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Facebook has been concentrating its efforts on video for a long time now. It has ambitions of becoming the number one player in the video ad market.

Twitter (TWTR) announced in mid-February that it would be dismantling its app for Apple desktop computers.

Renaissance Technologies eliminated a position in online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) that accounted for 0.34% of the fund’s 3Q portfolio.

Baidu is selling a majority stake in its financial services unit as it seeks to raise funds to bolster its competition in China’s digital financial services market.

According to the latest report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C continued to lead the British smartphone market in May.

Facebook (FB) has once again reiterated its ambitions to become the leading content supplier in the social media space.

Social, mobile, analytics, and cloud (or SMAC) is a disruptive technology that’s transforming the current IT environment at a rapid pace. Many technology leaders, who failed to acknowledge its importance or were slow in embracing it, are suffering. HP has been impacted by SMAC.

Apple (AAPL) was the biggest public company by market cap between 2011 and last November, when holding that title became a game of cat and mouse.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) came into force on May 25.

Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet (GOOGL), is phasing out the pod-like cars it has long used to test its autonomous driving technology.

The mobile advertising market is expected to grow at a faster rate than the overall digital advertising market.

Earlier in this series, we discussed the factors that might impede Oracle’s (ORCL) dominance in the database space, which is also the company’s cash cow.

Twitter (TWTR) is gearing up to tighten rules to foster healthier conversations on its platform and curb toxic speech.

According to a report from Statista and the previous chart, Pandora leads the Internet Radio market with a share of 31%.

This article considers the importance of investment, including residential investment, in the support of U.S. consumption data and the implications for investors.

The company has now stopped including results from Microsoft’s Bing search engine through the Facebook search.

On May 12, 2017, Alphabet (GOOGL) generated investor returns of 30.1% on a trailing 12-month basis.

Disney Kids TV streaming box, which Walt Disney (DIS) unveiled at the CES 2017, quickly has generated heat in the streaming media device market.

Snap, which went public in March 2017, looks focused on accelerating its path to profitability.

Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Lowe’s were the four retailers in the United States that spent the most on YouTube video ads last year.

Facebook’s advertising business posted second-quarter revenues of $13.0 billion, which grew 42.0% year-over-year.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) biggest division, Google, has recently gained traction in the home automation segment where Amazon (AMZN) has a dominant position with its Echo Devices.

According to KGI, Apple Watch (AAPL) sales will fall more than 25% in 2016. KGI forecasts sales of 7.5 million units in 2016 compared to estimated sales of 10.6 million units in 2015.

Billionaire investor George Soros recently shared his views on social media companies Facebook and Google.

On May 22, 2017, 2.6 million shares of Amazon (AMZN) exchanged hands, and the stock rose 1.1% to close at ~$970.7.

Facebook (FB) is building a paywall tool that would allow publishers to charge for access to stories they publish on Instant Articles, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Amid tightening competition for advertising dollars, there is growing pressure on Google to diversify its revenue sources.

Apple’s stock is trading at a forward P/E of 12.5x, which is lower than its main peers, Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT).

Verizon’s (VZ) media-focused business, Oath, reported a revenue fall of 6.9% YoY (year-over-year) to $1.8 billion in the third quarter.

Facebook (FB) is set to report its 2Q16 earnings on Wednesday, July 27. Here’s what analysts expect from the company.

In the wake of the Facebook (FB) privacy scandals earlier this year, Twitter (TWTR) had a bit of explaining to do.

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google returned nearly 388%, 345%, 1,157%, and 217%, respectively, in the last five years.

With a fleet of almost 20 self-driving cars, Google now averages ~10,000 self-driving miles per week. Google claims that its cars have 75 years of US adult driving experience.

In February 2015, Apple announced its 1Q15 results and once again beat all analysts’ estimates.

In Q3 2020, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman’s top five holdings were Fiserv, Mr. Cooper Group, Alphabet, Cigna, and Trinity Industries.

The United States is the biggest supplier and China is the biggest consumer of semiconductors in the world.

Airbus is flying out of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Office environment, and the destination is Google.

Whether the border wall could enhance US national security is a debatable topic. The answers about the wall vary depending who you ask.

Investment research firm Zenith estimates that worldwide spending on online video ads rose 23.0% to $27.2 billion in 2017.

Yelp’s acquisition of Nowait can be seen as another step to grow its portfolio of restaurant-oriented apps and get a larger share of digital advertising.

PayPal (PYPL) has partnered with AliExpress, a marketplace owned by Alibaba (BABA). PayPal is helping merchants on AliExpress accept payment from international consumers.

Amazon’s AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud all include enterprise AI solutions such as translation, NLP (natural language processing), and image recognition.

So far, we have looked at factors driving NVIDIA’s (NVDA) revenue in the gaming and data center markets where it is already a leader.

Yahoo plans to make Tumblr similar to YouTube and is trying to convince some of Google’s top YouTube stars to make Tumblr their exclusive video distributor.

Apple is no longer the top-selling smartphone player with the Verizon (VZ) and Sprint (S) networks, where Samsung (SSNLF) has held on to its top position.

JD.com (JD) has teamed up with Farfetch (FTCH) to help sell luxury brands in China, giving JD customers access to over 3,000 luxury brands.

Facebook has been hiring new talent and investing heavily in improving user experience on Instagram, WhatsApp Messenger, and Messenger. Instagram is expected to churn big money for Facebook.

Today, President Donald Trump told reporters, “Our country’s doing unbelievably well economically.”

Online travel industry leaders like Priceline (PCLN) and Expedia (EXPE) have a mixed relationship. They’re partners as well as competitors.

Priceline earns the majority of its revenues from the agency model, under which third parties such as hotel suppliers set the rates while Priceline earns a commission on the transaction.