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.
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Finance, Internet

Stock News: Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) Acquires TellApart in an Expensive Deal

The micro bloging site Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) has been a good stock in the past few weeks. As it turns out, Twitter has acquired TellApart in a deal which can easily be termed as an expensive one. Twitter has been looking to add users on its portal and it has made good strides in order to do so. This acquisition seems to be the latest … Continue reading Stock News: Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) Acquires TellApart in an Expensive Deal

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Finance, Internet

Technical Speculations: 3 Features Which Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Should Add in iPhone 7

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) has a strange dilemma ahead in 2015. After launching a very successful iPhone 6, Apple would now be looking to launch another iPhone this year, as per tradition. It would be intriguing to see how much change Apple decides to bring in Apple iPhone 7. Apple did bring in a host of changes in iPhone 6 and most of changes worked well … Continue reading Technical Speculations: 3 Features Which Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Should Add in iPhone 7

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Making Huge Profits on Apple Watch

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) has started shipping its latest product- the Apple watch. The shipping started on the 24th of April and has since received some positive feedback from the users. The Apple Watch comes in a wide range of prices, starting at a paltry $349 and the cost goes up to $10,000-17,000. Reportedly, Apple have kept a huge margin which all but ensures good profit … Continue reading Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Making Huge Profits on Apple Watch

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Looking At Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock Performance

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) posted its quarterly reports last week and the stock has been seeing the effects ever since. The search engine giants have not been performing well in the stock market. The NASDAQ GOOG stock has come down by around $11 and ended the Thursday’s trading session at $538. This level is way lower as compared to the $571 levels at which the stock … Continue reading Stock in News: Looking At Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock Performance

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Finance, Mobile

Stock in News: Analysing the Nokia Based Revenue of Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) declared the Quarterly reports on Thursday after the close of markets. The much awaited reports saw Microsoft performing very well. In fact, the software giants have performed much better than they did, at the same time last year. The reports showed an EPS of $0.62 and a revenue of $21.73 Billion. Both these values are substantially more than the ones which Microsoft … Continue reading Stock in News: Analysing the Nokia Based Revenue of Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

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Diversified Tech, Internet

Tech Watchlist: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced this morning that in partnership with BesTV New Media Co., a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group, Xbox One will launch into China in September of this year. The all-in-one games and entertainment system will be the first of its kind to launch in the country, creating mutual opportunities for developers in China to bring their creative content to life both at home … Continue reading Tech Watchlist: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)

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