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, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Funds Big In An Augmented Reality Startup

Magic Leap raised $542 million in a funding round led by Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) on Tuesday. The number 1 mobile chipmaker, Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ QCOM) is invested in this funding round as well as Andreessen Horowitz, KKR, Obvious Ventures and Legendary Entertainment. The company’s Founder and CEO, Rony Abovitz said its mission is to “develop and commercialize… the most natural and human-friendly wearable computing … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Funds Big In An Augmented Reality Startup

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Finance, Internet

Active Stock: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) May Let Publishers Post Articles Directly On Mobile App

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is offering a revenue share deal to the publishers that will enable newspapers, magazines, and websites to send their articles for the social network directly through its mobile app, according to a report from the New York Times. The social networking website has initiated a “listening tour” with publishers to discuss better ways to collaborate on the mobile platform. Facebook’s mobile … Continue reading Active Stock: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) May Let Publishers Post Articles Directly On Mobile App

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BioTech, Finance

Top Biotech Stock News: Biogen’s Q3 Earnings Top Estimates

Biogen Idec (BIIB) reported third quarter 2014 earnings per share of $3.79 (including the impact of stock-based compensation expense), way above the Consensus Estimate of $3.22 and the year-ago earnings of $2.34 per share. Third quarter 2014 revenues increased 37% to $2.5 billion, topping the Consensus Estimate of $2.4 billion. Including one-time items, third quarter 2014 earnings increased 77% to $3.62 per share. Third quarter … Continue reading Top Biotech Stock News: Biogen’s Q3 Earnings Top Estimates

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Finance, Software

Bitcoin Review: Work Bitcoin Can Enable In The Future

Bitcoin is not just a new form of payment, and it isn’t simply a store of value. It is, perhaps most importantly, a public ledger, and it is the part of bitcoin known as the block chain that many argue holds the true innovative potential of the technology. In essence, bitcoin is a new foundational technology built using the Internet, utilizing both the power of … Continue reading Bitcoin Review: Work Bitcoin Can Enable In The Future

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Finance, Internet

Stock Analysis: Why Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Is A Great Buy Right Now

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) shares rallied more than 3 percent on Thursday in extended-hours trading after the world’s largest software company beat expectations and tallied record first-quarter sales, driven by the company’s cloud strength and hardware progress. The Seattle-based company turned in a fiscal first-quarter profit of $4.54 billion, or 54 cents per share, on revenue of $23.2 billion, compared with earnings of $5.24 billion, … Continue reading Stock Analysis: Why Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Is A Great Buy Right Now

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Finance, Mobile

Active Stock : Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Gets Back Calculator Widget From App Store

Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is now no longer rejecting the calculator widget PCalc, a popular iOS app, which was previously to be removed from the iOS store, says a report from Techcrunch. Recently, the iPhone maker threatened to pull the popular app and widget from the app store alleging that widgets in iOS cannot perform calculations. After this warning from Apple, PCalc creator James Thomson … Continue reading Active Stock : Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Gets Back Calculator Widget From App Store

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