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: A Look At The New Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Search

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) had just recently announced a revamp of their old search product. According to various analysts, this offers a great potential for long term growth of Facebook. In this article, we will take a closer look at the search product revamp done by Facebook. The word on the street is that Facebook would be heavily benefited with a superior searching product. For its … Continue reading Stock in News: A Look At The New Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Search

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Faces Another Lawsuit in Germany

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has been in the news again. This time the news relates to the filing of a lawsuit against Google in Germany. According to various sources, a lawsuit has been filled against Google and Youtube, the reason being video streaming infringement. The patent was owned by US firm Max Sounds. This lawsuit can be a major problem for Google. Sales of a number … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Faces Another Lawsuit in Germany

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Update: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Updates Publisher Tools

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) has unveiled a new set of tools again. This time the tools are targeted for the publishers. Facebook has been long wanting to attract more content from various publishers on their social networking platform. With the introduction of their new features, they may as well do this successfully. Facebook (NASDAQ FB) recently introduced these tools for publishers. These tools are easy to … Continue reading Stock Update: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Updates Publisher Tools

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires An Analytics Provider

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has made yet another acquisition. Satya Nadella led company has purchased Analytics provider HockeyApp. HockeyApp is a company which helps app developers with anaytics and distribution. Microsoft has been increasingly leaning to be a mobile-first, cloud-first company and this acquisition proves to be another step in the same direction. HockeyApp is a company located in Stuttgart, Germany. It offers services to developers … Continue reading Stock News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires An Analytics Provider

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Is The Best Place To Work

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has been ranked as the best place to work in 2015, by Glassdoor. In their recent annual Employee Choice Awards, Glassdoor revealed the top 50 places to work across the US and the UK. This list is made up by the reviews of the employees currently working in the given companies. Google (NASDAQ GOOG) sat on the first position of the compiled … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Is The Best Place To Work

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock News: Microsoft Acquires Email Startup

News about Microsoft’s plans to acquire an email startup had been making rounds for some time now. Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has finally confirmed that they would be acquiring an Email Startup named Acompli. According to Microsoft, they are making plans to purchase the company in which they see a lot of value. Acompli is an email service which is available on Android and iOS. With … Continue reading Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock News: Microsoft Acquires Email Startup

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