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Analysis, Finance, Internet

Five Things Which You Didn’t Know About Twitch, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Recent Acquisition

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced on Monday that it had acquired Twitch for $970 million. What is it about the video game streaming platform that had major companies like Amazon and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) vying for its hand? Twitch is an exponentially growing video game live streaming website The operative word here is ‘exponentially growing’. Twitch currently has over one million users who broadcast their content … Continue reading Five Things Which You Didn’t Know About Twitch, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Recent Acquisition

Viraj Shah
Finance, Internet, Popular

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Has More Users To Playwith As Whatsapp User Base Touches 600 Million

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is one happy customer as his recent costly conquest, Whatsapp, has reached a monthly active user base of 600 million users. Chief Executive Officer and founder of Whatsapp, Jan Koum, tweeted about the news of the milestone on Sunday. Whatsapp’s growth has been phenomenal this year after the news of the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) merger was made … Continue reading Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Has More Users To Playwith As Whatsapp User Base Touches 600 Million

Viraj Shah
AMZN NASDAQ AMZN Amazon Inc
Finance, Internet, Retail

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Beats Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) In Race For Video Streaming Website Twitch

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced on Monday that it had acquired the live streaming gaming website Twitch for $970 million in cash. The deal is one of the costliest for the online retailer and is expected to be closed by the end of this year. Amazon chief Jeff Bezos commented that his company and Twitch are identical in their tendency to think differently and this quality … Continue reading Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Beats Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) In Race For Video Streaming Website Twitch

Viraj Shah
Finance, Internet

Stock in Focus: A Look at the Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Messenger App

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Stock has looked upbeat in the recent past despite privacy fears. Introduction of the Messenger App, did not do Facebook any favours either. Change is inevitable, especially for mobile users like you and me. If you’re a Facebook (NASDAQ FB) user, then by now you must have noticed that you cannot send and receive messages from the Facebook app. Strangely, the social … Continue reading Stock in Focus: A Look at the Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Messenger App

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in Focus: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) App Among the Top Used Smartphone Apps

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) app has a high number of smartphone users in the United States, according to a mobile app report by comScore. The report reveals that most of the time spent on mobile devices is absorbed by social networking, entertainment and messaging apps. Also just a few apps are regularly used, while rest of them are just ignored. Facebook’s app is comfortably sitting … Continue reading Stock in Focus: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) App Among the Top Used Smartphone Apps

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) All Set To Get Into Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Territory

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reportedly developing a Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) AdWords like advertising software. Amazon has already tested the waters with a small ad business on other websites and is making plans to expand the model by employing newer and better ads. While Google is clearly the current market leader in the advertising world, such software from Amazon could give the former stiff competition as … Continue reading Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) All Set To Get Into Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Territory

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