In an article on SF Gate, it was reported that after the PayPal spin-off, which is likely to come this year soon, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is frantically looking to develop a new payment technology. For this, it is picking up talent from none other than Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) hired RJ Pittman, who was at a top position in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) ecommerce and payments department. He is now the chief product officer at eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) and apparently working on hiring more talent from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). PayPal is one of the most used payment methods across…
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A startling report by the Financial Times has revealed that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are paying the German company behind AdBlock Plus extension, a huge amount of money to unblock ads. Adblock Plus is hurting the core business of many companies, especially Google, whose billions of dollars come from ads revenue. The global ads market around the web makes up around $120 million. German startup Eyeo is behind the Adblock web extension, which is downloaded more than 300 million times and has 50 million users worldwide. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Amazon.com,…
It seems Yahoo’s move to make Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) search engine default in Mozilla Firefox is working. A new startling report has surface which shows that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) search share in the US rose to more than 10% and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) search share came down below to 75%. Although Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) search share remains the biggest, Yahoo search is getting popular. An article on Venture Beat, it was reported that in January, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) search share came down and Yahoo depicted a growth. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) still has a long way to go. It has another…
Virtual Reality is for sure, the next big thing in the tech world, and is going to be in the news for many years to come. The idea of being at a place and feeling everything of the environment by sitting in your home has amazed everyone. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) seems to be the pioneer in the VR market, but that is not the case in reality. An article on CNBC reported that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is also investing massively on the Virtual Reality domain. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) spent $2 billion to get Oculus VR startup but Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)…
Quora is expanding massively around the world because of its unique ideas, usefulness and nifty content. Quora, the question answer website, which is free to use by anybody, is pretty clear about its policies regarding Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). An article on CNBC reported that Quora does not want to rely a bit on Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), because of the fact that Google’s algorithm change for search engine can crush a good, unique and promising website, and there are many living examples of that. The source quoted an executive from Quora, who thinks that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s algorithm cannot be relied…
QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced that it is partnering with Roche to enter the medical domain. Both the companies will launch diagnostics tools and systems for effective patient caretaking, tracking of chronic disease patients and connected medical domains. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) has a subsidiary named Qualcomm Life, which will deal this project. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s 2Net platform is the key in this project. 2Net platform is a secure, wireless technology which captures data and information from medical devices, like anticoagulation meters, trackers to Cloud. Roche’s Cloud will be deployed at the back end for data analysis. All the data will…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) disappointed investors with its quarterly report but there is still an element of hope, which surfaced this Thursday when Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) revealed its profits. Amazon’s Prime delivery program business is also depicting positive signs. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) increased the price of Prime program in 2014, but still, the memberships rose by 53%. Amazon’s gross profits margins are also sound and hit the highest levels since 2011. An article on Wall Street Journal took a look on this mixed up picture of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s position. The source said that although increased gross margins are a good…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) co-founder Ian Wright is back in business with a bang. He is eyeing to launch Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) electric trucks in the near feature. Wright has his reasons for this new endeavor. In an article on USA Today, it was reported that Wright thinks that trucking industry is not fuel efficient. According to Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) cofounder, a normal truck can take around 14,000 gallons a year whereas a normal car takes 600 gallons. Wright suggests that if Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) could craft out electric technology for commercial trucks, no less than $80,000 could be…
An article on Medium has claimed that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has hired 30 people in order to improve its news feeds. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s algorithms working at the back end define what we see, what recommendations and suggestions we get. But it seems Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is not happy with its computerized algorithms. An article on Wired quoted the source and said that this is flabbergasting news because of the fact that most of us think that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is using state of the art, artificially intelligent robots and systems, that define the flow of user news feeds. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) does not disclose the details about its Cloud business, for some unknown reasons. But that trend is going to change very soon. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has promised its investors in the latest conference call that from the next earnings report, which is coming in April, Amazon will start making a separate, clear category of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Cloud services business. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) always logs it Cloud business sales in a mysterious column dubbed as North American Net sales. An article on Time reported that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is going to declare its Cloud business performance from…
An article on Fool compared International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) over the years and made some recommendations based on the revenues, earnings and overall growth. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is suffering a major slump since years. The company came down by 14.3% in one year. Overall sales, international business and other areas are suffering. Software revenue came down by 7% to $7.6 billion. International technology revenue is also suffering. A global depletion in software sector is the primary reason given by International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) for these results. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on the other…
In an article on Wall Street Journal, Dan Gallagher reported that despite of the fact that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has disappointed investors with its latest quarterly, it still remains the web juggernaut. It generated $22 billion in operations last year. There is no one to challenge Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in ads business, at least for the short term. The source said that the problem with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is that it does not disclose much details about its mains businesses. No statement or prediction can be made about Youtube and Android, two of the strongest components of Google businesses. Google Inc…