Author: 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.
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Looking To Come Up With A Smartphone?

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) may be planning a deal with Samsung to come up with a new smartphone, according to reports from The Korean Herald and The Korea Times (via 9to5Google). It seems that the social networking company has not retired its quest of launching a phone even after failing in its previous effort with HTC. Facebook is seeing potential in the smartphone business and … Continue reading Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Looking To Come Up With A Smartphone?

Richard Atkins
Biotech Finance News
BioTech, Finance

Biotech Stock News: Alnylam Jumps on Positive Patisiran Data

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc (ALNY) revealed encouraging initial results from an ongoing phase II open-label extension study (n=27) on one of its most important pipeline candidates, patisiran (ALN-TTR02). The stock soared almost 19% following the announcement. Patisiran, one of the most advanced candidates at Alnylam, is a subcutaneously administrated ribo nucleic acid interference (RNAi) therapeutic being developed for the treatment of transthyretin (TTR)-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR) in … Continue reading Biotech Stock News: Alnylam Jumps on Positive Patisiran Data

Richard Atkins
Finance, Software

Bitcoin News: A Look At The Campaign Launched Against BitLicense

Digital rights advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is supporting privacy, free speech and innovation through a new email campaign opposing New York’s proposed BitLicense. The EFF has crafted a pre-written letter for supporters to sign and send to the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and its leading supervisor, Superintendent Ben Lawsky. The letter argues that premature regulation stifles innovation, and that … Continue reading Bitcoin News: A Look At The Campaign Launched Against BitLicense

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Update: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Looking To Break Language Barriers

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is bringing the world of Star Trek closer to reality with its mind-blowing real-time translation tool that it intends to be used through Skype. To demonstrate the new Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) technology, Quest spoke to a Microsoft engineer. He spoke English while the engineer who worked on translation technology at the technology giant spoke German. It was Skype that bridged … Continue reading Stock Update: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Looking To Break Language Barriers

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Apple Stock AAPL
Finance, Mobile

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Stock News: What Can We Expect From Apple Stock In The Coming Months

Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is scheduled to release its next earnings report on Monday after closing bell. Wall Street already has its hopes up. The company set a new record for iPhone sales over launch weekend, and all indications are that Apple is heading for a blockbuster earnings report. But will the company manage to beat even the loftiest of expectations on Wall Street? On … Continue reading Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Stock News: What Can We Expect From Apple Stock In The Coming Months

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Market Impact Due To Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Earnings

After higher expenses and slightly slower growth in advertising, resulting in disappointing earnings, Google (NASDAQ GOOG) is trading down fractionally while the benchmark Nasdaq Composite stock index was trading up 1.45 percent in early morning trade. After the bell yesterday, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) reported third quarter revenue of $16.52 billion, down slightly from the street’s expectation of $16.58 billion in total revenue. Net income … Continue reading Stock in News: Market Impact Due To Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Earnings

Richard Atkins