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.
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Breaking News: Ericsson Files Lawsuit Against Apple (NASDAQ AAPL)

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) has got part of another lawsuit. The lawsuit sees Apple being sued by Ericsson, who claim that Apple may well be using their patents. Ericsson has filed a complaint against Apple in the German, Dutch and British Courts. While Ericsson has made clear that they wanted to settle the issue through a global licensing agreement but apparently that offer expired due to … Continue reading Breaking News: Ericsson Files Lawsuit Against Apple (NASDAQ AAPL)

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HoT STocks: MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB), SouFun Holdings Ltd (NYSE:SFUN)

MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.06, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. The company had revenue of $9.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.38 million. MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET) stock performance was -0.87% in last session and finished the day at $2.27. Traded … Continue reading HoT STocks: MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB), SouFun Holdings Ltd (NYSE:SFUN)

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Internet Most Active STocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

Snapchat received a US$3 billion (RM9.7 billion) buyout offer from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) late last year, which it rejected. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) later acquired mobile messaging app Whatsapp for US$19 billion, its largest acquisition ever.Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock finished the day at $5983. Traded volume was 1,502.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 70.50million shares. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) … Continue reading Internet Most Active STocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

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Stock in News: A Look At the Earnings Report of Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR)

Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) released its earning report last week. The report was released half an hour earlier than scheduled. This led to the report making a lot of impact on the stocks. NASDAQ went on to take full ownership of the mistake and Twitter was left red faced. The earnings report however did not disappoint. Here in this article, we will take a closer look … Continue reading Stock in News: A Look At the Earnings Report of Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR)

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Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Looking to Add New Features to Google +

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has introduced a new feature named Collection which would be used to make Google + more potent. Collection has a lot of features which are like pinterest and therefore they should be helpful in making Google + more popular among the users. Google+ has not dominated the market as one would have expected and therefore it is only important for Google to … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Looking to Add New Features to Google +

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Stock News: NASDAQ Acknowledges Its Mistake In Releasing Twitter’s Earnings Ahead of Time

Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) got involved in a situation which few want to be in. The company got its earnings report leaked in the market. The reports which were bound to go public at the close of the markets, got released around half an hour early. This disrupted the stock’s performance. NASDAQ has acknowledged this release of the earnings’ report. Here in this article, we will … Continue reading Stock News: NASDAQ Acknowledges Its Mistake In Releasing Twitter’s Earnings Ahead of Time

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