How Google, Facebook, and Twitter Plan to Tackle This $263 Billion Market
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 5 mins ago
There's a reason people keep shopping on Amazon.com even when it doesn't necessarily have the lowest prices on the Internet. It's more convenient than filling out all of your information on another e-commerce website. That's a problem Google ...
AMZN: 291.41 (-5.52), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), GOOG: 492.55 (-3.62)
Samsung Beats Apple With This New-to-Consumers Technology
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jan 12, 12:04PM CST
Samsung 's virtual reality headset is finally available for purchase. Last month, the Gear VR made its long-awaited sales debut, offering owners of Samsung handsets an opportunity at a unique experience -- one not available to users of rival...
FB: 76.72 (-1.02), SNE: 21.36 (+0.02), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76)
Will Facebook (FB) Stock be Helped Today by This Analyst Note?
at The Street - Mon Jan 12, 10:44AM CST
Facebook (FB) shares are declining despite a note from analysts at Canaccord Genuity suggesting that the company will see strong revenue growth in the near term.
FB: 76.72 (-1.02)
Facebook Earnings To Grow Despite Slowing User Growth
Virendra Singh Chauhan - Amigobulls - Mon Jan 12, 8:49AM CST
Facebook user growth is not a major concern as improving engagement metrics will continue to drive growth in Facebook revenue as well as Facebook earnings.
FB: 76.72 (-1.02)
WhatsApp Sails Past SMS, But Where Does Messaging Go Next?
Benedict Evans - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 1:10AM CST
Noted this week: WhatsApp reported that it now has 700m MAUs sending 30bn messages a day. For comparison, the global SMS system sees about 20bn messages a day. (click to enlarge) Meanwhile these charts of global SMS use from Ofcom show the...
FB: 76.72 (-1.02), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76), GOOG: 492.55 (-3.62)
Facebook Buys QuickFire to Compete with YouTube - Stocks in the News
Zacks Research Staff - Zacks Investment Research - Sun Jan 11, 11:35PM CST
Facebook is looking to grow its video business by buying QuickFire in an attempt to battle Google and its YouTube division.
FB: 76.72 (-1.02), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), GOOG: 492.55 (-3.62)
Can This Tiny European Startup Take Down Google?
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jan 11, 7:43AM CST
Image source: Qwant Every established market leader must eventually face disruptive challengers. Google was once a hungry startup itself but now reigns as the defender of the online search crown, with a new set of upstarts nipping at its...
YHOO: 48.80 (-0.92), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59), GOOG: 492.55 (-3.62)
Facebook Inc. Running Into A Growth Problem
ValueWalk - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 6:56AM CST
By Mark Melin All growth, at some point, comes to an end. Children transform into adults. As the world population reaches the 8 billion mark, mathematicians realize the limits of world agricultural output cannot practically accommodate unlimited...
FB: 76.72 (-1.02)
Video Is Bullish For Twitter And Facebook
Alex Pitti - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 10, 6:40PM CST
FB: 76.72 (-1.02), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), GOOG: 492.55 (-3.62)
Teens Continued to Abandon Facebook in 2014 ... Sort Of
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 10, 1:49PM CST
Teens started leaving Facebook en masse in 2014. Source: Flickr/Mike Mozart . In the third quarter of 2012, then- Facebook CFO David Ebersman noted that the company was seeing a decline in the amount teenagers used the social network. The...
FB: 76.72 (-1.02)
4 Companies More Profitable Than Apple Inc.
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 10, 8:13AM CST
Apple is a pretty special company. It may not be behind the world's most popular mobile operating system -- that would be Android -- but it's the one making the lion's share of the smartphone's industry profits. This doesn't mean that Android's...
FB: 76.72 (-1.02), QCOM: 73.57 (-0.85), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76), BABA: 101.62 (-1.40)
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
AP - Fri Jan 09, 7:18PM CST
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
AGEN: 6.17 (+0.88), MU: 31.66 (-1.87), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59), INTC: 36.60 (-0.16), BRCD: 12.00 (+0.02), ARNA: 5.65 (+0.22), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76), CSCO: 28.05 (+0.26)
Looks Like the Bulls Declared Victory Too Early This Time
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 4:19PM CST
The bears were out in full force Friday, a reminder to the bulls that they will not go away.
GPRO: 56.78 (-4.06), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76)
General Motors Is the Top S&P 500 Stock to Own for 2015
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 3:25PM CST
GM comes in at number one to wrap up this week's countdown of the top five S&P 500 stocks to own for 2015.
HAR: 100.26 (-0.30), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), C: 50.38 (-0.40), GM: 35.84 (+0.25), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59)
Box Moves Ahead With IPO, Sets Dual-Class Stock
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 09, 3:24PM CST
Cloud data-storage service Box is moving ahead with its planned initial public offering, aiming to raise up to $186.9 million, at a valuation much smaller than rival Dropbox. Los Altos, Calif.-based Box, in a regulatory filing Friday, said it plans...
AMZN: 291.41 (-5.52), IBM: 156.44 (-2.67), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), EMC: 28.94 (-0.74), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59), CTXS: 61.15 (+0.04), BABA: 101.62 (-1.40)
WhatsApp Could Push Facebook Over $100
Orange Peel Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 1:26PM CST
FB: 76.72 (-1.02)
Stocks Pare Losses But Still Likely to Close Lower for Week
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 1:20PM CST
Stocks were off their lows but still likely to finish the week in the red as investors worried about a slowing global economy and weak U.S. wage growth.
FB: 76.72 (-1.02), HAL: 38.54 (-1.26), WTSL: 0.07 (+0.02), COP: 63.07 (-1.85), M: 66.04 (+0.12), SLB: 78.05 (-3.17), SBUX: 80.23 (+0.44), BBBY: 73.42 (-0.67), CVX: 105.88 (-2.33), YELP: 54.02 (-2.05), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
How Obama's Free Community-College Program May Kill For-Profit Education Companies
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 11:57AM CST
The plan could be a death knell for the controversial industry.
STRA: 67.14 (-0.78), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), COCO: 0.06 (-0.01), APOL: 26.05 (-0.89)
What Jim Cramer Is Trading: Google, SunTrust Bank and Eaton
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 11:49AM CST
The three major stock averages are now positive for the year, but Google, SunTrust Bank and Eaton haven't been invited to the rally.
MMM: 160.74 (-0.88), ETN: 65.48 (-0.58), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), STI: 38.41 (-0.41), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76)