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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
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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

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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“The Goldfinch” Helps Hachette Defy Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Attack

With no end in sight for Hachette’s long drawn out pricing battle with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch’ might be the silver lining in dark cloud looming over the publisher. Trouble has been brewing in the book world since this May as Amazon and Hachette could not agree how to split the revenues from sales of ebooks. Though many new titles from Hachette … Continue reading “The Goldfinch” Helps Hachette Defy Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Attack

Viraj Shah
AMZN NASDAQ AMZN Amazon Inc
Finance, Internet

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) And The Anticipatory Shopping Business

Ever wonder how Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has the uncanny knack to recommend the product that you were about to look for, as if it had read your mind? Say hello to Big Data. It is the next big thing and it is here to stay. Big Data is the process of finding patterns in huge and complex volumes of data and using this information to … Continue reading Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) And The Anticipatory Shopping Business

Viraj Shah
Finance

Momentum Stocks: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ:SYKE), Fluor (NYSE:FLR), Cellular Dynamics International (NASDAQ:ICEL)

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Hachette Book Group are entering the fourth month of a standoff over a new e-book contract. If another publisher’s experience is any guide, the dispute could drag on. Kensington Publishing Corp., a small New York book publisher, said it recently struck a new deal for physical and digital books with Amazon. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit … Continue reading Momentum Stocks: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ:SYKE), Fluor (NYSE:FLR), Cellular Dynamics International (NASDAQ:ICEL)

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