Facebook plans campaign to 'friend' small business
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - AP - 57 mins ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook wants to increase its advertising and get more clicks on all kinds of ads. It believes tapping into the lucrative small business market will help it achieve those goals.
Apple awarded $119M, but who's winning the fight?
By PAUL ELIAS - AP - Tue May 06, 1:56AM CDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — When a jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $119 million for copying features of the iPhone, it was latest chapter in the worldwide legal fighting between the top two smartphone companies.
Modular Phones: The Best Tech Enabler Yet?
Tyler Lacoma, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 9:00PM CDT
Project Ara, the Motorola design adopted by Google (before it sold off the bulk of Motorola assets), recently received a developer's kit announcement and a slew of new photos showing the modular phone in action. The latest out of Google...
Can Amazon Tackle Hardware and Payments?
Marshall Hargrave, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 8:30PM CDT
Amazon made hardware a greater focus earlier this month with its Fire TV, and it's now making a splash on the software side. The company inked a deal with HBO to bring some of the network's biggest hits to Prime Instant Video. Amazon could also be...
Google Inc: Preparing for the Death of Search
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 6:30PM CDT
It's no secret that Google makes its living from advertising, both display and search-related. How much of Google's $15.42 billion in revenue generated in the recently completed 2014 first quarter is attributable to search? That's not something...
Facebook Follows Google's Lead With This Key Technology
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 12:00PM CDT
Social networking wunderkind Facebook and search kingpin Google certainly share a lot in common. Both Facebook and Google are the dominant platforms for their respective core competencies. Both have built multibillion-dollar businesses to...
A New Sign of Life for BlackBerry
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 11:30AM CDT
Each month, Net Applications watches public data traffic to determine which operating systems people are using. The two key players in the mobile operating systems segment are always Apple and Google 's Android, and for the last 7 months, ...
Nokia Races in Second Gear to Catch Google's Driverless Cars
at The Street - Mon May 05, 10:50AM CDT
Nokia said it plans to spend $100 million to develop 'smartcar' technologies. Watch out, Elon Musk!
Three Reasons to Invest in Established Companies
at The Street - Mon May 05, 10:48AM CDT
You can root for underdogs, but you shouldn't invest in them.
Stock Market News for May 05, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 05, 9:06AM CDT
Escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine dragged the benchmarks down to the negative zone on Friday
Technology Stock Roundup: Yahoo and Facebook Lead Good Week For Tech - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Mon May 05, 9:00AM CDT
Last week was quite eventful as Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced original shows and other video initiatives, Facebook (FB) launched new technologies and Apple (AAPL) scored a small win in court.
Foursquare Introduces Swarm, a Dedicated App for Check-Ins
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 8:18AM CDT
Foursquare recently announced that it will spin its classic check-in features into a new app called Swarm, while stripping its main app of check-ins to focus on local recommendations instead. Foursquare hopes that the split will keep it...
ChannelAdvisor repricing helps customers be more competitive on Amazon
M2 - Mon May 05, 8:18AM CDT
ChannelAdvisor Corp. (NYSE: ECOM) said it recently introduced smarter repricing with its new Repricer with Pricewatch feature.
Project Updates, New Technology Inventions, Agreements, Earnings Releases, and Regulatory Filings - Analyst Notes on Google, IBM, Qualcomm, Baidu and Qihoo
PR Newswire - Mon May 05, 7:00AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd (NYSE: QIHU). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/2018-100free.
Bear of the Day: LinkedIn (LNKD) - Bear of the Day
Kevin Cook - ZACKS - Mon May 05, 1:57AM CDT
Bear of the Day: LinkedIn (LNKD) - Bear of the Day
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...