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LinkedIn shares drop on languid revenue forecast
October 31st, 2014
LinkedIn shares drop on languid revenue forecast LinkedIn saw its shares get hit, then rebound, Thursday after the professional networking site continued a trend of strong results and a disappointing forecast. The network’s third-quarter results topped Wall Street expectations ...
How Facebook just blew a great quarter
October 29th, 2014
Investors are up by a huge amount from Facebook’s lows Even before Facebook (FB) investors could start celebrating a strong quarter of earnings growth, the company cooled off the party. During the conference call, the company’s Chief Financial Officer ...
BitQuick’s New Campaign
October 29th, 2014
BitQuick is challenging USA and Europe to sell their bitcoins by using Bitquick.co. “We’re calling it the BitQuick challenge,” says Founder Jad Mubaslat. “We’re so confident users will come back, that we’re giving away $10 or 0.03 BTC, whichever ...
Yahoo must take essential decision once again
September 26th, 2014
Yahoo, more than any other investor, should have benefited from the public market debut last week of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. The company sold Alibaba shares worth $6 billion after taxes, and its remaining stake is valued at ...
New York is back on top for IPOs
August 6th, 2014
New York is once again the top destination for global companies listing their stocks, according to a new report on “cross-border” IPOs. It’s the first time New York has topped Hong Kong since 2009. Companies that are based overseas ...
Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Internet Passwords
August 6th, 2014
A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest known collection of stolen Internet credentials, including 1.2 billion user name and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses, security researchers say. The records, discovered by Hold Security, a ...
LinkedIn shares advance 10%
August 1st, 2014
Shares in LinkedIn LNKD rallied 10% in late trading Thursday after the professional networking service reported adjusted profit and sales that blew past estimates, fueled by growth in its recruiting and premium subscriptions business. LinkedIn swung to a $934,000, ...
Alibaba in Talks to Invest in Snapchat
July 31st, 2014
Snapchat Inc. has held preliminary talks with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. to raise a new round of financing that could value the mobile-messaging startup at about $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The ...
Existing law is enough for dealing with social media crime
July 29th, 2014
There is no need for any new laws in order to cope with crimes committed through social media, as peers explain. The ‘tentative’ conclusion of the House of Lords communications committee, set up in June, is that the criminal ...
Yahoo buys app analytics firm Flurry
July 22nd, 2014
Yahoo has acquired an app analytics firm, Flurry, to help boost its advertising revenue from smartphones. Flurry helps app developers analyse data about their users and deliver more personalised ads to them. Some of Yahoo’s rivals have also bought ...
