Tech Runners: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is harnessing satellites and other technology as part of an ambitious effort to provide Internet connectivity to people in underdeveloped and unreachable parts of the world. The world’s No. 1 social network said on Thursday it has hired aerospace and communications experts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and its Ames Research Center for the new “Connectivity Lab” project. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 0.97% in last session and finished the day at $60.97. Traded volume was 112.65million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 59.00million shares. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) insider ownership is 0.60%.

Shares of Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) were the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of January. As of March 14th, there was short interest totaling 53,257,255 shares, a growth of 14.4% from the February 28th total of 46,572,761 shares, ARN reports. Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) dropped -3.66 percent to $4.47 Thursday on volume of 55.46million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $4.36 to $4.63. Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) has a market capitalization of $3.92billion.

Cisco Systems released security updates for its IOS software used on routers, switches and other networking gear in order to fix seven vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to impact the performance of affected devices or force them to reboot. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)’s stock on Mar 27, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.34% to the closing price of $22.02. Its fifty two weeks range is $19.98 -$26.49. The total market capitalization recorded $113.43billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 52.15million shares. In its share capital, CSCO has 5.29billion outstanding shares.

BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY), a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that BlackBerry(R) 10 has become the first mobility solution to receive Full Operational Capability (FOC) to run on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). On Thursday, shares of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) dropped -1.20% to close the day at $9.05. Company return on investment (ROI) is -8.45% and its monthly performance is recorded as -12.39%. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) quarterly revenue growth is 17.08%.