In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) helped bring down a botnet called Lecpetex. This story shows both the growing sophistication of hackers and the difficulty of getting people to follow straightforward security protocols. Facebook reported that People downloaded and ran .exe files from spam messages despite years of warnings. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wrote…
The appeal of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) for U.S. stock investors who favor dividend income may prove fleeting. Apple may not have much more room to advance without “the introduction of a product or service that creates a massive new profit opportunity,” Andy Hargreaves, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities LLC, wrote three days ago in…
Prior to the completion of its transaction with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB), Oculus VR acquired RakNet. Raknet is one of the World’s leading networking middle ware systems provider in the gaming industry owned by Jenkins Software LLC. Facebook entered an agreement to acquire Oculus VR for approximately $2 billion in cash and stock last March….
King Digital Entertainment PLC (NYSE:KING)’s Candy Crush Saga has been a huge success for the company and majority of the revenue comes from it. However that is not the only gig by the company and it looks promising in the coming years according to analysts. King Digital Entertainment PLC (NYSE:KING) stock performance was 5.26% in…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will continue in Afghanistan even though there were proposals to restrict the social networking site in the wake of ethnic hatred that sourced from it at the time of presidential elections. The war of words between the supporters on the website started after candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah were accused of…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) recently released its diversity figures for the first time, showing that the world’s largest social network is run by mostly white and Asian men. Facebook released the data on the heels of similar reports from Google, Yahoo, and LinkedIn that came out in recent weeks. The latest figures should come as…
