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EBay Clears Air about Google Stake : NASDAQ GOOG stock impacted

eBay Inc (NASDAQ EBAY) was quick to respond to a rumor that Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) was considering buying a 40% stake in it. The online auction giant’s stock climbed by nearly 5% in very heavy trading volume earlier this morning after three traders claimed that Google could buy a stake. Shares of eBay shot up after a rumor that Google was about to buy … Continue reading EBay Clears Air about Google Stake : NASDAQ GOOG stock impacted

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Test Facebook (FB) New Feature now live

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is currently testing the self-destructing Facebook post, a feature that allows users to schedule the deletion of their messages on Facebook iOS app. Facebook confirmed that it is running a small pilot on a feature on Facebook for iOS that allows users to schedule the deletion of their messages in advance. The social network giant released the new feature to a … Continue reading Test Facebook (FB) New Feature now live

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Goes into Cloud

Wednesday, before the opening day of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq MSFT) announced new cloud-first media services, including HD-quality live streaming that supports today’s most popular devices and platforms, end-to-end content protection capabilities, and a new service that simplifies the indexing of audio and video content and makes it easier to search. These new capabilities are part of Microsoft Azure Media Services, … Continue reading Stock in News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Goes into Cloud

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Google GOOG Stock Update: Google Buys Poll Startup

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) has acquired Polar, a mobile and desktop polling company in a bid to enhance the publishers’ and brands’ user engagement. The employees of the start-up will now work for Google and assist in increasing the user engagement on Google+, or help brands that use social network to market themselves. Google seeks to enhance it’s not so popular Google+ service, which holds … Continue reading Google GOOG Stock Update: Google Buys Poll Startup

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock Focus: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Looking to Focus on Videos?

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has invited content producers to test distribute their videos on the social network, according to the Wall Street Journal. In what may seem as the social networking’s efforts to overshadow YouTube, the company has got in touch, with some of the video site’s biggest content producers, with the offer. Facebook is enticing content creators to test videos on the site, in … Continue reading Stock Focus: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Looking to Focus on Videos?

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Microsoft To Abandon Nokia (NASDAQ MSFT Stock)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) would abandon Nokia name and would no longer use for its mobile products, according to a leaked internal document. While the sale has been indicated by the company previously, the document obtained by tech blog GeeksOnGadgets just confirmed that. As per a leaked internal document, Microsoft plans to drop words ‘Nokia’ and ‘Phone’ soon from the branding. The document notes that … Continue reading Microsoft To Abandon Nokia (NASDAQ MSFT Stock)

Richard Atkins