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, Mobile

Stock in News: Analysing the Role of Cloud in this new Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) stock has been making the news regularly as off late. The stock has been performing okayish and the analysts have rated the stock highly. With the release of Windows 10 coming up in June, we may well be seeing the stock rise to great levels. It really has been the change in leadership that has brought about such a quantum change in … Continue reading Stock in News: Analysing the Role of Cloud in this new Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock in News: Apple Watch Results Would Decide The Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Stock Performance

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) has been a great stock to have in the recent past. The NASDAQ AAPL stock has been trading at the high levels of $125, with analysts still remaining bullish on the stock. This is a major statement on the part of the Cupertino based tech giants. If all goes right, Apple stock should go to even higher levels of around $135. Much … Continue reading Stock in News: Apple Watch Results Would Decide The Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Stock Performance

Richard Atkins
Finance, internet

Stock in News: Would Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquire Salesforce.com?

For the past few weeks, Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) have been linked with an acquisition of Salesforce.com. As it turns out, we are yet unclear if the deal would eventually go through. The cloud computing company Salesforce, was said to be a great addition to the new looking Microsoft which has cloud as a major agenda. Here in this article, we will look closely at the … Continue reading Stock in News: Would Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquire Salesforce.com?

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Breaking News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Windows 10 would be the Last Windows Version

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) have decided that the Windows 10 version would be the last version of the operating system. Alarms went out over the world, as few were expecting Microsoft to come out with such news. Microsoft would be launching the last version of Windows this summer. They have already come out with a technical preview and the market knows what to expect from the … Continue reading Breaking News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Windows 10 would be the Last Windows Version

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) On EU Privacy Issues

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) has issued a statement about the privacy issues of the European Union. EU regulators are currently analysing the data collection methods of the social networking giants. If any error is found in the ways through which FB collects data, Facebook might end up paying a lot of fines. Facebook would also have to come up with a new form of operation in … Continue reading Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) On EU Privacy Issues

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