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 Highlights: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Messenger Crosses 500M

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) announced that that its messenger app has more than 500 million users per month. The Facebook Messenger is the first standalone app of the social network giant. It was developed to provide users with a faster and more expressive way to communicate. According to Peter Martinazzi, director of product management at Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB), users can communicate with their friends … Continue reading Stock Highlights: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Messenger Crosses 500M

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock Review: Why Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Is A Great Buy

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) shares rallied more than 3 percent on Thursday in extended-hours trading after the world’s largest software company beat expectations and tallied record first-quarter sales, driven by the company’s cloud strength and hardware progress. The Seattle-based company turned in a fiscal first-quarter profit of $4.54 billion, or 54 cents per share, on revenue of $23.2 billion, compared with earnings of $5.24 billion, … Continue reading Stock Review: Why Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Is A Great Buy

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Double Click Ad Server Goes Down

The Internet briefly looked a little different on Wednesday as ads across a number of websites vanished. A failure at a Google (NASDAQ GOOG) ad server caused loading problems for many websites Wednesday morning, possibly costing publishers millions in missed ad revenue. The problem appears to have begun around 9 a.m. ET, but was resolved around 11:30 a.m. ET, according to Reuters report. Websites including … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Double Click Ad Server Goes Down

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock News: Twitter Copying Facebook (NASDAQ FB) ?

Twitter Inc (NYSE TWTR) is losing on the competition between the social networking sites, and is struggling to increase user growth. The company is continuously making changes to its website, and it has tweaked the website design again to give Twitter a more Facebook (NASDAQ FB)-like look. The status bar now appears at the place where a tweet is composed by the user. This is … Continue reading Stock News: Twitter Copying Facebook (NASDAQ FB) ?

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock Review: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) Files Trademark For Battletoads

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) has filed a trademark application for Battletoads, hinting at the revival of the series, but nothing has been confirmed officially as of now. A report from NeoGAF said that the trademark was filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office on Nov. 5 for “game software” and “online video games.” British developer Rare created the Battletoads series for NES in … Continue reading Stock Review: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) Files Trademark For Battletoads

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Focus: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) Messenger App Gradually Gaining Ground

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB)’s Messenger standalone app, which initially received a lot of criticism from users, is gradually seeing a growing adoption. This is not too surprising given Facebook did not leave any other option for users when it segregated the app and designed Facebook Messenger for quick chats. The growing adoption among users is evident from the fact that after around four months, the … Continue reading Stock Focus: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) Messenger App Gradually Gaining Ground

Richard Atkins