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.

Bitcoin Added to Currency Converter by Google

In another sign of Bitcoin adoption, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)’s popular currency conversion calculator will now feature the digital payment method. The adoption of Bitcoin into a currency calculator marks the first time a non-fiat currency has been included in Google’s “currency” convertor. The digital payment method Bitcoin is now the first non-fiat currency to…

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Stock In News: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) Allows Users of Google+ To Sign-In With Fake Names

Previously, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) had been very strict regarding the names which people were using to create accounts on its social networking platform Google+. Google did not allow any account with fake names. However, recently, it announced a change to this policy of signing up with real names, and now it allows users to…

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Top Stock: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) Engaging With Advertisers Face To Face

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) is making effort to engage directly with the advertisers and marketers, offering them solutions and answer to their questions. Through various programs Advertisers are learning considerably about ad targeting on Facebook, and various ways to run Facebook ads. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is promoting its ‘Start to Success’ program to offer face to…

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