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) To Test Internet-Transmitting Balloons

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is testing out balloons with transmit the internet in Australia. The tech giant is working on the project (which is dubbed with telecommunications company Telstra to test out 20 balloons next month in Queensland. Google previously ran a similar project in New Zealand last year. Google eventually wants to have a ring of balloons that circle the earth to bring internet … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) To Test Internet-Transmitting Balloons

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Review: A Look At Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Addiction

864 million people get on Facebook each day to combat the momentary negative feeling of boredom with positive stimulus, according to recent studies. In the book “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products,” author and entrepreneur Nir Eyal, a Stanford Graduate Schoold of Business lecturer, notes that when people get momentarily board, taking a little break during the day to see how family and friends are … Continue reading Stock Review: A Look At Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Addiction

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock Look Back: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) After Steve Balmer

Longtime Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Chief Steve Ballmer, in August 2013, issued the now-infamous statement that he would retire “within the year.” News of Ballmer’s departure couldn’t come soon enough for disgruntled shareholders, as evidenced by Microsoft’s share price spike of about 7% immediately following the announcement. But that was then, and this is now. With Ballmer gone and new CEO Satya Nadella hitting his stride, … Continue reading Stock Look Back: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) After Steve Balmer

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Will Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Glass Live Up To Potential?

Google Glass was worn by the company’s co-founder Sergey Brin at almost every high-profile event and every public appearance he’s made over the last two years. However, at a Silicon Valley red-carpet event on Sunday, Brin was spotted at without the device. Does this suggest fading popularity for the gadget that has the capability of transforming eyeglasses into a spy-movie worthy technology? When asked about … Continue reading Stock in News: Will Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Glass Live Up To Potential?

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Review: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Leads Online Videos Share

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is the platform most preferred by users wishing to share videos. Of all the videos shared across the world, as many as 83% are shared by merely 18% of internet users, and the platform most used by them is Facebook, followed by Twitter. Such power users are contributing to video shares and are also motivating others to share their videos. Also … Continue reading Stock Review: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Leads Online Videos Share

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock Review: What can Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Expect From Surface Pro

It has never been clear as to what the American multinational – Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) will next be doing with its tablet line. It currently uses a bilateral platform approach by putting Windows RT in the picture for its ARM based devices, being the only seller of Windows RT devices at the moment. It has been known for a while that the company has been … Continue reading Stock Review: What can Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Expect From Surface Pro

Richard Atkins