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

Active Stock: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) To Launch a New Ad Tool

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) will launch a new online advertising service next week to help advertisers in targeting and measuring the impact of their commercials, which could help the company gain market share from Google, according to the Wall Street Journal. Facebook would introduce new feature to replace Cookies for tracking ad performance. According to the report, the new ad feature will be known as … Continue reading Active Stock: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) To Launch a New Ad Tool

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Biotechnology Stockmarket Biotech
BioTech, Finance

Biotech Stock in Focus: Medivation-Astellas’ Xtandi’s Label Expanded

Medivation, Inc (MDVN) and partner Astellas Pharma Inc (ALPMY) received a major boost with the FDA expanding the label of their prostate cancer treatment, Xtandi. Xtandi, which was earlier approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who had previously received docetaxel (chemotherapy), can now be used in patients with metastatic CRPC who have not received chemotherapy. The prostate cancer market … Continue reading Biotech Stock in Focus: Medivation-Astellas’ Xtandi’s Label Expanded

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Finance, Software

Bitcoin News: Belgium Says Bitcoin Not Subject to VAT

Belgium’s Federal Public Service Finance (FPS) has issued a new statement finding that domestic digital currency transactions are currently not subject to value-added tax (VAT). The ruling from the tax body was revealed in an email to local digital exchange Belgacoin, which was concerned it would need to pay VAT on digital currency trades. An FPS spokesperson confirmed that bitcoin transactions are currently exempt from … Continue reading Bitcoin News: Belgium Says Bitcoin Not Subject to VAT

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: A Look At Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Keyboard

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is branching out by creating universal products. The company just introduced a universal mobile keyboard which will work with many different products including iPad, iPhone, Android products, and Windows tablets. The keyboard will launch in October with the estimated retail price of $79.95. Microsoft recently introduced a universal keyboard that works with select iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices. This particular … Continue reading Stock in News: A Look At Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Keyboard

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Finance, Mobile

Active Stock: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) To Face Opposition Over iOS 8 Security

Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is beefing up security in its iOS 8 operating system, which may worry police officials over the difficulties this may create in enforcing the law, according to a retired police official. Raymond Foster, a retired LAPD lieutenant, told FoxNews, “It absolutely puts another hurdle in the path of law enforcement.” Apple Inc.’s new security measures for iOS 8 are not popular … Continue reading Active Stock: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) To Face Opposition Over iOS 8 Security

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Finance, internet

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock News: HTC To Work on Nexus 9 With Google

A new report indicated HTC Corp is working on the Nexus 9 tablet with Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG). According to the Wall Street Journal, the search giant chose HTC to build the new Nexus product. In fact, HTC already met up with Google at the company’s headquarters. Google is rumored to be working on the upcoming Nexus 9 tablet with HTC with a possibility of … Continue reading Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock News: HTC To Work on Nexus 9 With Google

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