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.

Active Stock: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) will offer “Right to Be Forgotten” for Bing

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is planning to walk Google’s way by introducing its own request form on Bing, similar to what Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) had introduced. The European court had ordered that users have a right to be forgotten from the Internet search engines. Microsoft is also planning a form for the individuals, who want the…

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Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) Set To Establish Strong Foothold In Mobile Ad Space

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has rolled out its mobile app install ads. Several analysts have said that it provides further clarity on the company’s mobile monetization strategy. However, Twitter may be late to the party. Many advertisers are already using other platforms such as Facebook for audience re-targeting. Initial feedback on the app install ads have…

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Stock in News: Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) Offers Full E-Book Revenue To Hachette Authors

The dispute between Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) and the publisher Hachette continues, with Amazon firing the latest shot. The online retailer Amazon reportedly sent letters to some authors published by Hachette and their agents, offering them 100% of their e-book revenue. An Amazon spokesperson said that Hachette should stop using its authors as “human shields”…

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Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Assembles Container Management Coalition

In a major development on Thursday, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) confirmed that it has managed to convince several rivals that it is in their best interest to join a coalition to develop and support its new Kubernetes container migration and management system. The statement from Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) highlighted that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM),…

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