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.

Stock in News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires Mobile Analytics Firm Datazen

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has acquired the mobile analytics firm datazen. According to various sources, the deal between the two firms was finalized in the past couple of days. Microsoft should be benefited by this deal which would see them further strengthening their new mobile and cloud based policies. Datazen is a mobile business intelligence and…

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Top News: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Stores will begin accepting any of the company’s products for recycling at no charge. Even better, if the items look resealable, you might even get a store credit, a.k.a. an Apple gift card. CEO Tim Cook last month told shareholders the company wants to “leave the world better than we found it,”…

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Basic material Volatile Stocks: Atlas Energy (NYSE:ATLS), Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:MPET), Senomyx (NASDAQ:SNMX), Forbes Energy Services (NASDAQ:FES)

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ATLS) announces that Atlas Resource Partners will be presenting at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium on Monday, April 7th in New York, NY. Matthew A. Jones, President, will be presenting for Atlas Resource Partners at 4:10pm ET. Atlas Energy LP (NYSE:ATLS) stock performance was -7.91% in last session and…

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Notable Gainers: TOP Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS), Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SRPT), ANI Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ANIP), Tarena International (NASDAQ:TEDU)

TOP Ships Inc. (NASDAQ:TOPS), an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for petroleum products and dry bulk commodities, announced that it has entered into three Stock Purchase Agreements with an affiliate of the AMCI Poseidon investment fund by which the Company has agreed to sell the six shipowning subsidiaries which own the Company’s…

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Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Changes Makes YouTube App Shut Down for Old Devices

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has made some key changes which have rendered the YouTube app useless for older versions of various smartphones. The changes made by Google would affect smartphones which were made in 2012 or before. The users would therefore have to adapt themselves accordingly. Google (NASDAQ GOOG) have long made their stand clear and…

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