Evan Niu, CFA

The software giant reduces the price of its Surface RT tablets by $150, putting it closer to the iPad Mini's price point. Still, Apple's smaller tablet will still come out ahead.

Is this meaningful, or just another movement?

Is this meaningful, or just another movement?

One analyst thinks BlackBerry's move to make its popular BBM messaging platform free and cross-platform makes the struggling smartphone maker a screaming buy.

In the wake of the Great Recession, there's been a renewed push for tech giants to bring jobs home. Some have made moves to do just that in order to earn political brownie points among patriots, but ultimately a lot of those jobs may never come back to the good old U.S. of A.

The un-carrier just unveiled a new upgrade program, but the devil is in the details. Jump isn't as good of a deal as it sounds like, since the alternative way of upgrading frequently is cheaper.

The Mac maker may be facing some challenges with its Retina iPad Mini, potentially delaying the device's launch until 2014. That would ruin Apple's tablet prospects this holiday shopping season.

There's one important consequence of Apple's skyrocketing cash position: increased interest rate risk. With the Fed planning to ease its way out of the bond market, Apple cash investments could be at risk.

Microsoft may be about to get another prominent smartphone vendor in its corner as Windows Phone continues to gain traction in the market. Will LG release a device running Windows Phone 8?

Google's Nexus 7 has been on market for almost exactly a year, which means that upgraded models should launch any day. Unlike rivals, Google hasn't discounted its tablet ahead of the refresh, though.

No. 3 wireless carrier is reaffirming its bet on unlimited data plans, even though that may potentially cap its future revenue upside.

After a handful of other tablet players have cut prices, Microsoft is about to follow suit by discounting its Surface RT. Sales have been off to a modest start, and $500 was simply too high to begin with.

Apple is notorious for imposing hefty purchase commitments on its carrier partners. The largest domestic carrier may be having trouble keeping up with its iPhone obligations.

Is this meaningful, or just another movement?

Even though Google's Motorola subsidiary continues to bleed hundreds of millions of dollars per quarter, the search giant may be about to make a big marketing push for its new Moto X flagship device.

Up until now, there were numerous signs that Chromebooks weren't moving the needle in the laptop market. However, within the low end, Chromebooks are actually starting to take off.

Zynga's importance to Facebook's business has continued to shrink in recent years. Once upon a time, this might have been bad for Facebook's gaming platform, but that's not the case anymore.

Gartner and IDC now both agree that HP has lost its top dog status in the PC market to China's Lenovo. The PC market is still soft, but it just posted a modest improvement from last quarter.

There's a growing body of evidence to support the theory that Apple has indeed partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor for chip manufacturing. Does TSMC's record month mean anything?

Is this meaningful, or just another movement?