Facebook plans campaign to 'friend' small business
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - AP - 58 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...
Why the Stock Market Is So Confusing Right Now
at The Street - Mon May 05, 9:39AM CDT
Here's why the broader market has failed to break down, even as many of its components have been stumbling.
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights:WPP, Toronto-Dominion, Google, Facebook and Adobe Systems
PR Newswire - Mon May 05, 8:30AM CDT
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the WPP plc (Nasdaq:WPPGY-Free Report), Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD-Free Report), Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOGL-Free Report), Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq:FB-Free Report) and Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:ADBE-Free Report).
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.
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...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
'Fast Money' Recap: What Does It All Mean?
at The Street - Fri May 02, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed LinkedIn, Yelp and Ford.
3 Leading Chinese Stocks Among Top Mutual Fund Buys
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu May 01, 9:45PM CDT
Mutual funds and other big institutions account for the lion's share of stock trades. Today's Screen Of The Day is Accelerating Mutual Fund Accumulation, which lists companies, such as WuXi PharmaTech (WX), that big funds are piling into. Today's...