Payments firm Braintree, a subsidiary of eBay and PayPal, is “in talks” with Coinbase and several other processing companies on the possibility of accepting bitcoin, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Braintree provides payments software for a number of popular mobile applications including Uber, Airbnb, and GitHub. The company, which was acquired by PayPal…
International Game Technology IGT reported solid secondquarter results in line with our expectations. Revenue increased 11% to $600 million (compared with consensus of $572 million) and EBITDA increased 6% to $247 million (consensus of $200 million). The increase in revenue was driven by a 16% rise in product sales, primarily due to strong sales of…
DISH customers can now use bitcoin to pay their monthly TV bills. The Colorado-based company went live with its bitcoin payments program today as part of its previously announced third-quarter rollout. The first customers to pay for DISH services using bitcoin are Austin and Beccy Craig. The American couple have famously chronicled their attempts to…
Google Inc(NASDAQ GOOG) has strengthened its home automation offerings by buying surveillance camera maker Dropcam for $555 million. The purchase, made by the Google’s Nest brand, shows the search giant’s executives remain convinced that home automation- which has so far been a relatively small market- will greatly expand in the future. The addition of Dropcam…
Alexander Graham Bell would be hard-pressed to recognize his invention today! Telephones and telecommunications have come quite far, yet their evolution is increasingly complex as evidenced by the latest phone systems available to businesses today. Understanding the differences between each system is the only way a business can choose a platform that is right for…
We are maintaining our fair value estimate and economic moat rating for Ingram Micro IM after the company reported solid first-quarter results that indicated consumers across the globe are spending more on IT. Ingram Micro’s sales grew 19% year-over-year to $10.6 billion, with the 2012 BrightPoints and Aptec acquisitions adding $1.85 billion, or 13%, to…
