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, Mobile

Active Stock: Why Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Could Not Name Apple Watch As iWatch

Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) surprised people when it decide to christen its wearable Apple Watch instead of iWatch. The reason behind this is because of a trademark. Back in 2008, Probendi director Daniele Di Salvo registered the iWatch as a European-wide trademark. Di Salvo explained his reasoning behind the name was “i” like a person or subject, watch as a verb. Probendi director Daniele Di … Continue reading Active Stock: Why Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Could Not Name Apple Watch As iWatch

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) Aiming For A Cancer Breakthrough

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) hopes to enter the medical field with a cancer detection breakthrough. The tech giant is developing tiny medical particles which could help find cancers and other diseases. Google X Life Science Team lead researcher Andrew Conrad talked to WSJ.D Live on Tuesday. He explained how the particles can be directed towards different parts of the body by simply applying wearable magnetic … Continue reading Stock in News: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) Aiming For A Cancer Breakthrough

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: A Review Of The Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Earnings

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) released its highly-anticipated Q3 report on Tuesday, October 28th. In the past 10 years since Facebook’s inception, the website has gone from a mere vision in a Harvard dorm room to a household name and cornerstone of social media. In the Q3 report, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) reported $0.43 earnings per share on a Non-GAAP basis, beating the analyst consensus of … Continue reading Stock in News: A Review Of The Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Earnings

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Biotech stock market news
BioTech, Finance

Biotech Stock To Buy Now: Gilead Sciences (GILD)

Gilead Sciences (GILD) has been a leader in the resurgent Biotech group. Gilead recovered from the steep drop in the Biotech group in March and April and has been outperforming the group and the overall market since mid-May. With GILD leading the Biotech stocks to new highs, all eyes will be on their earnings report due out this week. Gilead gave us a clue to … Continue reading Biotech Stock To Buy Now: Gilead Sciences (GILD)

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Finance, Software

Bitcoin News: Trucoin Brings Bitcoin Buying Service to 32 US States

Trucoin has announced it will expand its bitcoin buying service to consumers in 32 US states over the next few weeks. The news follows three months of inactivity for the company, and what it called its successful eight-state beta test earlier this year. Customers in states served by the company will be able to purchase bitcoin using payment options such as MasterCard and Visa credit … Continue reading Bitcoin News: Trucoin Brings Bitcoin Buying Service to 32 US States

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Finance, Software

Stock To Invest In: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Now A Long Term Buy Stock

Hilliard Lyons upgraded its stock rating for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) to long-term Buy with a price target of $52 per share due to the improving operating performance of the company. Hilliard Lyons technology analyst, Stephen Turner said that a strong cloud adoption and constructive cost containment prompted them to upgrade their rating for Microsoft to long-term Buy. In a note to investors, Hilliard Lyons … Continue reading Stock To Invest In: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Now A Long Term Buy Stock

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