Author: Sean Johnson

LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) reported second quarter adjusted EPS of $0.51, up from $0.38 last year. Revenues also went up by 47% to $534 million from $364 million in the same quarter last year. Discussing future plans of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) in the Asia Pacific region in a program on Bloomberg, LinkedIn Asia Pacific & Japan Managing Director, Hari Krishnan, said that LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) will focus on mobile platforms as most of its visitors access LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) from mobiles. He said that the company has a huge potential of growth in the coming years as it is gaining the…

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Bing is trying  hard to leave its mark in the global ads business for many years. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) currently stands tall as an authority in advertisement industry due to its excessive market penetration. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Bing has started to rise with a good pace. Last month, David Pann, general manager of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Search Network said that clicks on Bing ads are up 30% from a year ago, and mobile ad clicks jumped 133%. Bing has introduced some of the alluring and useful features of its ads for the investors, users and general public…

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In a recent article, The Guardians’ Heidi Moore has compared Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stating that Twitter is far behind Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) not only in terms of financial gains, but also in user experience and market strategy. In her opinion, Twitter is presently standing where Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) was in 2009. Moore quoted Youssef Squali, Managing Director, Global Head of Internet and Media Equity Research who thinks that Facebook in its early days was growing by 100% each year, whereas Twitter is growing only 30% a year. Squali said: “If they add 10 million or 12 million or 15 million users…

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Dan Rayburn, long-time CDN expert and EVP of Streaming Media, has claimed that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) started its own content delivery network and all the updates in iTunes software and OS X downloads are coming directly from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s own infrastructure. Apple was planning to launch its own content delivery network (CDN) for a while in order to deplete its dependency on third party content delivery provides like Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Level 3.  A sophisticated CDN was necessary for Apple because of the security reasons, speed and seamlessness. If this claim is true, it’s a massive blow to…

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) accidentally revealed details of a new model of Mac mini on an Apple Support page during a page update about installing Microsoft Windows using Boot Cam. This was most probably a human error which was fixed within minutes, but 9to5Mac was quick to spot this. According to 9to5Mac, the page which revealed the Mac Mini had two listings, mid 2014 Mac mini” and a “mid 2014 27-inch iMac. We can easily assume from this that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has all plans to reveal a stunning Mac mini very soon as mid 2014 has already passed. There is also a…

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Sony Corp’s (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 4 has outsold Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox One for the sixth straight month. Microsoft has recently announced a price cut on its Xbox One console, but it seems that the company will have to do much more to catch up in sales. Discussing Microsoft’s sales problem in a program on CNBC, Allison+Partners Head of Digital Jeremy Rosenberg said that Microsoft is lagging behind in multiple domains in its gaming sector. According to Rosenberg, the Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) pitch for the Xbox was off for the broader market. He said: “They were really trying to go…

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will report its fiscal third-quarter 2014 results today, on July 22. Investors are pretty much positive about Apple earnings. Discussing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock and expectations of investors connected with Apple earnings in a program on CNBC, Dynalink CEO, Larry Fishelson said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is certainly going to rule the tech stocks in the coming days. He said: “I think Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is going to continue to drive. I think you have to get into Apple. The whole idea with Apple is, basically Samsung blint, so it’s time for Apple to now take over.…

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is going to announce its third quarter earnings on Tuesday. Analysts and investors are all beefed up to hear from the world’s most valuable publicly traded company: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The company will be sharing its third-quarter results after market close. Discussing this in a program on CNBC, Steven Milunovich of UBS said that experts have high expectations from Apple in terms of gross margins and profits because of huge potential in the upcoming iPhone 6 and iPad line. Experts are also expecting huge profits from the new product line of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), the iWatch. Milunovich…

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In Fox Business’s program “Tech Rewind,” a quick look was taken into the hot tech stories of last week. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s biggest job cut in the decade remains the top story of the week. Satya Nadella, the new CEO of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), took a bold step and announced that company will soon be firing 18,000 employees from different sections. Experts think that Nadella took this step to sustain the financial position of the company and revamp the infrastructure, which he wants to be based on the “Mobile-First-Cloud First” approach. Experts also think that job cut of this level…

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Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) reported its third quarter earnings this Thursday and as expected, crossed all the estimates. The company’s third-quarter revenues increased 34.7% on a year-over-year to $587 million, which has beaten the estimated consensus of 570 million. Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) announced EPS of $0.83, a 54% increase from the same period last year. Analysts had estimated $0.80. The company also declared a dividend of $0.11 per share, payable on August 21. Discussing some hot stocks in a program, FBN’s Charles Payne said that he had already predicted that Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) will pick up in the…

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will report its second-quarter results after the market closes on Wednesday. Based on its performance in the first quarter and market trends, experts are predicting that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will report a revenue of $2.8 billion, up 55% from $1.81 billion in the year-ago period. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on the other hand is performing excellent in the market these days. Google reported its earnings on Thursday and exceeded all the expectations. The Mountain View reported earnings of $6.08 per share, excluding one-time items, on revenue of $15.96 billion. Analysts were expecting around $15.62 billion revenue by Google Inc…

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Discussing Yahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) stocks and company position in a program on Fox Business, StockTwits Chairman Howard Lindzon said that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is really getting into the red area now because after all the efforts of CEO Marissa Mayer, the company is just not getting up to its feet. He said that Yahoo stock value is nothing without the Alibaba deal. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) had a disappointing second quarter. Yahoo reported a revenue of $1.084 billion, down from $1.135 billion in the year-ago quarter. Mayer said that she is not happy with the company’s progress. She thinks that while the…

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