Richard Atkins

Richard Atkins is a senior contributor at Tech Insider covering online media, online travel, and video games. Richard has been with Tech Insider covering companies in these industries since 2011 and has authored numerous industry reports, including "Internet Video: Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street," "The Next Leg of Online Travel," and "Pwned: How Casual Games Changed The Gaming Landscape." Atkins was recognized as the No. 2 stock picker and earnings estimator in the 2011 Financial Times / StarMine Internet & Catalog Retail category and was ranked in the 2010 Wall Street Journal "Best On The Street" for the Leisure Goods & Services category.

Stock News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires An Analytics Provider

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has made yet another acquisition. Satya Nadella led company has purchased Analytics provider HockeyApp. HockeyApp is a company which helps app developers with anaytics and distribution. Microsoft has been increasingly leaning to be a mobile-first, cloud-first company and this acquisition proves to be another step in the same direction. HockeyApp is a…

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