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Stock in News: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) Misses the Mark With Q3 Report but All Is Not Lost

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is a Mountain View, California based multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related products and services. The Internet giant has a variety of services including search engines, online advertising, cloud computing, and software. Google announced its substandard third quarter report on Thursday, October 16th, making this the fourth consecutive quarter in which the company has fallen short on earnings expectations. In its … Continue reading Stock in News: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) Misses the Mark With Q3 Report but All Is Not Lost

Richard Atkins
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Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Looking To Come Up With A Smartphone?

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) may be planning a deal with Samsung to come up with a new smartphone, according to reports from The Korean Herald and The Korea Times (via 9to5Google). It seems that the social networking company has not retired its quest of launching a phone even after failing in its previous effort with HTC. Facebook is seeing potential in the smartphone business and … Continue reading Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Looking To Come Up With A Smartphone?

Richard Atkins
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Stock Update: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Looking To Break Language Barriers

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is bringing the world of Star Trek closer to reality with its mind-blowing real-time translation tool that it intends to be used through Skype. To demonstrate the new Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) technology, Quest spoke to a Microsoft engineer. He spoke English while the engineer who worked on translation technology at the technology giant spoke German. It was Skype that bridged … Continue reading Stock Update: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Looking To Break Language Barriers

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Market Impact Due To Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Earnings

After higher expenses and slightly slower growth in advertising, resulting in disappointing earnings, Google (NASDAQ GOOG) is trading down fractionally while the benchmark Nasdaq Composite stock index was trading up 1.45 percent in early morning trade. After the bell yesterday, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) reported third quarter revenue of $16.52 billion, down slightly from the street’s expectation of $16.58 billion in total revenue. Net income … Continue reading Stock in News: Market Impact Due To Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Earnings

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Active Stock: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) To Introduce The ‘Safety Check’ Feature

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) plans to launch Safety Check tool that enables users to alert friends and family they are safe in the case of disaster. This tool works when Facebook determines whether a user is located in an area disaster struck and sends the user a notification asking if the user is safe. When the user selects “I’m safe”, the website create a post … Continue reading Active Stock: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) To Introduce The ‘Safety Check’ Feature

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Update: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) Would Benefit From Notebook Growth

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) has long been an integral part of the notebook market thanks to its Windows operating system. With the majority of vendors relying on this operating system, anytime the market gets a bump the same typically holds true for Microsoft. The third quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research, is shaping up to be a good one. Shipments have been estimated at … Continue reading Stock Update: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) Would Benefit From Notebook Growth

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