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World Cup 2014 Breaks Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Records

Brazil’s World Cup was the biggest social media event on record involving 350 million Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) users worldwide, the company claimed today, as Facebook makes strides into the so-called “real-time” market dominated by Twitter. People increasingly are using social networking to comment on global events seen on television, like the month-long soccer tournament won by Germany on Sunday. Figures obtained from sources have … Continue reading World Cup 2014 Breaks Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Records

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) would comply with European Court Ruling

In light of the recent European court ruling, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has started removing some search results in the European Union. This was as a result of people requesting for the “right to be forgotten”. Google has received more than 41,000 requests, and each request is being handled individually and assessed in a timely manner. Google is now offering a tool that allows users to … Continue reading Active Stock: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) would comply with European Court Ruling

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Stock in News: Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) joins SupplierPay Program

Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is one of the 26 businesses which have joined the government’s new SupplierPay initiative. The program is similar to the already existing “QuickPay” initiative, which makes sure federal employers pay contractors in a reasonable amount of time. The “SupplierPay” program, the White House says, is intended to be “private-sector counterpart” to QuickPay. Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is not the only large … Continue reading Stock in News: Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) joins SupplierPay Program

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock:EU Begins Questioning Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Rivals Over WhatsApp Deal

European Union antitrust officials have started questioning rival firms about Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB)’s proposed $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp, ahead of a formal review that could be a test case for how to apply EU competition law to social media. Officials at the European Commission, the EU’s central competition authority, have in recent weeks sent detailed questionnaires to several technology and online-messaging … Continue reading Active Stock:EU Begins Questioning Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Rivals Over WhatsApp Deal

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Top Movers: Yelp Files Complaint Against Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Search in Europe

Coming off case where Google (NASDAQ GOOG) eliminated critical blog post of big bank executive, Yelp says Google playing favorites in search results to benefit its own companies, partnerships against EU guidelines. Among Google’s first moves after being required to delist certain “irrelevant” search results was to remove a posting critical of a large bank executive for his role in the 2008 mortgage derivatives crisis. … Continue reading Top Movers: Yelp Files Complaint Against Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Search in Europe

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Quitting Facebook (NASDAQ FB) for 99 Days can make you happy

A Dutch nonprofit initiative is calling on users to conduct their own Facebook (NASDAQ FB) mood experiment by quitting the site for 99 days and taking periodic happiness surveys to see whether they’re better off without it. The idea that started as a humorous undertone inside a small European advertising agency regarding Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB)’s emotional manipulation study and content alteration blossomed into a … Continue reading Stock in News: Quitting Facebook (NASDAQ FB) for 99 Days can make you happy

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