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GoPro stock crashes on holiday sales, profit warning

GoPro (GPRO) stock veered onto a double black diamond ski path after the close Wednesday and after the action camera maker issued a sales and profit warning for the holiday quarter. GoPro plummeted 23% to near 11 in after-hours trading following the announcement. It ended the regular trading session Wednesday up a fraction to 14.61, but it’s been skidding downhill as growth has slowed. GoPro went public at 24 in June 2014 and hit a record high of

Drones At CES: Beyond Just Bird’s-Eye-View Footage

GoPro (GPRO) has only teased the existence of its upcoming Karma quadcopter, but the category has significantly expanded at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year. And the drones’ capabilities now go far beyond simply gathering bird’s-eye-view footage. ByRobot’s Petrone drones, mini “robots,” can battle with each other using infrared transmitters and an app that turns a smartphone into a remote control. The five-year-old Korea-based company

GoPro’s Karma drone could support 360-degree video camera

GoPro (GPRO) may have designed its flying-camera drone, due out next year, to hold a 360-degree camera for shooting virtual reality videos. Tech news site The Verge on Wednesday speculated that a 360-degree or spherical video camera could be the “killer feature” of GoPro’s drone, branded Karma. Reporter Sean O’Kane based his theory on an analysis of a teaser video for Karma that GoPro posted this month and comments by GoPro CEO Nick Woodman about