Author: Sean Johnson

Another devastating news for Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has hit the web and perhaps it’s the most dreadful of all. A marketing expert Rishi Lakhani has claimed that Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has a flaw using which, anyone can gain access to a Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) account, send and receive direct messages and change the profile information. An article on Business Insider reported this issue and said that Lakhani has not only claimed this, he demonstrated this my taking full control of the source’s account within seconds. If a Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) user logs in from an app or website, the third…

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Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) battery plant is coming to Northern Nevada along with economic development and jobs. In an article on RGJ, John Solari said that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will bring around 6,500 jobs and 8,000 indirect jobs for the area. Solar used the term “economic multiplier’ for the effects of the economic growth that will culminate after the launch of Tesla battery. The governor of Nevada has said that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) factory will open the new horizons of economy, growth and education in the area. Solari said that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is not only focusing…

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In an article on CNBC, it was reported that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) investors are pushing Marissa Mayer to divest the company stake in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan in order to make a feasible deal with AOL for a merger. The article quoted Starboard Value, a major investor in Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), which thinks that divesting the stakes will help Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) increase focus and innovation. Merger of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) core business with AOL can help the company get big deals in the emerging markets as well. The investors are arguing that making a tax-free deal with AOL will…

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In an article on New York Times, it was reported that Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) will produce mass level customized chips for Cloud systems in the coming year. Before that, Intel used to ship semiconductor chips for both user-level and business level entities. The increasing penetration of Cloud platform both in mobile and PC industry has increased the demand of customized solutions. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) X-86 architecture has created a massive market and customer base for the big computing players. According to the source, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) sells more than 18 million data center chips and other normal chips each year.…

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In an article on Street Wise, Rebecca Strong said that when Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) acquired Instagram, people were skeptical about the fruitfulness of the deal but the young CEO has proved that Instagram was the best deal Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) had in the recent past. Intagram value was $16 billion at the time of its acquisition from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and now, it is worth more than $35 billion. Instagram adds around 16% in the overall market value of Facebook which is $221 billion. The article also quoted a recent study by Citigroup which says…

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Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has started selling ads in Russia— a large market in crisis where major technology players are facing regulatory hurdles— in order to tap into the emerging markets and grow ads revenues. In an article on The Drum, it was reported that Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is selling products and services of major technology and phone players including wireless company VimpelCom. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is currently in major management crisis: angry investors are asking Dick Costolo to resign as the CEO of the company. Facebook, on the other hand is taking big piles of revenues from its intensely populated…

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In a program on CNBC, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) CEO John Chen gave an interview and said that he is still bullish on his company despite of the massive tumble and disappointing revenues. Blackberry has recently reported a decline in sales and revenue. The declines were much larger than the estimates. The hardware sales have plummeted to $793 million whereas the expectations were around $900 million. The company has released its two news devices; BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) Classic and BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) Passport. Chen said that he expects that these products will increase the revenues and sales in the coming quarters.…

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In an article on Forbes, Gordon Scott said that that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) might be the best choice for investment right now. He said that when Marissa Mayer signed up for the job, the company was in trouble but with a few useful decisions, she turned Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) into a profitable company. Scott thinks that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) share price could double in the coming years but there are a few issues which must be sorted out before the success era kicks off. Scott thinks that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) will need to show some fortitude in the coming days.…

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced a new caching service which will let the users of Android and iOS apps to use the apps in an optimized way even if there is no internet connection. The source said that there might be apparently no usage for this service in places where there is always a fast internet service but this app will certainly be nifty for the places where there is weak access of internet and carrier service. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced this service in a blog post. The company is desperately looking into means to tap into the mobile business.…

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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock is tumbling and the company seems to have hit the dead end this year. The stock plummeted by no less than 10% in 2014. In an article on CNN, it was reported that overall ads revenue for Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is also coming down. It still is the ads juggernaut, with 31% of the total revenue from ads but Facebook seems to be challenging the company by its latest video ads and surge in user growth. All competitors of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)  are making their way swiftly in the market. Mobile ads revenue is being regarded…

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In an article on Business Insider, it was reported that Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) co-founder, Evan Williams has said in his recent interview that Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is essentially a news service where people can share and report news from any domain. But he also thinks that people are in need of original, opinionated content which contains value instead of news fizzles which are of no value after some time. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) cofounder said that modern news service is creating anxieties in the readers and viewers which can be extremely harmful He said that news services wilfully create hype and…

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In an article on CNBC, it was reported that there are thousands of profiles on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) whose users have passed away but they are still counted as active Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)  users and counted in company user base. The source quoted a survey from Internet Monitor, which says that Facebook users are increasing with a massive rate, so is the death rate. As a result, by 2130, “dead users” on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will outnumber the alive users. There is no mechanism on Facebook which tracks the user status of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). If a user is not…

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