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Big Data’s Holy Grail: Analyzing Your Facebook Posts

A few of the largest and oldest tech firms may finally get a shot at beating the upstarts in the fast-growing data analytics software market. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Oracle (ORCL) and others are armed with software to tackle what is becoming a growing concern and a big pain for companies: how to derive useful information from the reams of social media conversations, e-mail and other unstructured data on the Internet. The old tech giants have been

Apple could quadruple its total addressable market by 2020

Apple (AAPL) could quadruple its total addressable market over the next five years as it expands into new markets, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty said in a bullish research report Monday. Huberty reiterated her outperform rating on Apple (AAPL)stock and raised her price target to 160 from 133. She said Apple needs to be evaluated as a “platform company,” rather than a tech hardware firm. Other tech platform companies include Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB), she said. Microsoft (MSFT) and Oracle (ORCL) also fit that bill, she points out.

Oracle Challenges Spark Caution; Estimates Lowered

Investors might want to take a more critical look at Oracle (ORCL) as the company continues to work through its transition from selling software licenses to a subscription cloud model. That’s the message from Steve Koenig, an analyst for Wedbush Securities, who on Thursday lowered his earnings and revenue estimates for this year and next year, citing uncertain currency issues and “cautious assumptions” for software and hardware support sales. He