. >>> joining us right now to talk about technology and where he thinks it's headed is chuck kamarez, senior technology expert at maxim up. welcome back. >> thank you. >> all three that reported night missed on the top line. they were light on revenue. does that worry you? >> no, i think these are cyclical trends. the technology companies are faced with the macroeconomic climate which is weak across the developed markets. and they're continuing to slow down including pcs and smartphones. and the service side of the business i think we are seeing hesitancy among the large corporate accounts. so it's more cyclical in nature than secular. >> you know, this has been a tough time for technology companies, technology earnings. and there are so many changes happening in the technology space. and you see a company like apple once, you know, the darling of the tech sector. now it's, you know, kind of a broken company, so to speak. what is it, shook, that defines what makes a winner in the technology space versus an also ran? >> absolutely. going back to the apple story, i think the company's m