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	<title>Michael K Dawson . com &#187; Trends</title>
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		<title>Google and Amazon &#8211; The Non Monoploy Monopolies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google and Amazon were both in the news this week.  Google announced earnings and redefined the definition of a stock split. Normally stock splits are good news for investors.  There were ecstatic tweets galore when the news hit.  The enthusiasm turned to confusion and eventually shareholder disappointment as the move became better understood.  There are [...]
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		<title>Apple Bulls are Flummoxed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that trees don&#8217;t grow to the sky.  However,  Apple&#8217;s  recent price performance is challenging that law of nature and has even the most passionate AAPL bulls nervous.  Barron&#8217;s captures the dilemma quite well: Apple shares of late have morphed from growth-stock darling to momentum darling.  In the span of the last five trading [...]
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		<title>Riding the Wave to Mobile Computing Wall Street Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January of 2007, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone.  As we now know, the iPhone wasn&#8217;t simply another cell phone.  Many now associate its introduction with the dawn of the mobile computing era.  Apple really threw down the gauntlet last week as it became the number one PC maker. Apple reported record quarterly sales of [...]
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		<title>Google Has a DNA Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2012/01/24/google-has-a-dna-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been expressing negative opinions on Google for awhile.   &#8220;Will Google be a Major Player in Mobile Computing?&#8221; &#8211; was one of the first ones back in April 2010.  In June of 2011, I threw down the gauntlet with RIM is Done &#8211; Who&#8217;s Next?  There have been many more.  While some may [...]
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		<title>Should Apple Make Nuance an Offer They Can&#8217;t Refuse?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2011/10/23/should-apple-make-nuance-an-offer-they-cant-refuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siri, Do you use Nuance technology? Siri:  &#8221;I could tell you, but I would have to kill you.&#8221; Apple didn&#8217;t utter Nuance&#8217;s name during the iPhone 4S event and Nuance isn&#8217;t saying squat.  That said, it is a known fact that Nuance provided the speech recognition engine for Siri before its 2010 acquisition by Apple. Assuming [...]
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		<title>Does Amazon Have an iPad Killer Up Its Sleeve?</title>
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		<title>RIM Is So Bad That It&#8217;s Good</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkdawson.com/2011/08/31/rim-is-so-bad-that-its-good/</link>
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		<title>Aruba Networks A&#8217;int Cisco Systems: Reasons Why I Listen to Earnings Calls</title>
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		<title>From Driving a Lamborghini to Steve Jobs Resignation: My 2 Cents on the Last Two Weeks in Tech</title>
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