The Future of Paying With Your Cell Phone Is Really Exciting
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 58 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...
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 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...
Can Twitter Inc. Take a Chunk of This Billion-Dollar Facebook Product?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 11:00AM CDT
They say that imitation is the best form of flattery, but in the business world it could be the biggest form of competition. Both Facebook and Twitter are guilty of imitating one another, but aside from user interface tweaks, both companies...
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...
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: GOOGL IBM SNA ED KEY
at The Street - Fri Apr 18, 5:00AM CDT
Snap-on is an innovative tech company, ConEd is a keeper and KeyCorp is a buy.
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Playing the Dip for Profit
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 7:22PM CDT
Unlike traders, investors look at the big picture and focus on longer-term decision making, Cramer says.
Motif Investing Lets You Build Your Own 'ETF'
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 5:50PM CDT
When Hardeep Walia launched Motif Investing in June of 2012, his goal was to make it easy for investors to compile a portfolio of stocks based on inspiring ideas. Motif Investing, at its website motifinvesting.com, is a trading platform where baskets...
Hip Chips Put Skyworks In Cars, Phones And Fitbits
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 5:28PM CDT
Skyworks Solutions expects to generate nearly a billion dollars in revenue during the first half of fiscal 2014 as the wireless-chip supplier capitalizes on explosive demand for connectivity and consumers' desire for anytime, anywhere access. Woburn,...
Twitter Steps Up Its Move Into Mobile Ads
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 4:09PM CDT
Twitter (TWTR) investors might soon get some results from the company's hefty investments aimed at getting a bigger piece of the emerging mobile ad market. The company said Thursday that it has launched what it calls its "mobile app promotion suite."...
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.
Stocks Close Mixed As Nasdaq Ends 3-Week Slide
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 3:29PM CDT
The stock market closed mixed Thursday, capping a short week with the Nasdaq ending a three-week losing streak. The Nasdaq climbed 0.2% and the S&P 500 0.1%, while the Dow Jones industrial average edged down 0.1%. Indexes shaved gains in the final...
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...
Yahoo! Proposes 3 Executives to Board - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 17, 1:41PM CDT
Yahoo! Inc. recently nominated three new directors to its board including its co-founder David Filo.
Google Earnings Impacted by Nest: What Wall Street's Saying
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 1:39PM CDT
First-quarter earnings for Google miss estimates, but pending any further hiccups it looks like the gravy train is continuing, at least for now.
Google Analysts Defend Firm After Q1 Miss, Stock Down
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 17, 11:45AM CDT
Google (GOOGL) stock was down 4% in midday trading Thursday after the search leader's Q1 earnings missed, but analysts remained bullish. "We are buyers of the dip given the EPS miss was attributed primarily to discrete one-time expenses," wrote...
Is Android's KitKat Good News for Apple Inc?
Bill Shamblin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 17, 11:30AM CDT
With the release of KitKat, the latest version of the Android operating system, Google has taken a big step toward a single OS solution for all Android smartphones. Made more efficient, KitKat increases the number of smartphones that can run the...
Jim Cramer Breaks Down Google, IBM, Goldman Sachs and Chipotle's Confusing Earnings
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 11:19AM CDT
TheStreet's Jim Cramer discusses the "confusing" earnings of Chipotle (CMG), Google (GOOG), IBM (IBM) and Goldman Sachs (GS). Firstly, he says Chipotle reported "just OK" earnings, but this is a "revenue story," as the company reported...