Whether from respect or faith, Apple’s market value remains unaffected by Jobs’ death

Trigger-happy investors have historically been prone to trading on Apple whenever news about its head honcho, Steve Jobs, arose. But in the wake of his death yesterday, shares of Apple have only risen 1.5 percent as of 7:30 a.m. today, …

Plantronics headset lets you tweet with voice commands

Plantronics is announcing a smartphone headset today that lets you tweet or update your Facebook status with voice commands.

The Plantronics Marque M155 uses the Vocalyst voice service to post to Facebook or Twitter, send emails or text messages, or …

Zillow, Pandora only fresh IPOs to outlast market slip

Continued uncertainty about financial stability in Europe and a government deadlock in the United States struck publicly-traded equities on Thursday, sending the tech-heavy NASDAQ index down 3.3 percent and below a technical level of support that might indicate future weakness.…

Updated: Fresh IPOs stumble amid market tantrum. Is the IPO window closed?

It’s day two of complete market mayhem. Has the chaos closed the window for companies looking to file for an initial public offering?

As of market close, the NASDAQ composite index was down nearly 7 percent for the day. This …

Will tech stocks — and Zynga’s IPO — survive this week’s market bloodbath?

Stock market investors are in a bloodbath. But technology stocks in the past few months have been relatively protected. There was even talk of a “bubble.” Now, recent market activity has sent investors running from equities into safer investments like …

Quora explains why Bitcoins are a bad idea

Investing in and using Bitcoins, a digital currency that can be transferred directly from person to person through the Internet, is a particularly bad idea because it is unstable and is being used as a speculative vehicle. That’s the consensus …