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Stock in News: What Does Diversification Mean For Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

It’s worth examining Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)’s plans from the prism of core competence. Legion are the tales of companies that have lost focus and become extinct. Think of Apple and its sorry state in the ‘90s when Steve Jobs made a comeback to the company and brought it back to life from the brink of death. Mr. Jobs famously drew four squares on a … Continue reading Stock in News: What Does Diversification Mean For Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) News: Microsoft Word App Ranks High

According to recent reports Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Word mobile app is climbing its way up to the peak Apple charts. Microsoft has added some nice touches to Word on iOS, just after a day following the release of iOS Word. The app comes with basic editing and takes the No.2 spot in the free apps category in Apple’s App Store. The word ‘free’ has taken … Continue reading Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) News: Microsoft Word App Ranks High

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Noticing A Shift Towards Android

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is observing a trend in Europe that more and more app developers are going “Android-First.” This transformation holds significance in the light of the fact that over the years app developers have preferred to launch their app on Apple’s iOS operating system first. Generally, it has been seen that after garnering success on iOS, then developers go ahead with their plans … Continue reading Active Stock: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Noticing A Shift Towards Android

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: German News Firm Ends Fight With Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

Axel Springer SE (FRA SPR), Germany’s biggest news publisher, has backed off its plan to block Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) from running snippets of articles from its newspapers, saying that the experiment had caused traffic to its web sites to decline dramatically. Google has won a major battle as European publishers give up on trying to levy licensing fees for the news snippets provided by … Continue reading Active Stock: German News Firm Ends Fight With Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Ad Revenue Vulnerable

Some commentators have begun to worry that Facebook is overly reliant on revenue generated from selling ads to venture-backed tech startups that will go bust if the capital behind them dries up. If the theory came were proved correct, events would bear an uncanny resemblance to the bursting of the dot-com bubble, with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) taking the role of Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ YHOO). … Continue reading Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Ad Revenue Vulnerable

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Estimates Lowered Due To Issues

The U.S. dollar continues to strengthen, and it will impact the revenue and earnings of the U.S. Internet companies. Nomura analysts Anthony DiClemente and Ron Zember said in a research note that among Internet companies, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) have the largest exposure to currency fluctuations. Analysts said this kind of a sudden surge in the dollar index was unseen … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Estimates Lowered Due To Issues

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