Top Tech Companies To Buy For 2014

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB  ) Home is out, and it's the latest company to take control of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) open-source Android software. This highlights a challenge for Google, which has lost control of Android in many ways. It may even provide an opportunity for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) . Erin Miller sat down with Fool contributor Travis Hoium to see why he thinks Facebook Home may be good for Apple.�

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Top Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: General Mining Corporation Limited (GMM.AX)

General Mining Corporation Limited engages in the exploration and assessment of mineral exploration projects in Australia and Mongolia. It primarily explores for gold, base metals, coal, potash, iron, lithium, copper, nickel, uranium, lead, zinc, silver, and manganese ores. The company holds interest in the Shoemaker iron ore project, the Eyre and Veevers iron-oxide-copper-gold projects, the Black Hill project, and the Mercury Hill and Chesterfield gold projects in Australia. It also has an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Mt Success gold project, which is located in Western Australia. In addition, the company owns interest in the Uvs Basin, Khangai Fault, and Oyut Tolgoi projects situated in Mongolia. General Mining Corporation Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in Burswood, Australia.

Top Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: (TCS.NS)

Tata Consultancy Services Limited provides information technology (IT) services, business solutions, and outsourcing services primarily in the Americas, Europe, and India. The company offers IT services, including custom application development and management, migration and re-engineering, system integration, testing, and performance engineering; and IT infrastructure services comprising IT service desk, data center and end user computing services, application management services, managed security services, converged network services, enterprise system management, IT service management, and transformation solutions. It also provides enterprise solutions consisting of supply chain and customer relationship management, as well as RFID, call management, Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP; and consulting services. In addition, the company offers business process outsourcing services; platform BPO solutions; business intelligence and performance management; engineering and industrial s ervices; assurance services; asset leveraged solutions; and eco-sustainability services, as well as various services to small and medium businesses. Further, it provides various software products, which include financial solutions under TCS BaNCS brand name; technology products; and other products for enterprises in the insurance, health, and life science industries. The company serves banking and financial services, energy, resources, utilities, government, health care and life sciences, high tech, insurance, manufacturing, media and information services, retail and consumer products, telecom, travel, transportation, and hospitality industries. It has strategic partnership with Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, EMC, Google Enterprise, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, NetApp, RIM, and SAP, as well as with JDA Software Group, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Xerox Corporation. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Mumbai, India. Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Hesler]

  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) belongs to the Tata Group, which is widely respected in India for adhering to business ethics and consistent notable performance. The Mumbai-based TCS is one of the frontline software companies in India. This software giant with a turnover of over US$ 1.50 billion has been in operation since 1968 and has facilities in 34 countries across the globe.

  TCS has delivered excellent results for four consecutive quarters during the financial year 2009-10. Tata Consultancy Services announced that the net profit rose by 50.1 per cent to Rs 2,001 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2010.

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