Last week, technology giant Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) reported its fiscal first quarter results. The headline numbers looked really impressive, but they were again due to very conservative guidance from the company. Microsoft’s revenue growth appears very strong right now due to the Nokia acquisition, but the added costs are pressuring the bottom line. Microsoft reported…
Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) has been experienced declining music sales in the wake of free videos and cheap music. Music sales at Apple’s Tunes have dropped 13% to 14% across the globe since the start of the year, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cites sources familiar with the matter. Free music and video…
There are no shortages of sites that provide immediate access to pirated movies, television shows and movies. While those who use those sites rarely struggle to find what we need without Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)’s help; the company has decided to change its algorithm to not show results from the most notorious sites. After numerous…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is receiving an increasing chunk of brand marketing, especially when it comes to posting and playing videos, says a report from Ad Week. Brands such as Budweiser and McDonald’s and celebrities such as Beyonce are now posting videos directly to the social network instead of just posting YouTube links. YouTube was…
Biotechnology investors often have to make bets based more on promise than profit. That’s because it takes years and hundreds of millions of dollars to advance new medicine through clinical trials to market, so investing in biotech stocks is more of a gamble than investing in other industries. Having said that, there are a number…
Poland-based bitcoin payment solutions provider InPay S.A. has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign that makes it possible to buy company stock with bitcoin. The company claims to have secured the approval of Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), the country’s equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which makes it a unique project in…
