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SAC Capital built up its stake in Google Inc. (GOOG) last quarter by 97,523 shares, to 193,550 shares. Google accounts for a 1.26% position in SAC’s portfolio.

Apple Pay is ahead of Google Pay and Samsung Pay. A report from Patently Apple indicated that by 2020, the digital wallet would have nearly 227 million users.

The 13F filing showed that George Soros bought almost 500,000 Slack (WORK) shares at an average price of $37.5 per share during the second quarter.

PayPal (PYPL) has continued to make more investments in India since it launched domestic operations in the country last year.

Facebook and Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent of Google, generate more than 50% of their revenues abroad.

In Q3 2019, Citadel Advisors’ portfolio of publicly traded securities was worth $212.04 billion. In Q2 2019, its portfolio was worth $155.1 billion.

Amazon (AMZN) has a brand new Echo smart speaker called Echo Show. Including Echo Show, there are now five variants of Echo-branded products.

The primary reason for Rackspace’s slow revenue growth in spite of increased preference for the cloud,is a change in its strategy.

In December 2014, the success of iPhone 6 and Plus helped Apple beat Google’s Android-based smartphones in terms of market share in the US.

Spotify now plans to enter the video streaming market, according to a May 7 Wall Street Journal report.

Stylus could come with wireless charging support As Apple (AAPL) prepares to introduce updated versions of its hardware products, there are speculations that the company could also introduce a second-generation model of its stylus pen, the Apple Pencil. The first-generation Apple Pencil, launched in late 2015, costs $100. Apple is expected to release the Apple […]

Without admitting wrongdoing, Facebook (FB) agreed to pay $35 million to settle claims that it had misled investors in the run-up to its IPO (initial public offering) in 2012.

Media players Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS) are again talking about a merger.

NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Data Center segment reported its first sequential revenue decline in more than three years in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019.

The rising cost of manufacturing chips caused a decline in IBM’s (IBM) volume base. It forced the company to divest the business.

Twitter stock surged by about 73% in the first trading day after its IPO to $44.90.

Here is how Steve Jobs strategy to price and differentiate the products that Apple offers has taken shape over time

Business intelligence firm eMarketer estimates that CPG brands spent more than $7.0 billion on digital advertising in 2017, compared with $6.0 billion in 2016.

In a well-strategized move, Apple (AAPL) is relocating its production base to India. Apple’s investment in India will be around $1 billion.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has cut ties with the company and its parent Alphabet. He served as Google’s CEO from 2001 to 2011.

BlackBerry has been reduced to a niche smartphone player. Its recently released smartphones were introduced specifically with enterprises in mind.

Salesforce is currently on the acquisition bandwagon. In mid-September 2016, it announced its acquisition of Gravitytank.

GATEX could increase the exposure of an investor’s portfolio in the equity market. It has less volatility risk than the equity markets.

In 2019, Tesla (TSLA) rose 29.3%. The S&P 500 Index gained 29.2%. The top institutional investors were bullish on the electric car manufacturer in Q3 2019.

Facebook (FB) fell 3.1% in February but has surged 27.7% on a year-to-date basis as of March 4.

In the cloud computing industry, Google is behind market leaders Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) and it is trying many strategies to bolster its position.

Tthe number of monthly unique visitors on Twitch’s platform has increased from 20 million in 2012 to 45 million in 2013 to 100 million in 2014.

Yahoo’s trailing P/E is almost in line with its peers but it’s below Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), and Chinese Internet giant Baidu (BIDU).

Bezos invested about $37 million in the American ride-hailing service provider Uber in 2011.

Yelp’s overall revenues grew 24.4% in 1Q17 to $197.3 million.

In a recent consumer survey, Apple became the most gifted luxury brand in China ahead of other luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Chanel.

The tech sector was the only S&P 500 sector that had more cash than debt per share in 2015, but the majority of cash was held by Microsoft, IBM, and Google.

Whole Foods Market (WFM) has returned nearly 40% on a year-to-date basis as of June 20, 2017.

Officially launched in 2005, Expedia’s trivago is a known travel brand in Europe and continues to operate independently, and grow revenue via global expansion.

Several players in the smartphone industry have seen their average selling prices decline in recent quarters. Meanwhile, Apple’s continues to increase, as does its profit.

While Google’s (GOOG) YouTube is already leading the online video advertising space, Facebook (FB) last year announced it’s foraying into video advertising.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google plans to combine Google Wallet and Android Pay under a single payment service called Google Pay.

As the corporate IT market opens its doors to more handset makers, emerging enterprise handset makers including Apple will gain.

In this morning’s edition of Get Real, we saw that WeWork’s layoffs are taking a toll. Meanwhile, the cannabis industry could be bouncing back.

Could VMware’s (VMW) acquisition of VeloCloud be the start of an M&A (merger and acquisition) spree in the SDN space? We’ll have to wait and see.

Alphabet stock is available in two different share classes as GOOGL and GOOG. Which should you buy?

Oracle has stated that Maxymiser—its recent acquisition in marketing cloud—will enhance its offering to manage marketing programs spanning digital channels and customer lifecycle.

Apple’s revenues could rise more than 14.0% YoY to $261.5 billion in fiscal 2018.

The continued migration of Creative Suite and the addition of new Creative Cloud subscriptions contributed towards Adobe’s subscription growth.

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t uncommon. In fact, they play an integral role in the growth of the video gaming industry.

Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscriptions surpassed analyst expectations in fiscal 4Q15, showing that Adobe’s transition towards the subscription model is happening at a faster pace than expected.

Amazon (AMZN) once again topped the list of US companies’ spending on research and development last year.

As of July 7, 2016, Amazon (AMZN) had generated returns of 68.7% in the trailing-12-month period and 1.8% in the trailing-one-month period.

Paying $3 million per episode Facebook (FB) could spend as much as $1.0 billion on original content acquisition for its video business, according a Wall Street Journal report. While this is a huge content budget, for a company that has relied on free content generated by its users over the years, it isn’t surprising. First, ahead […]

A rare discount opportunity may have opened for Netflix stock following the market’s extreme reaction to a mixed second-quarter earnings report.