Motorola’s Problems Can Be Summed Up in a Word: iPhone

After 80 years of tech achievements, Motorola has run into a nemesis unlike others it has overcome in the past. And it’s not for lack of trying. Even as Motorola restructures and launches new products, it keeps getting upstaged…

ETFs in 2010: The Winners, the Losers and the Warnings

The investment world’s love affair with ETFs continued in 2010, as more than 1,000 funds managed assets of $940 billion. Here’s a review of the best and the worst performers, and a few reminders about how to use these investmen…

Gap Test Drives Apple’s iPhone Point-of-Sale System

I’m a big admirer of the sleek point-of-sale system that allows Apple Store employees to run credit card transactions on iPhones or iPod Touch devices. Now, Apple is going to offer its POS system to other retailers, a move that…

Apple iPad Steals Market Share from Amazon Kindle

As the market for electronic book readers has grown, Apple’s iPad has been pulling e-reader market share away from Amazon.com’s Kindle, according to a new report from ChangeWave Research. The Kindle’s market share has slipped t…