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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Nokia (NYSE:NOK): A Fit or a Disaster?

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Andrew Montero
– June 6, 2011
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By Andrew Montero

In the past week, Nokia lowered its forecast and expectations for the coming quarters as well as full year.  Since then, the stock has been steadily spiraling downward aggressively and losing even more value. Nokia put out guidance that sales at its devices and services division in the second quarter would fall below its forecast range of $8.9 billion because it is selling fewer handsets at lower prices than previous expectations.  Analysts feel the miss could be by as much of a margin as 20%. The company totally discarded its guidance for the rest of the year. Nokia’s ADR shares, which closed Friday at $6.66, have shed 35% in value since the start of 2011 and are trading around their 13 year low, giving it a market capitalization of about $ 24 billion. The balance sheet for Nokia is in pretty good shape; however the company could quickly burn through cash during its current transitionary period.

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KOAT Talk Radio Tonight: Discussion on Media/Technology Acquisitions:MSFT, SIRI, LINTA, DISH

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king1
– May 10, 2011
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By Relmor Demitrius

Recent media and technology company acquisitions are presenting  interesting possibilities for the future.  Do you questions about what this future may look like?  What direction these companies may have?  What plans does Microsoft have for Skype?  Did they over pay?  Do you think Pandora has a future?  What plans does Dish have for Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI)?  Please join the King of All Trades staff for another round of talk radio.  We will air for 2 hours starting at 9 PM eastern time.  The show is accessible at the following link:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kingofalltrades/2011/05/11/king-of-all-trades-finanical-information.
Callers welcome at (323) 784-9623.

There will be on air experts in the media industry, specifically Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) as usual.

Some new and exciting happenings are going on in the media/technology/communication sectors.  Steve Garcia, our media and technology expert will field any and all questions on Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) acquisition of Skype, Dish Networks (NASDAQ:DISH) recent activity, or Liberty Media’s (NASDAQ:LINTA) as well.

Callers are welcome for all stock market and economic topics of discussion or about any individual trades or investments.

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Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) Quietly Mounting Improving Internet Radio Campaign

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Andrew Montero
– April 21, 2011
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As Sirius XM reached a new post economic collapse high over the course of Thursday April 21st trading activity, closing at $ 1.93 a share, I was searching for a reason for the recent upward momentum. Upon doing so I was surprised to find that ZUNE marketplace, the counter from Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) to Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App store, has an application which was released on April 1st and updated on April 14th, that allows Windows 7 phone users who subscribe to premium Sirius XM internet to listen to their Sirius XM internet service thru their Windows 7 phone. The application has terrific graphics that are very similar to the XMp3 display graphics.  The application has over 100 Sirius XM stations available to listen to on your phone. It also allows you to tag your favorite stations and create a short list just like the online player. There is a trial version of the application and then a full version which costs .99 cents.

After listening to the trial version, I immediately purchased the full version because it sounded that good. I can now listen to my XM satellite radio service in my car, on my XMP3, on my laptop or desktop and on my Windows 7 phone, which I always have on me as most people do. The sound was exceptionally better than I had expected compared to the sound quality I had with my previous Blackberry phone and the Blackberry app for Sirius XM.  It seems quite obvious that Sirius XM is mounting a big push and adding both value and ease of operation with their internet version of the service and applications like this to make your Sirius or XM internet radio easily portable without the need for proprietary equipment, though the internet service does not have as many channels as the satellite service, it still provides over 100 channels of diverse music, talk, comedy, entertainment and sports related content. This Windows 7 application is more than worth the .99 cents it costs and I suggest folks check it out.

Disclosure: Long Siri and no position in AAPL or MSFT

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Microsoft Software Continues To Bore

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Gino Lattarulo
– March 28, 2010
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)  is in the beginning stages of testing their Internet Explorer 9 web browser for a probable final release in 2011.
Just for a hoot I decided to download the pre-beta version to get a glimpse of what may be in the cards for the latest and, ah, greatest release from Mr. Softie.

If you haven’t yet recognized my distaste for Internet Explorer versions Five through Eight, let me elaborate in detail… I think they suck.  Especially IE Seven. It crashes too much and pops up the  useless “send error report” message.  It forces the Bing toolbar on you like there was a gun to your head.  It clutters the Favorites folder with pre-loaded links.  It is so slow that you can go get a hair cut in the time it takes to load a page (I’ve done it), and installing version 7.0 or 8.0 on Windows XP holds every poor soul hostage to the constant “Security Warning” tool bar pop ups, making any sane person want to fly out to Redmond and punch someone in the nose.

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At The Threshold: A New Global Media Era

By
king1
– January 15, 2010
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By Relmor Demitrius -

Terrestrial radio.  Broadcast TV.  Newsprint circulations.  If people heard it, saw it, or read it, they did it through these 3 mediums only a short time ago.  Today is a much different age.  People have access to information now through a vast array of additional avenues once thought to be impossible.  The internet, Smart Phones, laptop computers, satellite television and radio, cable TV,  and even the Kindle are allowing the distribution of information in a way that is becoming harder and harder for the old media companies to compete against.  When Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) purchased NBC Universal, it was a shot heard around the country.  Is this the end of broadcast TV?  The content of networks like HBO, Showtime, CNN, ESPN, and hundreds of other cable and satellite TV channels has erased the necessity of these media distribution systems to HAVE TO CARRY the big 3.  Comcast now has leverage in the media community.  Charge more for NBC, we’ll charge more for CBS.  Charge more for CBS, we will deny you complete coverage of all the NBC stations and content.  Disney bought ABC, Lifetime, ESPN and A&E for a reason.  Collaboration of content.  ABC, FOX, and CBS launched cable and “satellite only” shows to add content power, and create demand from its fans for their shows, and station formats.  The battle is on. 

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