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3 Takeaways From Facebook’s Recent Earnings Report
Lior Cohen, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 1:00PM CDT
Facebook 's first-quarter earnings report was released last week, and it beat analysts' expectations. The main improvement Facebook showed involved a staggering rise in mobile, as explained in a recent Fool article . This leap, however, wasn't...
Mobile Deep Linking: The Game-Changing Technology You've Never Heard Of
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 12:00PM CDT
Image by Flickr user Pinky-san From social networks to search engines, more eyes are turning toward the mobile world as a vital source of revenue. The mobile bag of tricks has grown accordingly, and one of the quieter capabilities promises to be...
3 Fast-Growing Occupations That Pay Over $85,000 a Year
Amanda Alix, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 11:45AM CDT
Source: Flickr / Tax Credits. How would you like to have a job that paid over $40 per hour? Since positions that pay that well make up only about 10 million of the nation's 130 million jobs, snagging one would be quite a coup. Knowing that your...
From the Desk of MFAM: Why Investors Shouldn't Moonlight
Tim Hanson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 11:30AM CDT
There have been a lot of shocking things in the news lately. Yet the headline that most grabbed my attention the other day was this one from The Wall Street Journal : "Mutual Funds Moonlight as Venture Capitalists." Perhaps that doesn't seem as...
3 Incredible Ways Technology Can Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 10:01AM CDT
Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system, affects up to one million Americans and as many as ten million people worldwide. Approximately 60,000 new patients in America are diagnosed with Parkinson's every year. ...
Is the Facebook Inc Deal for Oculus in Trouble?
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 12:00PM CDT
A few eye brows were raised in the past month or so following a string of acquisitions by Facebook . The shopping spree started with the $19 billion deal to bring mobile messenger WhatsApp into the fold. The WhatsApp acquisition made sense from a...
Box Delays Its IPO as Microsoft Goes for the Kill
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 11:30AM CDT
Box, the cloud storage start-up that filed for an IPO in March, is reportedly now delaying that IPO due to poor market conditions for cloud-related stocks. But Box has deeper problems than the timing of its IPO, with both Microsoft and Google ...
A Fool Looks Back
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 11:00AM CDT
Social media didn't have its finest week, with Twitter and LinkedIn slipping after posting quarterly results. Both companies are still growing quickly, but imperfect reports caused Twitter shares to take a 9% drop on Wednesday, while LinkedIn...
Did Amazon.com's Fire TV Leap Ahead of Apple TV?
Brandy Betz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 10:00AM CDT
Source: Amazon Amazon Prime subscribers will soon have access to instant streams of older HBO television content. The multi-year agreement will include content that's at least three years old, but new content will become available at a later...
#DigitalSkeptic: Media Stocks Are Nothing but Bad News
at The Street - Sat May 03, 8:00AM CDT
'New media' has fallen into the same slide toward oblivion begun by old information media companies.
If Microsoft Dropped Support of Windows XP, Why Did it Just Get a Security Patch?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 6:41AM CDT
Microsoft made a big deal of its plan to drop support for Windows XP after 12 years on April 8. The end of support meant that users who insisted upon keeping the outdated software (roughly 30% of Windows users) would receive no more security...
Will Google Docs for the iPad Trump Microsoft's Office 365?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 6:07AM CDT
The success of Microsoft's Office for iPad has apparently forced Google to offer stand-alone app versions of its popular word processing and spreadsheet apps with a take on its presentation software coming soon. Previously customers could...
Jury says Samsung infringed Apple patents
By PAUL ELIAS - AP - Sat May 03, 3:09AM CDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung's patents.
3 Reasons Why Apple’s iWatch Will Be Successful
Mark Girland, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 10:00PM CDT
Many analysts believe Apple will introduce its rumored iWatch in the next few months. It is speculated to be among the new product categories CEO Tim Cook has promised in 2014. Some investors are underestimating the chances of the new product...
WPP Continues Buying Spree with Twist Image - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 5:00PM CDT
Global communications services company WPP plc (WPPGY) acquired a leading Canada based creative digital marketing agency, Twist Image, for an undisclosed sum.
SolarCity Pushes into Nevada - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 4:20PM CDT
SolarCity Corp. (SCTY) is all set to grasp the largely untapped abundant solar power resources in Nevada. The company is making a big expansion in Las Vegas, Southern Nevada.
Is There a Business Case for Google Inc's Self-Driving Cars?
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 11:00AM CDT
There are several reasons why analysts remain so bullish on Google . First and foremost, Google continues to knock its quarterly earnings results out of the park with outstanding ad growth, despite fast-growing digital alternatives like Facebook ...
Stock Market News for May 02, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 9:06AM CDT
Benchmarks finished Thursday’s choppy run mostly lower as investors took a cautious approach ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payroll report
Apple Dividends Crush Facebook and Amazon, as Do 4 Others
at The Street - Fri May 02, 5:00AM CDT
Although there will always be a premium placed on growth companies, nothing beats value like Apple.
3 Takeaways From Facebook’s Recent Earnings Report
Lior Cohen, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 1:00PM CDT
Facebook 's first-quarter earnings report was released last week, and it beat analysts' expectations. The main improvement Facebook showed involved a staggering rise in mobile, as explained in a recent Fool article . This leap, however, wasn't...
Mobile Deep Linking: The Game-Changing Technology You've Never Heard Of
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 12:00PM CDT
Image by Flickr user Pinky-san From social networks to search engines, more eyes are turning toward the mobile world as a vital source of revenue. The mobile bag of tricks has grown accordingly, and one of the quieter capabilities promises to be...
3 Fast-Growing Occupations That Pay Over $85,000 a Year
Amanda Alix, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 11:45AM CDT
Source: Flickr / Tax Credits. How would you like to have a job that paid over $40 per hour? Since positions that pay that well make up only about 10 million of the nation's 130 million jobs, snagging one would be quite a coup. Knowing that your...
From the Desk of MFAM: Why Investors Shouldn't Moonlight
Tim Hanson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 11:30AM CDT
There have been a lot of shocking things in the news lately. Yet the headline that most grabbed my attention the other day was this one from The Wall Street Journal : "Mutual Funds Moonlight as Venture Capitalists." Perhaps that doesn't seem as...
3 Incredible Ways Technology Can Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun May 04, 10:01AM CDT
Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system, affects up to one million Americans and as many as ten million people worldwide. Approximately 60,000 new patients in America are diagnosed with Parkinson's every year. ...
Is the Facebook Inc Deal for Oculus in Trouble?
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 12:00PM CDT
A few eye brows were raised in the past month or so following a string of acquisitions by Facebook . The shopping spree started with the $19 billion deal to bring mobile messenger WhatsApp into the fold. The WhatsApp acquisition made sense from a...
Box Delays Its IPO as Microsoft Goes for the Kill
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 11:30AM CDT
Box, the cloud storage start-up that filed for an IPO in March, is reportedly now delaying that IPO due to poor market conditions for cloud-related stocks. But Box has deeper problems than the timing of its IPO, with both Microsoft and Google ...
A Fool Looks Back
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 11:00AM CDT
Social media didn't have its finest week, with Twitter and LinkedIn slipping after posting quarterly results. Both companies are still growing quickly, but imperfect reports caused Twitter shares to take a 9% drop on Wednesday, while LinkedIn...
Did Amazon.com's Fire TV Leap Ahead of Apple TV?
Brandy Betz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 10:00AM CDT
Source: Amazon Amazon Prime subscribers will soon have access to instant streams of older HBO television content. The multi-year agreement will include content that's at least three years old, but new content will become available at a later...
#DigitalSkeptic: Media Stocks Are Nothing but Bad News
at The Street - Sat May 03, 8:00AM CDT
'New media' has fallen into the same slide toward oblivion begun by old information media companies.
If Microsoft Dropped Support of Windows XP, Why Did it Just Get a Security Patch?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 6:41AM CDT
Microsoft made a big deal of its plan to drop support for Windows XP after 12 years on April 8. The end of support meant that users who insisted upon keeping the outdated software (roughly 30% of Windows users) would receive no more security...
Will Google Docs for the iPad Trump Microsoft's Office 365?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 03, 6:07AM CDT
The success of Microsoft's Office for iPad has apparently forced Google to offer stand-alone app versions of its popular word processing and spreadsheet apps with a take on its presentation software coming soon. Previously customers could...
Jury says Samsung infringed Apple patents
By PAUL ELIAS - AP - Sat May 03, 3:09AM CDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung's patents.
3 Reasons Why Apple’s iWatch Will Be Successful
Mark Girland, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 10:00PM CDT
Many analysts believe Apple will introduce its rumored iWatch in the next few months. It is speculated to be among the new product categories CEO Tim Cook has promised in 2014. Some investors are underestimating the chances of the new product...
WPP Continues Buying Spree with Twist Image - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 5:00PM CDT
Global communications services company WPP plc (WPPGY) acquired a leading Canada based creative digital marketing agency, Twist Image, for an undisclosed sum.
SolarCity Pushes into Nevada - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 4:20PM CDT
SolarCity Corp. (SCTY) is all set to grasp the largely untapped abundant solar power resources in Nevada. The company is making a big expansion in Las Vegas, Southern Nevada.
Is There a Business Case for Google Inc's Self-Driving Cars?
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 11:00AM CDT
There are several reasons why analysts remain so bullish on Google . First and foremost, Google continues to knock its quarterly earnings results out of the park with outstanding ad growth, despite fast-growing digital alternatives like Facebook ...
Stock Market News for May 02, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 02, 9:06AM CDT
Benchmarks finished Thursday’s choppy run mostly lower as investors took a cautious approach ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payroll report
Apple Dividends Crush Facebook and Amazon, as Do 4 Others
at The Street - Fri May 02, 5:00AM CDT
Although there will always be a premium placed on growth companies, nothing beats value like Apple.
