The Future of Paying With Your Cell Phone Is Really Exciting
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 57 mins ago
In this segment of Where the Money Is , Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Patrick Morris discuss their opportunity to sit down with the head of the Electronic Transactions Association, Jason Oxman, while attending the Transact...
Google Wants to Be the Next Big Thing in Your Wallet
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 2:07PM CDT
Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Patrick Morris got a chance to listen to Ariel Bardin, VP of product management and payments at Google , give a keynote speech at this year's Transact conference on the payments business, held in Las...
Did Twitter Bottom on Tax Day?
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 2:00PM CDT
The Twitter IPO was much more successful than its performance after the first earnings call as a public company. In management's defense, it may have been impossible to live up to the hype. As mentioned in the article Twitter, Another...
Can Apple Inc. Finally Ditch Google?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 1:00PM CDT
More people access the mobile web through Apple devices than Google Android devices. As such, capturing the default search engine spot for Apple's iDevices is a pretty big "get" for Google. Of course, the $1 billion Google reportedly sends...
3 Threats to Google’s Future
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 12:50PM CDT
A company with the size, reach, and capabilities of Google would seem to have few real challenges to its future. However, no company is impervious to competition, and the search giant is no different. In fact, investors would be wise to keep an...
Google, Amazon, and Facebook Eye an Aerial Robotics Revolution
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 12:45PM CDT
Source: TitanAerospace.com The robotics revolution is under way. Exactly what form it will take in the next decade remains unclear; however, it is almost certain that robots will play an increasingly greater role in the day-to-day life of the...
Facebook’s 'Nearby Friends' -- 3 Critical Questions
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 9:27AM CDT
Facebook recently launched "Nearby Friends," an opt-in service that allows users to share their precise real-time locations on a map. This doesn't mean that everyone on your list can track your movements -- you only become...
3 Ways Google Glass Is Changing the Future of Medicine
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 19, 9:00AM CDT
Google Glass recently went on sale for a single day, allowing Google to gauge market demand for its $1,500 smart glasses. As expected, its entire stock was emptied by the end of the day. Demand among everyday consumers has been...
Google and Facebook: 2 Major Threats to AT&T and Verizon
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 12:00PM CDT
AT&T and Verizon are the most dominant wireless providers in the U.S. Combined, the two telecom juggernauts have nearly 169 million wireless customers and almost $250 billion in annual revenue. With such a massive market, it's no surprise...
Why Yahoo! Shares Could Test Highs Ahead of the Alibaba IPO
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 12:00PM CDT
Yahoo! solved two key problems that had been constraining the stock price before it reported numbers on Tuesday night. The revenue line is growing internally for the first time since 2012. More important, it's doing so as Alibaba's growth rate...
The Box IPO: Far Worse Than Imagined
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 10:00AM CDT
Cloud storage start-up Box is set to go public sometime this year, with a difficult competitive landscape ahead as it attempts to gain enterprise market share. Box has filed its S-1 statement with the SEC, and for the first time, potential...
Groupon Inc: An Investment Deal
Marshall Hargrave, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 8:00AM CDT
The selling off of top Internet and momentum names this month has really taken its toll on Groupon . Shares are already down down 40% year-to-date. Its core business model still has investors scratching their heads. Investors remain disappointed by...
Facebook May Be On Its Way to Becoming the Next Hot FinTech Company
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 7:04AM CDT
In this segment from Where the Money Is , Motley Fool financial analyst Matt Koppenheffer highlights one financial tweet from the Twittersphere, that calls into question the celebration around Citigroup and its earnings beat this quarter. The...
Investors Are Leaving Apple For Microsoft. Should You?
at The Street - Fri Apr 18, 5:30AM CDT
Apple may introduce new products in 2014, but so far, investors are maintaining their distance.
Why Amazon Shouldn't Make a Smartphone, But Will Anyway
at The Street - Fri Apr 18, 5:00AM CDT
It's one thing to deliver books, magazines and movies on a Kindle Fire HDX, but it's quite another thing to be the sacred holder of the customer's personal life.
This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 17, 3:45PM CDT
Stupidity is contagious -- even respectable companies can catch it. As we do every week, let's take a look at five dumb financial events this week that may make your head spin. 1. Goo gull The world's leading search engine isn't doing as well as...
What's Dragging Down Google's Results? - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 3:31PM CDT
Google grew but missed our estimates on both the top and bottom lines.
Fire TV Just Keeps Getting Better
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 3:30PM CDT
Amazon's Fire TV was revolutionary in that it was the first set-top box streaming device to include voice search when looking for content, among other features. Now, its revolutionary voice search is about to get a whole lot better.
Stocks End Little Changed Amid Earnings, Upbeat Jobless Claims Data
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 3:23PM CDT
Major U.S. indices trade little changed amid corporate earnings as investors hedge their bets ahead of a long weekend.
Why Are Google Inc. and Facebook So Interested in Drones?
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 17, 1:45PM CDT
Internet companies like search giant Google and social networking powerhouse Facebook are perfect examples of the kind of technology companies that ooze that certain cool factor that makes the public adore them. There's little question...