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Google’s closely watched cloud computing business recently got a boost from Twitter, which signed up for some cloud storage and computing needs.

The stock for social media company Snap (SNAP) fell 16.0% last month to close at $17.77. It’s now trading just above its IPO price of $17.

Roku stock rises 67% on the first day of trading Digital streaming company Roku went public on Thursday, September 28. The company’s IPO (initial public offering) was set at $14 per share, which is at the higher end of its estimated IPO of $12–$14 per share. The company’s IPO raised nearly $220 million. On Thursday, […]

Baidu (BIDU) and Google have a lot of similarities. It’s no wonder Baidu has earned itself the nickname of the “Google of China.”

Social media giant Twitter (TWTR) saw its stock price surge 7.3% on March 14, 2018.

While Twitter (TWTR) recently posted better-than-expected earnings and revenue on April 25, concerns over its future revenue growth have pulled down the company’s stock by 2.1%.

Twitter (TWTR) is considering rolling out a feature that could empower its users to report misleading or deceitful news stories, according to a Washington Post report.

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

Monthly active users Investors are on high alert as Twitter’s (TWTR) 3Q17 release approaches. Last quarter, Twitter failed to grow its audience base meaningfully, and going by how the market reacted to the report, investors were not impressed. Twitter went into 2Q17 with 328 million MAUs (monthly active users), and it came out of the quarter […]

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

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

In this series, we’ll review updates in the US Internet space and discuss some of the current issues faced by companies in the industry.

Findings of a recent small survey paint a disturbing picture for Snap’s (SNAP) Spectacles smart glasses business.

Snapchat recently rolled out the biggest update to its app in more than three years. However, the update is facing a massive revolt by many users.

Snap (SNAP) is poised to release its second-quarter results amid speculations of the company taking a deeper plunge into gaming.

With the exception of China (MCHI) and North Korea, Facebook’s (FB) social media services are available worldwide, giving the company a global subscriber base of ~2.0 billion users.

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

Facebook (FB) estimates that the sharing on its platform via Stories (pictures and videos that disappear in 24 hours) could exceed sharing via Facebook’s News Feed.

Google, Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR), and Snap (SNAP) might be losing sleep because authorities are pointing fingers at them for allowing their platforms to breed extremist ideologies.

Snapchat’s parent company Snap (SNAP) has been laying off employees recently to curb rising expenses.

Alphabet stock (GOOGL) was almost flat in February but has surged 11.9% on a year-to-date basis as of March 4.

Snap (SNAP) announced disappointing earnings for the first fiscal quarter earlier this month and said that Snapchat’s redesign was the culprit.

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

Twitter’s momentum fades suddenly While Twitter (TWTR) appeared to be pulling up its socks earlier this year when it reported an increase in its number of regular subscribers, a closely watched metric for social media companies such as Twitter, Facebook (FB) and Snap (SNAP), it has not behaved well for investors recently. Twitter added 9.0 […]

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

After years of rumors of enabling an encrypted messaging feature, Twitter (TWTR) is finally testing a feature that will allow users to send end-to-end encrypted messages to other users.

According to Reuters, Facebook (FB) is currently in discussions with banks about improving customer service through its apps.

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

Snap (SNAP), the parent of photo-sharing app Snapchat, reported a significant improvement in revenue for 4Q17.

Snap (SNAP) has had a blockbuster year, rising 104.5% as the company’s steps toward revival have wowed investors.

Snap (SNAP) stock surged ~11% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the social media giant beat analysts’ estimates in the first quarter of 2019.

What’s Snap’s economic value? Snap (SNAP) boasts an enterprise value (or EV) of $14.3 billion. Peers FireEye (FEYE), IBM (IBM), Symantec (SYMC), and Oracle (ORCL) have EVs of $2.5 billion, $176.8 billion, $22.1 billion, and $190.6 billion, respectively. Snap’s trailing-12-month EV-to-sales ratio is 20.3x, and its EV-to-projected-sales ratio for the next year is 11.0x. Snap’s price […]

Snap’s social media platform, Snapchat, has seen its user growth curbed recently due to intense competition from Instagram.

In 3Q17, Twitter generated advertising revenues of $503.0 million. In that quarter, the company generated total revenues of $590.0 million.

While in 2017, Twitter was focused on driving profit margin improvements, in 2018, driving growth is going to take the center stage.

Snap recently disclosed in a securities filing that Tencent had purchased 145.8 million of its shares—equivalent to a 12% equity stake in the company.

Social media Snapchat’s (SNAP) shares fell 18.5% in the week ended March 10 to close at $22.07. But the stock rose 44% on March 2, the day of its IPO.

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

After rumors that Twitter (TWTR) was developing a feature that would be dedicated to combating “fake news,” the company came out to deny those claims.

It has been a highly volatile earnings season thus far, as the market is punishing stocks for the slightest misstep.

A growing number of competitors are challenging Spotify (SPOT).

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (or PTAB) noted in August that Nokia wouldn’t challenge several of BlackBerry’s patent claims against it.

The New York Times Company (NYT) recently announced a redesign of its print newspaper, creating a section to highlight tweets from its reporters.

Facebook (FB) is expanding into the online dating business. Its online dating service is expected to begin trials in the coming months.

Through Constituent Badges, one of the new features Facebook (FB) is rolling out in the US, people can identify themselves as residents of an elected representative’s district.

Yahoo combined with AOL could draw significant advertising revenue for Verizon.

Snap (SNAP) stock’s performance has been unimpressive this month. As of Friday, the stock had gained only 1.2% month-to-date.

Facebook’s daily user base of 1.3 billion in 1Q17 significantly dwarfs Snapchat’s 166.0 million daily users in the same period.

Although the way Alphabet has been investing suggests that it’s preparing for a future beyond advertising, it isn’t neglecting its core business.

The European Union’s new privacy regulation seems to be creating tensions between Google and its media partners.

Facebook (FB) has been hiring workers and spending billions on user data security, increasing the company’s expenses.

The shift to mobile gaming has not been all favorable for Zynga (ZNGA), and the company’s advertising business has borne the brunt.

Facebook decided not to proceed with its plan to bring ads to WhatsApp. The company disbanded WhatsApp’s advertising team and discarded its work.

Facebook and Google are facing charges for the violation of the new EU (European Union) law on data protection and privacy.

Snap stated that its worldwide ARPU for 2Q17 was $1.05, implying 109% growth over 2Q16.

Facebook (FB) is lifting its ban on ads for some cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin.

Facebook posted a net profit of $4.7 billion in 3Q17, an increase of 79% YoY year-over-year.

Despite the sluggish growth in the US housing segment, home improvement is gaining popularity.

Facebook (FB) posted revenue of $16.9 billion in the second quarter.

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.

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.

While Snap’s recent steep stock decline may worry investors, historical IPO data show that first-week and first-year performances following an IPO usually have little bearing on the long-term prospects of a company.

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

To improve its marred image, Facebook has been hiring more employees and spending billions on user data security.

In late March, Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google formally launched the Waze local advertising program.

Last week, Duquesne Family Office, managed by Stanley Druckenmiller, filed its Q3 13F with the SEC. We’ll look at the fund’s top holdings, buys, and sells.

Twitter’s 1Q17 revenues of $548.3 million represented a 7.8% drop from 1Q16.

Facebook stock ranks among the best social media stocks in 2019. Strong earnings and subscriber growth have powered stock gains at Facebook and Snap.

Snap’s North America ARPU was $2.15 in 4Q16, compared with $19.80 for Facebook (FB) in the same period for the same region.

Facebook generated $40.7 billion in revenues and made $15.9 billion in profits in 2017.

The partnership with Snapchat gives Pandora an opportunity to reach a larger audience, which could, in turn, expand its revenue opportunities.

As China’s expanding middle-class population fuels demand for high-quality imported products, JD.com and Alibaba are racing against each other to woo foreign brands.

Bookmarks, the feature (QQQ) whose test has begun among some Android users, now lets people quietly save tweets for later access.

For Yelp and GrubHub, the deal goes beyond trading Eat24.

Audience size is expected to play a major role in supporting Facebook’s (FB) future revenue growth.

Facebook (FB) has reported strong 1Q18 financial results at a time when it also faces lawsuits that could cost it billions of dollars.

Snap had 71 million daily active users in North America at the end of 1Q17.

IDC notes that ~85% of worldwide spending—totaling $5 trillion—on mobile ads is claimed by the top ten advertising markets, all of which are in the developed world.

Facebook recently announced that it was testing monetization methods for Instant Games developers.

Spotify (SPOT) has launched Spotify for Artists, a new tool that allows independent musicians to upload their songs directly to its platform.

Twitter’s CFO, Ned Segal, noted that the company’s recent purge was targeting fake accounts that hadn’t been active for more than a month.

Twitter (TWTR) reported non-advertising revenues of $74.5 million, up 17% year-over-year. However, these revenues comprised only a sliver of its total revenues of $548.0 million.

Twitter’s (TWTR) top 100 global advertisers increased their spending on the platform by 23% YoY (year-over-year) in 3Q17.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) doesn’t own Snap (NYSE:SNAP) shares anymore. Comcast sold off its entire stake in Snap last year and made a profit of $293 million.

When Twitter releases its 1Q17 report on April 26, 2017, investors should be focused on the company’s subscriber metrics.

Social media giant Facebook (FB) soared 8.16% on December 26 and closed at $134.18 after posting a decline for the last four trading days.

Last year, Apple and Tencent disagreed over the issue of giving monetary gifts to developers who publish their work on the App Store, Apple’s app distribution center.

Facebook (FB) is launching its Watch video service globally, with the move coming one year after the service debuted in the United States.

eMarketer predicting that digital video ad spending in the US (SPY) alone could reach $22.2 billion by 2021.

After a Fed-induced five-day winning streak for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, the index fell for the second straight session on Wednesday, June 12, falling 0.38% to 7,792. AMD (AMD) and Snap (SNAP) have been two of the best-performing stocks during this period.

Of the 36 analysts covering Snap, 11 gave it a “buy” recommendation, seven recommended a “sell,” and 18 recommended a “hold.”

An AT&T (T) subsidiary has recently invested in high school sports start-up Mars Reel, a move that shows the company’s deep media ambitions.

Snap (SNAP) stock rose 37% in the week ended February 9, 2018, to close at $18.80. Snap is now trading 67% above its 52-week low.

Unlike its peers Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR), Snap doesn’t disclose the size of its advertising business.