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: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) To Launch Ultra Fast Wireless Service

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) wants to expand its fiber optic cable service. The tech giant is now preparing to test out new technology which allows it to provide foundation for wireless high-speed fiber optic cable service. Earlier this week, there was a public but little known application filed with United States Federal Communications Commission. Google…

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Stock Update: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Leaves Youtube Behind In Desktop Video Views

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has surpassed YouTube for video views on desktop for the first time with the help of its auto-play feature, ComScore co-founder and executive chairman Emeritus Gian Fulgoni said in an interview with Beet.tv. In the month of August, the social networking company delivered approximately a billion more than YouTube views. However,…

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