Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) insiders are at it again, quickly unloading more shares of the social network’s stock. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, director Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Chief Technology Officer Michael Todd Schroepfer, Chief Financial Officer David M. Wehner, Marketing VP David Fischer, General Counsel Colin Stretch and Chief Accounting Officer Jas Athwal all moved some…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG), the megalith technology-media-robotics-car company, is launching an ad-free YouTube music streaming service. Google’s long-rumored “YouTube Music Key” streaming service will offer offline listing including over 20 million songs. This new service follows Songza acquisition and arm twisting of independent record labels. Compared to competition from firms such as Spotify and Pandora…
Ever wonder how Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has the uncanny knack to recommend the product that you were about to look for, as if it had read your mind? Say hello to Big Data. It is the next big thing and it is here to stay. Big Data is the process of finding patterns in huge…
Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is set to open the first retail store in the Middle East next year. The store, which will be in the city of Dubai, will also be the world’s largest store. The store will actually be located inside the Mall of the Emirates, a large shopping center that boasts 700 retail…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) fans have a new reason to cheer. The iPhone manufacturer might be on the verge of unveiling new products as a spike has been observed in Apple’s Research and Development (R&D) budget recently. Such surges were observed previously when Apple was about to launch the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Hence, analysts speculate…
Media reports over the weekend suggested Valeant Pharmaceuticals VRX held merger discussions with Actavis ACT , which may now have stalled on financial considerations. Valeant had been signaling that it was seeking to pursue a large acquisition or a merger of equals, so the magnitude of the deal was not surprising, but we were a…
