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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 ...
Europe Stocks Fall With Russia, Commodites; Rupiah Gains
July 21st, 2014
European stocks fell and Russian equities declined for a sixth day amid mounting international condemnation of President Vladimir Putin after the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. Commodities dropped to the lowest since February and Indonesia’s rupiah strengthened. ...
Google revenue helped by ads as business boss leaves
July 18th, 2014
Internet giant Google has reported a 22% jump in revenue during the second quarter period from March through June compared to a year earlier. Revenue rose to $16bn (£9.4bn) and profits were up 6% to $3.4bn, said the firm ...
Google earnings miss; revenue jumps at Play
July 18th, 2014
Google, still the king of online advertising, reported surging second-quarter revenue, but heavy spending pushed its earnings below Wall Street expectations. ”This is a quarter that has something for everyone: the bulls and the bears,” BGC Partners analyst Colin ...
Fedex faces criminal charges over online pharmacies
July 18th, 2014
FedEx Corp was indicted on Thursday for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings from U.S. drug enforcement officials, according to a court filing. The 15-count indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, ...
Alibaba IPO Update
July 16th, 2014
Investors were given an update on the Alibaba IPO on Tuesday, when Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) reported second-quarter earnings. Yahoo owns a 24% stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) and will be selling a large percentage of ...
Lions Gate, Alibaba to offer joint subscription TV streaming service in China
July 15th, 2014
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, the studio behind the ‘Hunger Games’ films, will launch a subscription streaming service in China, the firms said in a statement on Tuesday. The service, to be known ...
UK Government defends mass interception of online data at tribunal
July 15th, 2014
Mass interception of online communications by intelligence agencies is necessary – even if only one person is being targeted, lawyers for the UK government have told a tribunal hearing complaints about surveillance. The government’s arguments were disclosed as lawyers ...
Yahoo earnings: All eyes on Alibaba
July 15th, 2014
This will not be the quarter Yahoo finally begins showing new signs of life, say analysts. But for investors, it won’t matter, because Tuesday’s earnings announcement is all about Chinese web portal Alibaba. Analysts expect flat earnings and revenue ...
Interview with GoCoin’s Steve Beauregard
July 14th, 2014
I visited Los Angeles Bitcoin Incubator Bitropolis earlier this year, and I got to meet Steve Beauregard, the founder of GoCoin. While in his office in the scenic Santa Monica, CA, I had a few questions for him– and ...