Author: Sean Johnson

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has finally answered the call of its users and introduced some new features to its BBM messaging service. The need for ephemerality was felt since long as there are many users who exchange messages which they don’t want to stay there for longer. The recent leaks of nude images and personal messages around the world triggered the need of a feature by BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) which can protect the private content of users in their messages. To prevent any epiphany, Blackberry has announced two key features which will create more security around the text messages, PC World reported. Time…

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Australian automobiles market is currently facing a bad time. General Motors, Holden division, and Toyota have decided to shut down their operations in Australia. In an article on Green Car Reports, Stephen Edelstein said that while the other automobile giants are saying goodbye to Australian markets, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is planning to hire the new talent from the country. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has recently start a recruitment campaign in Australia. The electric car maker wants to hire Australian engineers who are well versed in chassis, crash control, crash safety, climate control, body, indoor and many other aspects of…

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In a program on CNBC, experts discussed whether to buy Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) or say goodbye to it. Pete Najarian thinks that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a buy because it has touched $110 and the company will go up in the coming days. Najarian said that he had predicted about $110 stock price for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the past. He said that Apple’s iPhone remains the birthstone of the company’s success in the future. The stock has touched new all-time highs. 60% of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s international revenue comes from the iPhone. Holiday season will give another surge to…

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In a program on Bloomberg, Redpoint Ventures’ Ryan Sarver and Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier discussed about latest management shakeup in Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR). Sarver said that there is a misreporting about Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)’s management change in the recent days. According to reports,  Kevin Weil has been appointed as products head by Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR). Daniel Graf who has been working in products division has been moved into projects job. Weil has experience in the revenue department of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) as well. Sarver said that Twitter wants to streamline its revenue with products and this is the reason why Kevin…

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In a program on CNBC, Alex Guana, JMP Securities analyst praised GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) stock and said that the estimates about GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) were already strong but the company managed to even beat the elevated expectations. GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) has clear articulation of future goals, great gross margins and profits according to Guana. The stock will keep doing well in the future as well because of the immense push it has acquired. Guana said that GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) is not relying on uncertainties. There is no doubt about the fact that GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) is the leading entity in…

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LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) has crossed analysts’ expectations. The stock went up by 12% on Friday. In a program on CNBC, Charles Sizemore, CIO of Sizemore Capital Management talked about impressive LinkedIn quarterly report. Sizemore thinks that most of the social media giants including Facebook and Twitter have plummeted and went down in the quarter. LinkedIn on the other hand reported a strong quarter. Experts think that the role of Chinese market is one of the paramount factors behind formidable progress of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD). LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) is getting a fame in emerging markets because of the fruitful results it…

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Pay’s biggest rival, CurrentC has been attacked by hackers and several email addresses linked with the payment method which was set to launch very soon have been compromised. This is possibly the worst time for such a news for CurrentC because it was in phase of gaining new customers and user base. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s mobile payment system has been ditched by many retailers recently and experts were indicating that this is to pave the way for CurrentC. After the latest attack, not only the image of CurrentC will be damaged, a lot of people will distance…

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In a program, CNBC showed some of the latest products released by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Google is expanding its product line swiftly and throwing numerous quality hardware and software devices to cease the market. First in line is the Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Nexus Player. It is a disc shaped hardware device made by Asus. It has an Intel Silvermont processor, HDMI ports, usb and Ethernet slot. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Nexus player can be put in TV to stream content and play games. It has an optional game pad. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) tried to make a plunge in TV and gaming…

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Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is suffering a bad month. After bad earnings report, it has got another shock. In a program on CNBC, Jon Fortt reported that Twitter has lost two of its most important engineers. The first person who has resigned is Jeremy Gordon, the vice president of engineering, and the other one is Adam Kinney, a senior manager. Kinney was also the in charge of analytics team at Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR). Fortt  said that Gordon was on an importunate position in Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) and there were around 400 people working under him. This shock can convert into a…

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In a program on CNBC, Jim Cramer talked about Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and how the company is spending fortunes to make more money in the future. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is down by 6% today. The social media giant reported a strong quarter and Mark Zuckerberg looked optimistic in his call for investors. Cramer said that people must think about what exactly they want from Facebook. Many shareholders are looking for buy backs and dividends. Cramer thinks that we must listen to long term plans of Facebook. He quoted Mark Zuckerberg and said that the company is investing in some staggering…

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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is set to launch its new mobile operating system Android 5.0 Lollipop on November 3. While Android users and smartphone companies having partnership for software with Google are happy on this development, there is one strong entity which is furious: The FBI. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Lollipop has infuriated FBI and other secret agencies in the US. In a program on Fox Business, Jo Ling Kent reported that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s automatic encryption feature introduced in Android 5.0 is being labelled as a potential security risk for the country by FBI. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has been a target…

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CNBC’s Jon Fortt reported that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) are going to join hands in a partnership for a new Data analytics service. The service will help enterprise and companies to make  smart decisions. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Twitter’s data service will introduce a new class of data that was previously unavailable to the Enterprise. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)’s stock came down 2% after the announcement. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)’s analytics sector is up by 8% year over year. The company is struggling to streamline its efforts. IBM is trying in different domains ranging from…

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