety at the NYT are off-base. The sideshow is taking attention off what matters: Are Tesla production numbers keeping pace with the brisk demand for the EV model? [View news story]
Apple (AAPL +2%) roundup: 1) A Chinese site reports an iPhone 6 sporting a 5" display is in the pipeline to go with a 4" iPhone 5S, and that the device could launch this year. 2) Macmillan has joined other publishers in settling with the DOJ over e-book price-fixing (previous). This leaves Apple fighting the DOJ by itself. 3) Apple's Indian sales, long a fraction of its Chinese sales, are starting to pick up with the help of aggressive marketing. 4) Former top Apple UI designer Bruce Tognazzini thinks an iWatch is just a matter of time. (iLounge rumors) [View news story]
magical
amazing new idea
next thing ya know they'll even invent a way to customize the home screen.
Reviewers (I, II, III) of Microsoft's (MSFT) Surface Pro often like the device more in theory than in practice. While praising its display and performance, and admitting the value of a tablet that can morph into a fully-fledged Windows notebook, the Pro's battery life (when used as a tablet), thickness (ditto), and storage (when used as a notebook) lead to generally muted reviews. Walt Mossberg: "Like many products that try to be two things at once, the new Surface Windows 8 Pro does neither as well as those designed for one function." Paging Tim Cook... (Surface RT) [View news story]
HBO (TWX +4.7%) vs. Netflix (NFLX +4.1%): Is streaming killing the pay-TV business model? Last year, HBO added 1.9M subscribers - just slightly below the 2M streaming customers Netflix brought into the fold. All told, several years into the Netflix threat, HBO still has 114M global subscribers, a mark that "dwarfs" its rival. (H/T media reporter Julia Boorstin) [View news story]
A Nokia (NOK) Windows Phone with a 41MP image sensor (similar to that of the Symbian-based 808 PureView) will launch this summer in the U.S., sources tell The Guardian. A January report from The Verge claimed the phone will have an aluminum body and be sold by AT&T. If the report pans out, the phone should arrive around the same time as Samsung's Galaxy S IV, and just maybe an iPhone 5S. [View news story]
Apple's (AAPL +3.4%) sell-side fans are beginning to insist the company needs a bigger iPhone. Barclays' Ben Reitzes sees the market for smartphones with 5"+ displays growing to 230M units in 2015 from 27M in 2012, and thinks a large iPhone could boost ASPs by ~5% and 2014 EPS by $7. Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu offers a similar take. "We believe AAPL is leaving money on the table by not participating in larger touchscreen form factors." Wu adds he's seeing evidence of a strategy change in supplier checks. (Blodget) (Wozniak) [View news story]
"Apple absolutely has to make an iPhone with a bigger screen," iPhone 5 owner Henry Blodget declares. While Apple (AAPL +0.1%) insists on using relatively small display sizes to guarantee effective one-handed iPhone use, devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S III (4.8" display) make the iPhone 5 look "puny and sad in comparison." The iPhone 5's display size doesn't seem to be affecting its U.S. position much, as Strategy Analytics' numbers demonstrate, but international markets appear to be a different story. [View news story]
same reason you can't customize your home screen like you can on android.
"Office is friendlier and more economical than at any point in its history," writes Gizmodo's Sam Biddle, taking a positive view of Office 2013's (MSFT) feature-rich subscription options. Reviews of the productivity suite (I, II, III) are generally more positive than negative - its cloud services, touch support, and collaboration tools receive praise - but not everyone is convinced consumers should opt for a $100/year subscription instead of a $140 license, in spite of the extra features that come with the former. [View news story]
the same sort of delusional thinking that brought you Surface
SALES OF WINDOWS RT DEVICES SAID TO BE LESS THAN 1 MILLION UNITS
("...Sales are now estimated to be around 400,000 units")
http://bit.ly/XKa5MK
Caterpillar (CAT) says it’s considering “all options” to recover losses from the $580M false accounting fiasco at Siwei. In its conference call earlier today, Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman said CAT's aggressively looking into how it can hold those responsible to account for the “multiyear, coordinated accounting misconduct.” “We are not done,” Oberhelman says. CFO Brad Halverson adds: “When we put our own team in place, the way we operate, we get to the bottom of it.” Review the rest of the call here: CAT Earnings Call Transcript. [View news story]
"Apple's (AAPL) glory days are now behind it," said FBN's Shebly Seyrafi on Thursday morning with the stock at $450. On Sept. 13 - the day after the iPhone 5 launch and the shares at $680 - Seyrafi reiterated a Buy rating and boosted his price target to $1,000. (FBN now maintains an Outperform on Apple with a lowered target of $650.) [View news story]
Changewave's December North American smartphone survey is a little less favorable to Apple (AAPL) than usual. 50% of respondents planning on buying a smartphone over the next 90 days say they'll get an iPhone, down from 71% in September (the time of the iPhone 5 launch). A year ago, that number fell to 54% from 65%. 21% say they'll get a Samsung (SSNLF.PK) phone, up from 13% in September. Also, 27% want a phone with a 5" or larger screen. The iPhone's U.S. share is easily higher than its share in most international markets. (previous) [View news story]
Apple (AAPL) has cut iPhone 5 component orders for calendar Q1 due to weaker-than-expected demand, sources tell the WSJ; display orders are said to be cut by ~50%. The Nikkei also claims display orders have been halved, albeit from an elevated level of 65M. The articles back up analyst reports of iPhone production and component order cuts, and raise the question of whether Apple needs a cheaper iPhone and/or one with a larger display to bolster its international share. Suppliers on watch: LPL, CRUS, OVTI, QCOM, BRCM, SWKS, TQNT, AVGO. [View news story]
OF COURSE they need a bigger phone but they're too
busy with idiotic lawsuits over bogus patents to deal with it.