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.

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Now Uses Robot Security in Campus

Robot security guards are being deployed on the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) campus with the promise of cutting in half the cost of traditional human security guards. Five of the 300-pound, 5-foot-tall bullet-shaped robocops are rolling around Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT)’s Mountain View, Calif. Campus looking for trouble makers, trespassers and keeping employees and their…

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Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Stock News: Insiders Dumping Shares Regularly

Unsurprisingly, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is among the executives who dumped some of the social network’s shares this week. The other six executives who sold shares this week are Vice President and General Counsel Colin Stretch; David Fischer, vice president of marketing and business partnerships; Chief Product Officer Christopher Cox;…

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