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The Associated Press made a historic announcement this week that it would be using automation technology to write company earnings reports. Many are asserting that this decision indicates that another middle-class job is being replaced by technology, that writers will soon be taken...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) spent a fair amount of money to ensure the success of Mario Kart 8. The company spent $2.8 million on national TV ads during the first four months of the year (January 1 through April 30, 2014). Nintendo spent an additional $9.7 million during the following two months (May 1...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) surprised investors Tuesday by reporting one percent year-over-year sales growth for the month of June, while Wall Street predicted a 6.6 percent decline. Despite almost 27 million vehicles recalled, sales pressed higher. Benzinga spoke to Henrietta Treyz of Height...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are likely to spend more money promoting their new game consoles in 2014. For the first five months of the year, Sony dominated the airwaves, spending $59 million to advertise the PlayStation brand across 24 different TV networks. Microsoft spent $...

The Associated Press announced Monday that it will begin using automated technology to write company earnings reports next month. A vast amount of reporters' time and resources is spent on producing approximately 300 earnings reports each quarter, AP Managing Editor Lou Ferrera said in a...

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has provided ESPN and BBC Live with a massive boost in online video traffic, but these gains may not be monetized to their full potential. "I haven't seen the golden road where everything is done seamless in a way that's both non-intrusive and you still get...

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has become a temporary cure for ratings blues. On any normal day, ESPN's live video streams account for roughly 0.2 percent of all domestic video streams. In the United Kingdom, BBC Live accounts for roughly 0.8 percent of all video streams. When Portugal took on the United...

Contrary to the hype, smartwatches are not guaranteed to take over the world. The market could be important, but with only a couple million units sold each year, this is far from a billion-dollar industry. Analysts believe that it will become a billion-dollar industry, which is why they are...

Who will win the battle for streaming TV domination? In a broader sense, the trophy has already gone to Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Both companies sold more than 80 million units of their last game consoles, which also function as media streaming devices. However, when game...

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) upcoming smartphone has been heavily criticized by leery analysts, but its primary feature could help the company persevere. "With the Fire Phone, the most interesting thing for me was the Firefly button," Juniper Research analyst Steffen Sorrell told...

As part of of the ”Rise of the Rest” road tour, Detroit-based Stik.com received a $100,000 check from former AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Steve Case. “Rise of the Rest” is a four-day, four-city bus tour put on by UP Global, Revolution and Google for Entrepreneurs. It features pitch competitions by local...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made a number of announcements regarding Android Wear, Android TV and Android Auto this week, but cross-compatibility remains an issue for external devices. "Do you have to buy into all of these pieces to have a good experience, or can you pick and choose?"...

Shares of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) may not initially benefit from Android Wear, but the stock could tumble if the new OS isn't promoted this week. "If Google does not launch Android Wear OS and…smartwatches, then the stock goes down," Trip Chowdhry, Managing...

How important is it for a business -- young or old, small or large -- to have a great app?   According to AppDynamics, all companies must build the best app possible or risk losing customers. "When something doesn't work, they [consumers] just don't use it," Tom Levey,...

On Wednesday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced its first smartphone design with Dynamic Perspective and Firefly technologies. Amid the release, concerns over other Amazon technologies and pricing become apparent. Fire Smartphone Specs The Fire smartphone has a 4.7-inch screen, 2GB RAM,...