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.

Top Stock: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) to make Google Glass more Stylish

In an important development which should have long term implications for the Google stock, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) recently joined forces with a high-end fashion designer DVF to create a line of stylish Google Glass devices. Google Designers for the device teamed up with legendary fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg to create high fashion frames for…

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Security Instant Messenger Data Protection

The importance of High Security & Strong Encryption for Instant Messenger Applications

Over the last few years, Instant Messaging has emerged as a very popular way of communicating over the Internet. IM is increasing in popularity in both professional and personal applications. However, as with most things Internet based, the increasing use of instant messaging has led to an associated increase in the number of security risks….

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